Saturday, May 16, 2009

From Tiananmen ‘89 to Charter ‘08: China’s Road to Democracy

Toronto Association for Democracy in China

Tiananmen + 20


Public Forum

From Tiananmen ‘89 to Charter ‘08: China’s Road to Democracy


May 31, 2009 (Sunday) 1 - 4 pm

Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) Auditorium
University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto


Welcome

Kari DEHLI

Chair, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education


Remarks

Hon. Consiglio DI NINO

Senator, Canadian Parliament


Panel One: Looking Back


WANG Dan

Ph.D. Harvard University and former Tiananmen student leader


CAI Chongguo

China Labour Bulletin, France and former union organizer


Jan WONG

Writer-Journalist and former Globe and Mail Beijing bureau chief


SHENG Xue

Moderator


Panel Two: Moving Forward

Charles BURTON

Professor of Political Science, Brock University and former attaché, Canadian Embassy, Beijing


GAO Wenqian

Senior Policy Advisor, Human Rights in China and former official biographer of Zhou Enlai


Rowena HE Xiaoqing

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University


Cheuk KWAN

Moderator


Supporting Organizations

Amnesty International, Canada-Hong Kong Link, China Labour Bulletin,

China Rights Network, Federation for a Democratic China,

Human Rights in China, PEN Canada, Rights and Democracy




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