Join former Canadian diplomat and leading expert on China, David Mulroney, as he sits down in conversation with author, film maker and global human rights activist Obianuju Ekeocha. You don’t want to miss this engaging dialogue on Canada’s foreign policy, Canadian aid priorities for Africa, why Canadians should question their government, and how this relates to China’s coercive diplomacy.
ABOUT DAVID MULRONEY
David Mulroney spent 32 years in the Canadian foreign service. He was Canada’s ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 2009 to 2012. His book about Canada-China relations, Middle Power, Middle Kingdom, won the J.W. Dafoe Prize for 2016.
Mr. Mulroney’s other assignments included serving as Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as the Prime Minister’s Personal Representative to the G8 Summit, and as Deputy Minister of the Afghanistan Task Force.
After returning to Canada, he served from 2015-2018 as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Michael’s College, the Catholic university federated with the University of Toronto.
Mr. Mulroney is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.
He has been married to Janet Wakely for 42 years, and they have 3 grown children.
ABOUT OBIANUJU EKEOCHA
Obianuju Ekeocha is the founder and president of Culture of Life Africa, an organization dedicated to the promotion of an authentic Culture of Life in Africa and beyond. She is the author of Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism of the Twenty-First Century, and the executive producer of the award-winning documentary Strings Attached.
As a strategist and social influencer, Ms. Ekeocha has travelled the world extensively speaking in more than 65 cities across 24 countries, advising African, European, and North American legislators and parliaments, and has spoken at various United Nations Conferences on issues concerning maternal health, foreign aid, and education.
Born and raised in southeastern Nigeria, Ms. Ekeocha also works as a Specialist Biomedical Scientist in the United Kingdom.
ABOUT OBIANUJU EKEOCHA
Obianuju Ekeocha is the founder and president of Culture of Life Africa, an organization dedicated to the promotion of an authentic Culture of Life in Africa and beyond. She is the author of Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism of the Twenty-First Century, and the executive producer of the award-winning documentary Strings Attached.
As a strategist and social influencer, Ms. Ekeocha has travelled the world extensively speaking in more than 65 cities across 24 countries, advising African, European, and North American legislators and parliaments, and has spoken at various United Nations Conferences on issues concerning maternal health, foreign aid, and education.
Born and raised in southeastern Nigeria, Ms. Ekeocha also works as a Specialist Biomedical Scientist in the United Kingdom.