End of the Year Report - 2009
The year 2009 has been challenging for the Centro Paraguayo de Estudios Canadienses. CPEC received more speakers than any other year and had the privilege to organize the congress in which all Canadian Associations and Canadianists from various countries gathered to make a series of presentations toward “Understanding Canadaâ€. CPEC also hosted the fourth seminar on sustainable tourism, and received professionals involving law and food technology. The Paraguayan Center signed agreements and promoted Canadian studies to Paraguayans.![](http://www.centroparaguayocanadiense.org/images/itaipu.jpg)
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On July 8th CPEC presented the Fourth International Seminar on Tourism Development. The conference was be held from July 8th to July 10th at the SecretarÃa Nacional de Turismo (SENATUR). This conference aimed students that are taking the Tourism course and the general public.
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On September, CPEC had its major challenge organizing the I Conference Of The Americas In Paraguay-Understanding Canada: Law, Development, Education, Human Rights and The Environment. CPEC gathered associations from Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, United States and Canada. Prior to the congress
, the president of Centro Paraguayo de Estudios Canadienses visited over ten private and national universities in hopes of inviting students from different disciplines and also to establish a bond for future projects. CPEC also received professionals from various Universities.
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During and after the Congress, CPEC hosted two artists from Brazil and Canada. Rosa Berardo, president of the Brazilian Association for Canadian Studies made an exhibition on Indigenous photographs sponsored by CPEC at Museo del Barro in Asuncion. Heather Shillinglaw, Métis artist from Canada gave several seminars and workshops to children and teachers from different schools and indigenous regions.
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Dr. Robert Renaud from Manitoba University taught three seminars on various subjects involving disciplines like English teaching and psychology.
In May, the president of CPEC Stael Ruffinelli de Ortiz has also participated at the ASAEC’s VII International Congress on Globalization, Gender and Human Rights, held in Buenos Aires and to the annual meeting of the ICCS with the kind invitation of DFAIT at the end of May in Quèbec City.
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Posters from different conferences.
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