Association of Canadian Court Administrators (ACCA) National Conference 2005, Changing World Changing Courts
Fairmont Empress and Victoria Conference Centre
November 13-16 2005

Stephen Lewis

Stephen Lewis Veteran Diplomat and UN Special Envoy for AIDS/HIV in Africa

Formerly Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Canada�s Ambassador to the United Nations and a prominent labour relations arbitrator, Lewis is a respected advisor and commentator on public issues. Speaking on topics that include human rights, the environment, education, health care and children�s advocacy, Lewis challenges and inspires his audiences.

Currently UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa and Commissioner, Commission on Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Mr. Lewis has had extensive experience as a politician, diplomat and humanitarian. A passionate advocate of the rights and needs of children, since leaving UNICEF in 1999 he has been raising his voice in support of various humanitarian causes around the world.

Gwynne Dyer

Gwynne Dyer Award Winning Independent Journalist

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs. He is known internationally for his twice-weekly syndicated column on international affairs, which appears in 175 papers in 45 countries. Gwynne Dyer maintains that the growing globalization movement of nations is already bringing about a golden age for the human race that will stretch into the next century and beyond, with Canada as a major player in the new world order.