Jennifer Jeffs

If the Canadian government is pushing for renewed trilateralism, a leaders’ summit should follow the state dinner in Washington in early March.

It’s time for civil society to step into the political vacuum and tackle regional challenges, says Jennifer Jeffs.

Mexico’s oil and gas sector is undergoing historic reforms. And where there is change, there is opportunity – especially for Canada, argues Jennifer Jeffs.

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Jennifer Jeffs’ interview with Christine Cumming, first vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, about the new systems that move money around the world faster than ever before.

Jennifer Jeffs on why Canada needs to forge educational ties with Mexico or risk being cut out of further North American integration.

Jennifer Jeffs on what Canada can learn from Brazil’s economic rise.

A Latin American candidate is poised to take the helm of the WTO. Jennifer Jeffs evaluates the strengths each candidate can trade on.

CIC President Jennifer Jeffs on the year that’s been at the CIC and OpenCanada.org, and what’s in store for 2013.

Jennifer Jeffs reflects on how far North America has come since NAFTA was signed 20 years ago and how the continent can continue to grow together.

Jennifer Jeffs on the strong policy recommendations made in the new Chatham House report Resource Futures.

Jennifer Jeffs on why Canada should embrace Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico’s new president, and build stronger ties with our NAFTA partner.

Jennifer Jeffs on how Mark Carney will continue to represent the best of Canada to the world.

Jennifer Jeffs on why Canadian companies need to develop relationships with the higher-growth emerging economies.

Jennifer Jeffs on the NAFTA20 conference in San Antonio.

Earlier this month, we had the privilege of hosting Christine Lagarde on the occasion of the 2012 Globalist of the Year Gala dinner in Toronto. In her keynote speech, Mme. Lagarde discussed the economic crisis, underlining the susceptibility of domestic economies to slowdowns in other national jurisdictions. The growth trajectories of advanced economies are now […]

If you haven’t already watched or read Christine Lagarde’s keynote speech from the CIC’s Globalist of the Year gala dinner last week, I encourage you to click here. The CIC named Mme. Lagarde the 2012 Globalist of the Year for her leadership  in international finance, including her relentless work as managing director of the International […]

On behalf of the OpenCanada team, I am proud to announce that our site won two medals at the 2012 Canadian Online Publishing Awards ceremony on Monday night. Only a single year after coming online, OpenCanada.org has established itself as forum for high quality, substantive discussion and commentary on foreign affairs, and offering valuable analysis […]

The CIC is proud to be hosting Christine Lagarde on the occasion of her first visit to Canada since assuming her position at the International Monetary Fund. We look forward to hearing her insights, fresh from the recent 2012 IMF and World Bank meetings in Tokyo. Please join us for the live stream of the […]

Jennifer Jeffs introduces the CIC’s report on Canada’s resource sector.

Jennifer Jeffs on John Baird’s speech to the UN General Assembly

Canada needs to respect its place as a middle power says Jennifer Jeffs.

A back-to-school greeting from the CIC President Jennifer Jeffs to students and professors of IR.

Mark Carney is well-deserving of Canadian praise for his strong performance on The BBC‘s HardTalk.

Jennifer Jeffs on how the Games bring us together more than they pit us against each other.

Jennifer Jeffs on why Canada should embrace Mexico’s president-elect.

CIC President Jennifer Jeffs celebrates our site’s first birthday.

We shouldn’t be playing politics while the European economy teeters.

Jennifer Jeffs reports on Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa’s recent visit to Canada.

Canada and Mexico are indisputably intertwined. Canadians just need to realize it argues Jennifer Jeffs.

Lessons for the next President of Mexico on the drug war, courtesy of Jennifer Jeffs.

Canada is an international leader. Now act like one, writes Jennifer Jeffs.

The Summit of the Americas is an opportunity to tackle inequality.

Jennifer Jeffs considers how the continent has integrated – and how it hasn’t – nearly 20 years after NAFTA.

America treats Latin America like it’s still the Cold War. Canada should take advantage, writes Jennifer Jeffs.

While mining does not a foreign policy make, extraction remains a potent force in Canada, writes Jennifer Jeffs.

Jennifer Jeffs is worried that the Prime Minister is playing China against the United States.

Prime Minister Harper, listen up! CIC President Jennifer Jeffs gives some inspiration for a foreign policy review.

Our withdrawal from Kyoto put Canada in the international limelight. Now let’s take advantage, argues Jennifer Jeffs.

Canada should invest in hemispheric security by taking on the “Mexico problem”, Jennifer Jeffs argues.

Jennifer Jeffs reflects on an eventful year as she gives a holiday greeting from the CIC.

Jennifer Jeffs hopes the G20’s Financial Stability Board will be an inclusive multilateral forum.

Introducing the CIC’s Globalist of the Year: Naguib Sawiris, a key figure in the Egyptian revolution – and also a Coptic.

CIC President Jennifer Jeffs offers a tour of OpenCanada.org.

It is terrific news that Canada finally has a group of focused business leaders working to enhance trade and economic relations with what is not only an important country in its hemisphere, but an emerging global power in the world. Congratulations to Rick Waugh, CEO of Scotiabank and the recently appointed Canadian co-chair of the […]

Were it not for the two world wars, this moment may have occurred much earlier in history: Germany is now the centre of Europe. As OpenCanada’s Think Tank piece, “Will Germany Kill Europe?” suggests, the future of Europe is largely in German voters’ hands. This piece, drawing on the European Council on Foreign Relations report […]

On April 27 the CIC’s National Capital Branch held a seminar on drug policy that resulted in a report titled, Drugs, Violence and Hemispheric Security: Implications and Options for Canada. The seminar took place just in advance of two landmarks in the international drug policy debate: in early June the Global Commission on Drug Policy […]

Last week, the CIC-Waterloo Branch hosted their annual global media panel “Muzzled Media – The Global Challenge” with the Centre for International Governance Innovation. The panel featured Lynn Haddrall, Editor-in-Chief, The Record; Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter, Toronto Star; Allan Thompson, Associate Professor of Journalism, Carleton University and Director at the Centre for Media and […]

Welcome to www.opencanada.org, the CIC’s digital communications platform. Building on the historic mandate of the CIC—and of its predecessor the Canadian Institute for International Affairs—to promote discussion and debate on international affairs, we have designed the site to become a hub for those discussions, and to amplify and augment citizen engagement with international affairs by […]

Congratulations to the Vancouver Branch of the CIC for their very successful, well-attended, and widely-covered conference last month, Canada-Latin America Relations: Opportunities and Challenges. The event featured important private sector speakers, diplomats, academics and Diane Ablonczy, our Minister of State for the Americas, gave the keynote address. Many thanks to conference sponsors, Teck and the […]