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- Les frontières ouvertes de l'Amérique latine
- Open borders of Latin America
- Colombia: Wide-ranging threats to Indigenous Peoples and African-descendents
- L’humanitaire canadien dans les Amériques : à la recherche d’une identité
- Canada’s humanitarian aid in the Americas: Searching for an identity
- Canadians largely indifferent to Latin America and the Caribbean
- FOCAL Views: New security expertise needed
- A new era of seasonal Mexican migration to Canada
- Una nueva era de migración temporal mexicana en Canadá
- Federal reforms and the silence of abused migrant workers in Canada
- Réforme fédérale et maintien sous silence des travailleurs migrants victimes d’abus au Canada
- Those left behind: Impacts of migration on Guatemalan women
- Foreign workers on the rise in Quebec
- Présence accrue de travailleurs étrangers au Québec
- Canada’s growing temporary workforce: a worrying trend
- FOCAL Views: Temporary migration in support of development
- Canada’s highest court rules against farm workers
- Pérou, la réconciliation impossible ?
- Peru: an impossible reconciliation?
- Diversity of voices and the right to information in Latin America
- Diversidad de voces y derecho a la información en América latina
- The road to the Sixth Summit of the Americas
- Los mexicanos en los mercados laborales de Estados Unidos
- Mexicans in the United States labour market
- FOCAL Views: Building a foreign policy legacy
- Bolivia: Autonomies in decline
- Bolivia: Las autonomías en declive
- Haïti face aux évictions forcées
- Haiti in the face of forced evictions
- Political accountability in Brazil
- The Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba: Walking a fine line
- El VI Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba: Navegando entre dos aguas
- Peru’s general election: Volatile to the end
- FOCAL Views: Seeking out energy security
- Cuba’s economic agenda and prospects
- March 2011: News Briefs
- FOCAL Views: Chipping away at democratic institutions
- Testing Salvadoran democracy
- March 2011: Cartoon
- Karen Atala v. Chile en el sistema interamericano de derechos humanos
- Karen Atala v. Chile in the inter-American human rights system
- Guatemalan temporary workers in Canada
- Le conflit Colombie-Venezuela : beaucoup de bruit pour rien?
- The Colombia-Venezuela conflict: Much ado about nothing?
- Derechos indígenas en Argentina
- Indigenous rights in Argentina
- February 2011: News Briefs
- FOCAL Views: A call for re-engagement in North America
- Whither North America?
- Public insecurity and the private sector in Mexico
- El perímetro de seguridad norteamericano: ¿mesa para tres?
- North American security perimeter: Table for three?
- Mérida Initiative: Building a stronger security partnership
- Energy and the environment in North America: Critical linkages
- North American transborder environmental influences and their impacts
- North American security: The missing agenda
- The Caribbean: The third U.S. border
- December 2010: News Briefs
- Venezuela: Violence and the “crowding-out” effect for women
- Labour market, migration and economic growth in Chile
- Peruvian women and microenterprises
- Venezuela: La Violencia y el Efecto “Crowding-out” de Género
- Mujeres peruanas y microempresas
- Labour markets, household work and the care crisis
- Microfinance: A tool for improving the situation of women in Haiti
- FOCAL Views: Equality for growth
- La microfinance, un outil pour améliorer la situation des femmes en Haïti
- Cheap labour: Seasonal agricultural workers in Québec
- November 2010: News Briefs
- Una mano de obra barata: los trabajadores agrícolas temporales en Québec
- Getting money into the hands of Haiti’s poorest
- Will Chile privatize its seeds?
- ¿Chile privatizará las semillas?
- Des présidentielles d’Halloween : le Brésil dans l’obscurité?
- Brazil’s Halloween elections: Too much mystery?
- Forecasting California-Canada relations
- Continuity and change: Latinos and the 2010 U.S. Congressional elections
- FOCAL Views: Are we competitive in our own hemisphere?
- The role FOCAL was born to play
- La genèse de FOCAL
- FOCAL genesis
- Twenty years later: Canada’s role in the OAS and the hemisphere (EN)
- Vingt ans plus tard : Le Canada au sein de l’OÉA et dans l’hémisphère
- Canada is a vital partner in the Americas
- Québec and the Americas: A natural partnership
- Un rôle taillé sur mesure pour FOCAL
- Le Québec et les Amériques : un partenariat naturel
- Canada and the OAS: Looking forward to the next 20 years
- Canada’s vital partnership with Latin America
- Canada's trade activity in the Americas
- Building on our strengths: Looking ahead to the next 20 years
- Canada, the IDB and the Americas: Development and prosperity
- Working to reduce poverty and inequality in the hemisphere
- October 2010: Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (POR)
- Québec y las Américas: una asociación natural
- Realizing Canada's potential in the hemisphere: 20 years in the OAS
- September 2010: News Briefs
- Peru: Challenges of local development in mining regions
- Pérou : défis du développement local en région minière
- Youth violence and organized crime: A research agenda
- FOCAL Interview: Bombardier invests in Mexican aerospace industry
- Crime and crisis in Jamaica
- Latin America: A threat to Canada’s security?
- FOCAL Views: Canada and Colombia: Building on progress
- September 2010: João Augusto de Castro Neves (POR)
- Brazilian foreign policy after Lula
- July-August 2010: News Briefs
- Report from Haiti: Urgent need for tangible signs of progress
- Citizen democracy for renewed multilateralism
- Vers des sommets nord-américains plus inclusifs?
- Toward more inclusive North American summits?
- Biotechnology to combat climate change
- When torture victims govern
- Cuando los torturados gobiernan
- Central America seals association deal with EU
- July-August 2010: Gabriel Coulombe (FR)
- Honduran muddle: Elections and international mismanagement
- FOCAL Views: The path to stability
- June 2010: News Briefs
- Inserción laboral de jóvenes en Venezuela
- Youth entry into workforce in Venezuela
- June 2010: Jarrett Laughlin and Dilys Leman (FR)
- Redefining success in Aboriginal learning in Canada
- Bolivia: Descentralización y calidad de la educación
- Bolivia: Decentralization and quality of education
- Maestro: agente central en el sistema educativo
- Teachers as primary agents of educational systems
- Latin America’s education challenges call for concrete action
- FOCAL Views: Regional challenges in education
- May 2010: News Briefs
- Knowledge transfer to tackle childhood obesity in Mexico
- México-Canadá: Construyendo la arquitectura de seguridad de América del Norte
- Mexico-Canada: Building North America’s security framework
- Canada and Mexico strengthen sub-national diplomacy
- The Canada-Mexico relationship: A view from inside the Beltway
- Taking the Initiative: Canada and Mexico at a crossroads
- Canada and Mexico: Strategic partners
- FOCAL Views: Setting the bilateral table
- April 2010: News Briefs
- March 2010: News Briefs
- February 2010: News Briefs
- El siguiente nivel del conflicto colombiano
- The next level in the Colombian conflict
- Cuba in the 2010s: Creative reform or geriatric paralysis?
- Advancing the agriculture for development agenda
- Thinking through the Canada-Mexico relationship
- Pensar la relación México-Canadá
- Still invisible: Persons with disabilities in post-quake Haiti
- Les États latino-américains et caribéens créent leur bloc régional
- LAC states create new regional bloc
- FOCAL Views: A corporate accountability bill of no avail
- The Haitian diaspora: Conscience and economic engine
- La diaspora haïtienne : conscience et moteur économique
- Aid and sustainable reconstruction in Haiti
- Aide et reconstruction durables en Haïti
- Building big in Haiti
- Haiti’s other side: The diaspora’s solidarity and realism
- Taking direction from the grassroots
- Haiti’s educational moment
- Between stabilization and reconstruction: Latin America at Haiti’s side
- Entre stabilisation et reconstruction: L’Amérique latine au chevet d’Haïti
- FOCAL Views: Thinking through Haiti
- World March of Women: 10 years of global solidarity
- La Marche mondiale des femmes : 10 ans de solidarité globale
- Andean glaciers vanish, add socio-economic strains
- Mining: High stakes for Canada-Mexico relations
- Une industrie qui mine les relations canado-mexicaines?
- Second time around: All eyes on Evo Morales
- Segunda victoria consecutiva: Todos los ojos sobre Evo Morales
- Drought aggravates food insecurity in Honduras and Guatemala
- Canada in Haiti: Beyond anything we have attempted before
- Obama and the Haitian earthquake
- FOCAL Views: Election monitoring in the Americas
- Commentary
- Policy Papers & Briefs
- Policy Paper: Gaining Perspective on Low-Skill Temporary Labour Migration in Canada
- Policy Brief: Food Price Crisis 2007-2008: Lessons for the Commonwealth Caribbean and Haiti
- Policy Brief: Economic Growth and Inequality
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2011
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2010
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2009
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2008
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2007
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2006
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2005
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2004
- Policy Papers & Briefs 2003
- Policy Brief: Low-skill temporary work and non-access to permanent residence
- Research Papers & Reports
- Event Report: An États Généraux for Haiti. Third Roundtable of the Willson House Process
- Research Paper: What troubles citizens of the Americas?
- Research Papers & Reports 2011
- Research Papers & Reports 2010
- Research Papers & Reports 2009
- Research Papers & Reports 2008
- Research Papers & Reports 2007
- Research Papers & Reports 2006
- Research Papers & Reports 2005
- Research Papers & Reports 2003
- FOCALPoint
- Past Events
- Past Events - 2011
- Past events
- Events 1999-2005
- Governance, Development and Public Opinion: A View of the Hemisphere
- Incorporating Disabled Persons into Reconstruction and Development in Haiti
- Dimensions of Democracy in the 21st Century: Venezuela's Democratic Deficit Debate
- Vulnerabilities of Female Migrant Farm Workers from Latin America and the Caribbean in Canada
- Third roundtable of the Willson House Process
- Haiti: What the Elections Mean and Where Next
- Canadian Council for the Americas: Dinner of the Americas 2011
- Innovative business models in Haiti: Linking profit, sustainability and social investment
- Mapping Migration from the Americas: Official Website Launch
- Challenges to Regional Security in Central America
- Including Local Development Projects on Education and Health in Public Policy: Bolivia, Colombia and Peru
- Vocational Training in Haiti
- Raúl Prebisch: His Legacy in Latin America
- Haitian electoral crisis: Reports from field visits
- Recent Political Developments in the Hemisphere
- 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians
- Cuba's Changing Political Context
- Recent Political Developments in the Hemisphere
- Investing in Sustainable Economic Growth for the Very Poor: How Canada Can Best Support Microfinance Institutions
- The End of Globalization and the Return of Regionalism: Why the World is about to Get Smaller and What it Means for Trade and Competitiveness in the Americas
- Inter-American Development Bank Group: Current Initiatives to Enhance Collaboration between the Group and Civil Society
- Hemispheric Think Tank Working Group on the 2009 Fifth Summit of the Americas
- Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative: Comparatives and Lessons Learned
- Back from Lima: Reflections on the 40th Organization of American States General Assembly
- Latin American and Caribbean diaspora - 4th Seminar in Migration and Development Series
- Challenges in education: Bolivia and Peru
- A reception to honour the "10 Most Influential Hispanics" awards recipients upon their visit to Ottawa
- Temporary Foreign Worker Health Issues: A Mexican Case Study
- Haiti's future: How can we help? Canada's Development Assistance Program
- Engaging the Haitian Diaspora in Development
- Human Rights in Colombia: Experience, Advances and Challenges
- A Dialogue Between Civil Society and the Candidates for Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States
- Human Rights NGOs in the Americas
- Obama, Congress and Canada-U.S. Co-operation in the Americas: An Inside the Beltway Analysis
- Linking Migration and Public Policy: Why Does It Matter?
- Elections Roundtable: Chile, Honduras, Bolivia
