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NOTE TO SPEAKERS: We had planned to have a Zoom help desk, but decided against it.
“On the two school days of your assigned teachers’ convention, you have a legal and professional responsibility to attend convention. If you are not able to make it safely to your assigned convention, however, your collective agreement may include impassable roads or inclement weather clauses that you can access. If your collective agreement does not include language specific to road conditions or weather, you may make use of the personal leave clauses of your agreement in most cases. Please be aware that using any of these types of leave may require you to pay substitute costs, forego a portion of your salary and benefits, or report to your school or another work location in your district. Refer to your collective agreement for more information. Should you require any additional information or if you need assistance interpreting your collective agreement, please contact Teacher Employment Services at 1-800-232-7208 or 780-447-9400.” This information is also found on the Frequently Asked Questions page on the ataconventions.ca website. If you have any further questions regarding this, please contact me by e-mail at Daniel.Maas@ata.ab.ca.
*****SESSION EVALUATIONS WILL CLOSE FRIDAY MARCH 3rd*****
This session tests the thesis that, Idealistic rhetoric aside, “the causes of war can be reduced to self-interest and for the greater part, the self-interests of Realism” (summarized by Thucydides as, “Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must”). Participants will be asked to comment on how well this thesis applies to New Cold War conflicts, including Canada’s role, in Panama, The Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Haiti, Venezuela, Ukraine and China. These case studies will illustrate Realist principles including, Balancing, Hegemony, Divide and Rule, Buck Passing, Appeasement, Vassal, Rising Power, Bleeding, the Security Dilemma, Offensive and Defensive Realism. Those opposing war should know that arguing that the war will not accomplish professed humanitarian goals will have no effect on war planners, for humanitarian goals are not actual causes. And those supporting war should also know that professed humanitarian goals are not actual causes. The session and its concepts are very straightforward and suitable for all levels of knowledge.
