Former ambassador talks terrorism at Douglas College

November 24, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Take a former Canadian ambassador to South East Asia, a terrorism expert from Ottawa and high school students from Greater Vancouver and you have Minimun at Douglas College.
Terrorism was the theme of the event which was held on November 21 and attracted about 80 students from Port Moody Senior Secondary and Southpointe Academy, an independent school in Delta.

Gordon Longmere, the former Canadian Ambassador to South East Asia, and now a consultant to the Canadian government on terrorism in the region, fielded questions from students on bio-terrorism, religious residential schools and globalization. Then students heard from Peter Bates, the Deputy Director of International Crime, Terrorism, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, via live video-conference from Ottawa.

Minimun is warm-up event for Dougimun, Douglas College International Model United Nations, to be held February 7 to 10 at the College. Students from Douglas College and around the world will take on the roles of diplomats in a mock United Nations setting based on the theme: A World in Turmoil - Terrorism in the 21st Century.

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