Resources

McLeod Group Back-to-School Quiz, September, 2011

McLeod Group Policy Papers 
Women, Canada and the World:  Is Canada Failing?
by Rieky Start, March 2011
McLeod Group Submission to the Department of Finance

February 18, 2011
The Global Challenge of Fragile State: Is There a Role for Canada?
by Carolyn McAskie, December, 2010
Listen to Carolyn McAskie on Radio Canada International,
December 15, 2010 

Published articles by Mcleod Group members

Busan: Are Donors Ready for Real Partnership?
By John Sinclair, Embassy Magazine, Nov 23, 2011 

Regulating Blood Minerals – Why the Controversy?
By Ian Smillie, Embassy Magazine, Nov. 16, 2011

Canada Should Seize Lead in G20
By John Sinclair, Embassy Magazine, Sept 21, 2011

Fundraising Pitfalls: Somalia Still Needs Us
By Ian Smillie, Globe and Mail, Sept 19, 2011 
Expect CIDA Minister, Debate to Have Low Profile – But Watch behind the Scenes
By Stephen Brown and Ian Smillie, Embassy Magazine, Sept 14, 2011
The Real Reason CIDA is a Mess
By Ian Smillie, ipolitics, Aug. 9, 2011
Transparency and Canadian Foreign Aid
By Stephen Brown and John Sinclair, Embassy, July 27, 2011

Why Canada Must Commit to Africa
By Ted Jackson, The Mark, Nov. 22, 2010

Aside from a speech by Lawrence Cannon last July and recent remarks from David Johnston, the Harper government has shown almost no interest in Canada's non-profit sector
By Betty Plewes, The Mark, Oct. 18, 2010

Is Canada Ready for UN Prime Time?
By Betty Plewes and Hunter McGill, Embassy Magazine,
Sep. 22, 2010

What’s a Billion Dollars? New Money or Old, Aid Budget Could Use a Few More Dollars
By Ian Smillie in The Toronto Star , Aug. 1, 2010

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Reinventing CIDA
By Ian Smillie in Embassy Magazine, July 28, 2010
The ‘Open Canada’ study: critical of CIDA but warrants debate.
By Betty Plewes in The Mark, July 8, 2010

Did We Throw Away Our Chance for G20 Leadership?
By John Sinclair, Embassy Magazine, June 23, 2010

Aiding symptoms not causes
by Betty Plewes in The Mark

Cida and the Money Doublers
by Ian Smillie in Embassy

Politicizing, undermining gender equality
by Betty Plewes and Joanne Kerr in Embassy

High time for a minister who understand the role of aid
by Ian Smillie, in the Globe and Mail

The G20 Summit: Showbiz or Way Forward?
By John Sinclair in Embassy

Does Canada Deserve a Place at the Table?
By Betty Plewes in The Mark