The White Helmets: Humanitarian Innovation for Today's Crises

Join us for a roundtable on the White Helmets and innovations in contemporary humanitarian aid. At this event, panelists will discuss the group's origins, their role in the Syrian conflict including search and rescue missions and community safety, and their broader influence and challenges.

This event is free and in person.

Speakers include:

• Emily Paddon Rhoads: associate professor of political science, Swarthmore College
• Farouq al Habib: Group Deputy General Manager / Canada Executive Director of The White Helmets
• Jennifer Welsh (moderator): CIPSS Director, Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security, Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University
• Marie-Joëlle Zahar: Professeure titulaire, Département de science politique, Université de Montréal
• Marie Lamensch (for closing remarks): Coordinator, Program and Outreach/ Coordonnatrice, programme et diffusion, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University