James Appathurai will deliver Autumn 2010 John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture on Thursday

TORONTO, November 2, 2010 − NATO Spokesperson James Appathurai will speak about the future of transatlantic security on Thursday at Glendon College, York University.

Appathurai, who will deliver the 2010 John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture, will also focus on the implications of the financial crisis for defence, and the future of transatlantic security cooperation.

Appathurai was born in Toronto and has been NATO Spokesperson since 2004. Prior to that he held other positions at NATO, the Department of National Defence in Ottawa, and the CBC. He has published more than 25 articles and book chapters on security issues, including NATO, peacekeeping, Euro-Atlantic security, Canada and regional security cooperation.

The annual John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture at Glendon honours the late John W. Holmes, a Canadian diplomat, writer, administrator and international relations professor at Glendon from 1971 to 1981. Holmes was a tireless promoter of Canada at home and abroad, in political, diplomatic and educational circles. He also participated in the founding of the United Nations and attended its first General Assembly in 1945.

WHAT: James Appathurai presentation
|                        “NATO 3.0: The Future of Transatlantic Security”
WHEN: Thursday Nov. 4, 2010, 7:30pm
WHERE: BMO Conference Centre, Glendon Hall, Glendon College
2275 Bayview Avenue
MAP: http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/glendon.htm
NOTE: The lecture will be bilingual.

Everyone is welcome but seating is limited. Please reserve your place by telephone: 416-487-6727 or by e-mail: events@glendon.yorku.ca .

York University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. York offers a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in Toronto, Canada’s most international city. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 50,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, as well as 200,000 alumni worldwide. York’s 10 Faculties and 28 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional academic boundaries. This distinctive and collaborative approach is preparing students for the future and bringing fresh insights and solutions to real-world challenges. York University is an autonomous, not-for-profit corporation.

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Media Contact:

Janice Walls, Media Relations, York University, 416 736 2100 x22101 / wallsj@yorku.ca
Marion Frankian, Office of the Principal, Glendon College, 416 487-6864 / mfrankian@glendon.yorku.ca