Fernandes, will then discuss the achievements of the treaty, the threats that landmines continue to pose to innocent civilian populations, and the practical and policy challenges that remain to be addressed. Our speakers, Lloyd Axworthy and Olivia R. Hosted and moderated by Canadian Landmine Foundation chairman Alistair Edgar, this event will begin with a short ten-minute documentary on the origins of the Ottawa Treaty and Canada’s instrumental role in its creation. The USA, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran and some others continue to decline or reject adding their signatures, and in some cases are believed to have continued to make use of these weapons in conflict and landmines have continued to maim or kill refugees and internally displaced people seeking to return to their homes.

However, significant challenges remain, and there has been back-tracking. Epic Megagames (formerly Potomac Computer Systems) was founded way back in 1991 (or thereabouts) by Tim Sweeney, to market his new shareware game ZZT.ZZT became a tremendous hit, popular with fun-loving, computer-savvy people who enjoyed it's unprecedented in-game editor with built-in object-oriented scripting language. It has been almost twenty four years since the signing of The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on the Destruction-popularly known as the Ottawa Treaty. Registration is required, but you do not need a Zoom account to watch. “The Ottawa Treaty Today” In Partnership with the Canadian Landmine Foundation

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