Objective Resolution Calgary

05/23/2018

Curious about Interpol? Learn more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyzOjQ2Get8

Help us out and Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml How Does Extradition Work? http://testu.be/1FZYGlo In early June, the world of soccer was rocked by INTER...

02/12/2018

Want to know more about how MUN teaches students about international relations? Watch the video below for a super cool TED talk all about it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqx-C8tmeYw

Lucas is a ‘third culture kid’ who spent his early years growing up in Africa, Europe, and Asia. He is currently a senior at Chiang Mai International School,...

02/08/2018

Here is an interesting article from Best Delegate about Model UN!

http://bestdelegate.com/what-is-model-united-nations/

Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students typically roleplay delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. This activity takes place at MUN conferences, which is usually organized by

02/05/2018

Are you curious about learning more about Model United Nations? Watch this cool video below to learn more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt1LT4XKP5Q

Ever wondered what it's like to be a delegate in the UN? Tempted to try out your hand at being part of a simulation? Check out our first video in our Model U...

10/30/2017

We would like to give a huge thank you to all of the delegates who attended Object Resolution Calgary's First Annual Delegation Preparation Summit! We are excited to announce that the photos from the conference are now released via the link below!

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10/09/2017

Are you interested in improving your public speaking skills? Objective Resolution Calgary’s First Annual Delegation Preparation summit is an incredible opportunity for students who are interested in Model UN. We will be running a conference with guest speaker Devinder Shory, and we will have exciting development workshops as well as a Model UN committee session! We are looking for students of any age and experience who are passionate about peace and diplomacy to attend our conference.

Registration is open for our Summit and we only have 10 spots left, so sign up soon!! Tickets are only $5 and there will be snacks and prizes up for grabs. The event is on Saturday, October 14 from 9:30-5:30 at the Earth Sciences Building at the U of C (ES443).

Please note that event is not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Calgary.

Sign up now at: https://goo.gl/forms/1yjaXW5yhYc3NCje2

If you have any questions please message us and we will get back to you! With more updates coming soon, make sure you like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram!

Thank you for choosing to attend ORC's First Annual Delegation Preparation Calgary Summit. The conference will include guest speaker presentations, a development workshop for delegates, and a Model United Nations Committee Session. This event is a great chance to meet some new people including key p...

09/30/2017

Interested in attending Objective Resolution Calgary’s First Annual Delegation Preparation Summit?

Our conference will be made up of a number of exciting guest speaker presentations, a development workshop for delegates, and a Model United Nations committee session! Our event is a great opportunity to meet new people and to introduce yourself to a key political figure from the Calgary area! We will also be giving individuals the opportunity to improve skills such as public speaking and negotiating in an engaging committee session surrounding the topics of Cooperation Against Climate Change and Relations with North Korea.

Registration for the Summit is now open and tickets are only $5! Keep in mind that there will be cool prizes up for grabs and snacks provided at our conference. The event will be happening on October 14th 2017 from 9:30-5:30 at the Earth Sciences Building at the University of Calgary (ES 443).

People with any level of MUN experience are invited and encouraged to participate and little preparation is needed to participate in our simulation! Our topics have been specifically designed for students to focus more on skill development than on research and preparation.

Please note that this event is not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Calgary.

With more updates coming soon, make sure to like Objective Resolution Calgary on FB and follow on Instagram!

Register below:

Thank you for choosing to attend ORC's First Annual Delegation Preparation Calgary Summit. The conference will include guest speaker presentations, a development workshop for delegates, and a Model United Nations Committee Session. This event is a great chance to meet some new people including key p...

09/21/2017

Introducing Objective Resolution Calgary’s First Annual Delegate Preparation Conference!

Want to refine your MUN skills? Want to win great prizes? Come check out ORC’s First Annual Delegate Preparation Conference! Tickets are on sale now for $5! The event will be happening on October 14th 2017 from 9:30-5:30 at the Earth Sciences Building at the University of Calgary.

The conference will include guest speaker presentations, a development workshop for delegates, and a Model United Nations Committee Session. This event is a great chance to meet some new people including key political figures in Calgary! In addition, we provide the platform for individuals to develop their public speaking and negotiating skills, all in a fun and engaging simulation. We've also got cool prizes up for grabs!

If you find yourself wondering how much preparation you will need to do in order to participate in our simulation, the answer is none! Our simulation is designed with common-knowledge topics to allow delegates of any level of experience to focus on developing their skills!

With more updates coming soon, make sure to like Objective Resolution Calgary on FB and follow on Instagram!

09/15/2017

Shirley Chisholm is the next member in our Snapshot series. Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American congresswoman in the United States in 1968, and then went on to become the first major-party black candidate to make a bid for U.S. presidency.

Shirley represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives for seven terms. She went on the run for presidency in the 1972 Democratic nomination, becoming the first African-American candidate to do so. She fought for education opportunities and social justice throughout her political career, but left Congress in 1983.

Chisholm graduated from Brooklyn College in 1946, where she began her career in teaching and went on to earn a master’s degree in elementary education from Columbia University. She served as a director of the Hamilton-Madison Child Care Center from 1953-1959, and as educational consultant for New York City’s Bureau of Child Welfare from 1959-1964.

Shirley became the first African-American congresswoman in 1968, being assigned to the House Forestry Committee, but demanded a reassignment. She was placed on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the graduated to the Education and Labour Committee. She became one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1969.

In 1972, Chisholm became the first major-party African-American candidate to make a bid for US presidency, running for the Democratic nomination. She was also a vocal opponent of the US military draft and was a champion on minority education and employment opportunities during the time she was in Congress. After leaving the Congress in 1983, she went on to teach at Mount Holyoke College.

Shirley passed away on January 1st 2005, but was awarded the distinguished Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for her work.

09/08/2017

The next member of our Snapshot Series is Cleisthenes. Cleisthenes was an Athenian statesman who is credited with the creation of a system of democracy. This system eventually enabled all citizens to be able to actively and directly participate in government.

Cleisthenes served as chief archon of Athens and allied himself with the Assembly, and against the nobles. In doing so, he was able to impose a democratic reform. He based individual political responsibility of a place rather than of being a part of a specific clan.

As chief archon of Athens, Cleisthenes was able to see how tyranny impacted society. He saw that it improved the economic condition of the “common people” and had temporarily broken the political power of the noble houses. He believed that the reforms would not be realized, however, until the principle of hereditary privilege was dealt with at the roots. To solve this, he proposed that political organizations move away from clans and kinship groups, but instead more towards locality. He believed that public rights and duties should depend on the township, and that they kept a register of citizens and elected officials. Citizens would therefore be known by their township instead of by his father’s last name.

Cleisthenes contributed greatly to the idea of isonomia. Isonomia is a principle of equality rights for all. The reforms led by Cleisthenes largely related to the principle of isonomia, which led to a wider and more active participation of all citizens in public life.

09/06/2017

AmeriCAN but AmeriSHOULDN'T!

Below is a crash course video all about foreign policy! It shows us how foreign policy impacts things like diplomacy, human rights, security, economics and the environment, all at a global scale! It also shows us how the United States ranks each of the factors by importance, and how this ranking can create controversy around the globe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhIQNkO_Y0

Today Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics by talking about both the least and most important aspect of government: foreign policy. F...

09/01/2017

The third member of our Snapshot series is Tawakkol Karman. Tawakkol was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 and is the first Yemeni, first Arab, and second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Karman was also the youngest Nobel Peace Laureate at the time, at 32 years old. She is known as “The Mother of the Revolution” and has been recognized for her work in nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and their rights to be able to fully participate in peacebuilding work in Yemen.

Tawakkol has an undergraduate degree in Commerce from the University of Science and Technology in Sana’a, and has also completed a graduate degree in Political Science from the University of Sana’a. She is a journalist by profession, but is also considered a human’s rights activist because of her work in responding to political instability and human rights abuses in Yemen. She founded the organization Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), which advocates for rights and freedoms, as well as providing media skills to journalists so that they are able to produce regular reports on human rights abuses in Yemen. Her organization has documented over 50 cases of attacks and unfair sentences against journalists.

Karman has also organized weekly protests in Sana’a starting in 2007, which targets systematic government repression and calls for inquiries into corruption as well as other forms of injustice (both social and legal). The protests continued until 2011, when she decided to redirect protesters into supporting the Arab Spring. She was able to bring Yemen’s revolution to New York where she spoke directly with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Karman also organized rallies at the UN headquarters.

Because of her opposition movement, Tawakkol has been imprisoned numerous times for her pro-democracy and pro-human rights movements, which has earned her the names “the mother of the revolution” as well as “the iron woman”. Since Karman has received her award in 2011, she still continues to support female journalists and rally against the government corruption and injustice. She spends much of her time in Change Square focussing on peaceful protests for justice and freedom.