{"id":2020,"date":"2021-04-28T17:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/?page_id=2020"},"modified":"2021-05-26T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T14:03:57","slug":"keynote-diplomacy-and-sustainable-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/keynote-diplomacy-and-sustainable-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote: Diplomacy and Sustainable Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k9wgx7gw-e58e444fc7f128703c5f8a3e31bb29ff\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-slideshow .av-slideshow-caption.av-k9wgx7gw-e58e444fc7f128703c5f8a3e31bb29ff__0 .avia-caption-title{\nfont-size:30px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n#top 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justify\">Isabelle Hudon was appointed Canada&#8217;s Ambassador to France and Monaco by the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, on September 29, 2017. The first woman to lead the Canadian Embassy in France and Monaco, she presented her credentials to President Emmanuel Macron on December 18, 2017. Since 2019, she also serves as the Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Canada for La Francophonie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Isabelle Hudon is well known as a businesswoman with outstanding leadership skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Her strong business experience, boundless energy and deep community involvement have made her the centre of many networks. She is an Ambassador with a clear roadmap marked by strong action in support of economic diplomacy. Her efforts serve to develop bilateral trade, increase results in trade and investment against the backdrop of CETA and intensify economic cooperation with the help of the Embassy\u2019s trade teams.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1un3ao-9e64705a7c3d890fe76129ed41eeb9e9\">\n.flex_column.av-1un3ao-9e64705a7c3d890fe76129ed41eeb9e9{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1un3ao-9e64705a7c3d890fe76129ed41eeb9e9 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ko1iw8fg-cdd4e212c29b88ee05503bbf72f4bfa7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ko1iw8fg-cdd4e212c29b88ee05503bbf72f4bfa7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ko1iw8fg-cdd4e212c29b88ee05503bbf72f4bfa7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ko1iw8fg-cdd4e212c29b88ee05503bbf72f4bfa7 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-has-copyright av-copyright-icon-reveal'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2022 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2022 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Isabelle-Hudon.jpg\" alt='' title='Isabelle Hudon'  height=\"532\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Isabelle-Hudon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Isabelle-Hudon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Isabelle-Hudon-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/Isabelle-Hudon-705x469.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">Photo : Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique M\u00e9nard-Aubin<span class='avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='info' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-labelledby='av-svg-title-1' aria-describedby='av-svg-desc-1' role=\"graphics-symbol\">\n<title id='av-svg-title-1'>Info<\/title>\n<desc id='av-svg-desc-1'>Info<\/desc>\n<path d=\"M11.264 0q1.536 0 2.368 0.864t0.832 2.208q0 1.6-1.248 2.816t-3.040 1.216q-1.536 0-2.368-0.832t-0.768-2.304q0-1.472 1.12-2.72t3.104-1.248zM4.672 32q-3.2 0-1.728-5.696l1.92-8.128q0.448-1.792 0-1.792-0.384 0-1.728 0.576t-2.304 1.216l-0.832-1.408q2.88-2.496 6.048-4.032t4.832-1.536q2.496 0 1.152 5.184l-2.24 8.512q-0.512 2.048 0.192 2.048 1.408 0 3.776-1.92l0.96 1.28q-2.688 2.752-5.6 4.224t-4.448 1.472z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ko40bgqw-25738ee309012e6195bfeefe28373428 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Her expertise, a real asset for the development of Canada-France trade, stems from her business experience in positions such as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (2004 &#8211; 2008) or, more recently, Chief Executive Officer of Sun Life Financial &#8211; Quebec (2010 &#8211; 2015) and then Senior Vice-President, Client Solutions of Sun Life Financial \u2013 Canada. Under her leadership, Sun Life Financial experienced impressive growth and returned to a place of prominence in the community. An active contributor to business development, Ms. Hudon serves on numerous boards of directors, including those of Hydro Qu\u00e9bec, Club Mont-Royal, Holt Renfrew, Groupe Marcelle and as Chairman of the Board of UQAM and Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du Havre de Montr\u00e9al. Isabelle Hudon was named to the Canada&#8217;s Most Powerful Women Top 100 Hall of Fame in 2014, and was among the top five finalists in both 2015 and 2016 for <i>Finance et Investissement <\/i>business journal&#8217;s Top 25 for the Quebec financial industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Isabelle Hudon is personally committed to moving forward Canada\u2019s feminist foreign policy, taking a firm stance to women&#8217;s ambition and women&#8217;s leadership.<\/strong> In March 2016, Isabelle Hudon was awarded the National Assembly of Quebec\u2019s medal for her commitment to the cause of women&#8217;s ambition. In 2017, she co-founded <i>Effet A<\/i>, a movement aimed at giving concrete expression to this female ambition, helping women fulfil their professional potential. In 2018, she co-chaired with Melinda Gates, the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Board created by the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, during Canada\u2019s G7 Presidency. In 2019, she was a member of the same council, which continued its work under France\u2019s G7 Presidency.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify\">As Ambassador, Isabelle Hudon is a tireless spokesperson and a highly active point person for Canada&#8217;s recognized leadership on gender issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>In addition to the economy and gender equality, not forgetting the importance attached to migration and environmental diplomacy, Ambassador Hudon&#8217;s third major priority is culture.<\/strong> Since 2017, she strives to make the Canadian Embassy in France a laboratory and leader for true Canadian cultural diplomacy, at the service of culture, creation, identities, promoting Canadian values. These efforts flourish both in Paris and outside of Paris, within the walls of the most prestigious institutions and in the streets. The July 1<span class=\"s1\">st <\/span>Canada Day Street Party organized in 2019 brought together some 12,000 participants in the Embassy neighbourhood. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Council for the Arts, Ambassador Hudon is deeply devoted and committed to culture in the community. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her contribution to raising awareness of the importance of culture in Canada and for her involvement in the promotion of the Canadian cultural scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Isabelle Hudon was awarded an honorary degree of <i>Doctor of Law <\/i>from Concordia University in November 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2020","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2020\/revisions\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.euram.academy\/2021conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}