06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Sponsored by: The Albert Shanker Institute,The American Federation of Teachers
In his talk, Dr. Fukuyama explored the challenges faced by the liberal democracies of Western Europe, Canada, and the United States in integrating Muslim immigrants. In particular, he sought to explain why the model of multiculturalism that originated in Canada and has been reasonably successful there is increasingly regarded as a failure in countries like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
The 2005 Democracy Service Medal was presented to John C. Whitehead and John Richardson for their contributions to democracy and human rights.
06:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Sponsored by: Embassy of Canada,The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation,The American Federation of Teachers
On December 6, 2004, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Canadian Embassy to the United States inaugurated an important new forum for discourse on democracy and its progress worldwide: the Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World.