Canadian Perspectives on Afghanistan November 15, 2010

Film viewing: "Good Morning Kandahar" by Ariel Nasr tells the story of a group of young Afghan-Canadians trying to make
sense of the conflict in their homeland and the role played by Canada. (Link: http://www.nfb.ca/film/Good_Morning_Kandahar/ ).

Commentary: Cindy Termorshuizen, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Canadian
Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, from August 2009-August 2010.

Additional information about the film:
The film was produced as part of the Reel Diversity Competition for emerging filmmakers of color.
Reel Diversity is a National Film Board of Canada initiative in partnership with CBC Newsworld

Additional biographical information about Ms. Termoshuizen:
She was the Director for Policy in the Afghanistan Task Forces in
the Department of Foreign Affairs from 2007-2008 and the Privy Council
Office (similar to the US National Security Council) from 2008-2009.

Ms. Termorshuizen previously served in the South Asia and Asia Pacific
Policy Divisions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade, in the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Privy
Council Office, and the Policy Branch of the Department of National
Defence. She is currently Director of the Greater China Division at the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Ms. Termorshuizen has Masters degree in Political Science from Carleton
University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Development
from the University of Guelph. She has also studied at Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, Michigan; National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei,
Taiwan; and the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan.