Denis Langlois, consul for political and economic relations and public affairs, Canadian Consulate General (Atlanta), will deliver a lecture titled, “U.S.-Canada Relations: Common Values and Uncommon Partnerships,” from 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Campbell Auditorium, 121 Humanities.

Before as-suming his current position in Atlanta in 2000, Langlois pursued a professional career as a legal specialist in international environmental issues, working for the Canadian government, the United Nations, and major Canadian law firms.

In the early 1990s, Langlois served, in the Environmental Law and Institutions Unit of the U.N. Environment Program in Nairobi, Kenya.

Later, he joined Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. During that time, he participated in the deliberations that led to the implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation and the Rotterdam Convention on Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.

In 1997, he was named program manager and Canada’s chief negotiator under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

Langlois received university training in law and was admitted to the Quebec Bar Association in 1989.

Canada is the most important trading partner for the United States, and, in his comments, Langlois will touch on several key issues relating to this nation’s economic and political relations with Canada.

This event is sponsored by the Center for Global Studies and is open to the general public. It should be of particular interest to students who are concerned with current events or who are studying international business and politics.

For more information, contact Dr. Paul Crapo, chair of Modern Foreign Languages, at 587-7484, or the Center for Global Studies at gstudies@utm.edu.