Canada and the Middle East: ambivalence or engagement? / Paul Heinbecker and Bessma Momani -- Practitioners' perspectives on Canada-Middle East relations / Michael Bell, Michael Molloy, David Sultan, and Sallama Shaker -- Applying Canadian perspectives to peace and conflict resolution in the Middle East / Nathan C. Funk -- Talking one talk, walking another: norm entrepreneurship and Canada's foreign policy in the Middle East / Marie-Jolle Zahar -- Canada's role in the Israeli-Palestine peace process / Rex Brynen -- Canadian interests and democracy promotion in the Middle East / Janine A. Clark -- Promoting civil society advocacy in the Middle East and at home: non-governmental organizations, the Canadian International Development Agency, and the Middle East Working Group, 1991-2001 / Paul Kingston -- The International Development Research Centre and the Middle East / Bruce Muirhead and Ron Harpelle -- Canada's Jewish and Arab communities and Canadian foreign policy / Brent E. Sasley and Tami Amanda Jacoby -- Inland refugee claimants from the Middle East and humanitarianism in Canadian foreign policy / Nergis Canefe.