The WCFIA Canada Program Seminar is off the record, free and open to the public, and was chaired by Professor Philip Oreopoulos, the 2010–2011 William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies. The seminars listed below are subject to change.
All seminars, unless otherwise noted, will be held in the Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138.
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- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: October 25, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"What Produces Happy Lives?"
- Speakers
- Helliwell, John
Professor of Economics, University of Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: November 1, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
- This is open to the public.
"Taking Stock of Canada-US Agricultural Trade under CUSFTA/NAFTA: Liberalization, Conflicts, and Challenges Ahead"
- Speakers
- Duchesne, Érick
Associate Professor of Political Science, Laval University, Québec.
- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: November 15, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Higher Education in Canada: The Impossible Triad Revisited"
- Speakers
- Naylor, David
President, University of Toronto.
- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: November 29, 2010
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Reforming Global Governance: U.S. and Canadian Perspectives in the Wake of the G-20"
- Speakers
- Stein, Janice
Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science, and Director, Munk School for Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: January 31, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Statistics, Public Confidence and Lessons from the Story of the 2011 Canadian Census"
- Speakers
- Fellegi, Ivan
Chief Statistician, emeritus, Statistics Canada.
- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: March 28, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Fragmentation of the True North: Canada's Identity Crisis in the Face of Environmental Politics"
- Speakers
- Cullis-Suzuki, Severn
Cultural and environmental activist, and writer.
- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: April 4, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Learning from Canada's Experience with Expanded Parental Leave"
- Speakers
- Milligan, Kevin
Associate Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia.
- WCFIA Special Event
- Date: April 6, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Austin West
- This is open to the public.
"A Conversation with Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada"
During her distinguished public service career, Justice Abella spent many years on the Ontario Family Court and Court of Appeal, presided over the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment, and served on the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies and
the Canada Program, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
- Speakers
- Abella, Rosalie
Supreme Court Justice, Canada.
- Canada Program Seminar
- Date: April 11, 2011
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"An Agenda for Broad-Based Canadian Prosperity"
- Speakers
- Trefler, Daniel
J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity, University of Toronto.
- 2011 Canadian Elections Screening
- Date: May 2, 2011
- Time: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
- Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St.
- This is open to the public.
Live broadcast of Canadian Federal Election returns.
