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Seminar Schedule > Canada Seminar

The WCFIA Canada Program Seminar is off the record, free and open to the public, and chaired by Professor Ruth Phillips, the 2009–2010 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: September 21, 2009
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Thinking About Canada, While Imagining a New Art Gallery of Ontario with Frank Gehry"

Speakers
Teitelbaum, Matthew
Michael and Sonja Koerner Director and CEO, Art Gallery of Ontario.

Canada Program Seminar
Date: October 19, 2009
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Winners' History: Exhibiting the Group of Seven"

Please read Lynda Jessup's bio.

Speakers
Jessup, Lynda
Professor of Canadian Art History and Museum Representation, Queen's University.

Canada Program Seminar
Date: November 9, 2009
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The Canadian War Museum, and the Military Identity of an Unmilitary People"

Please read Norman Hillmer's bio.

Speakers
Hillmer, Norman
Professor of History and International Relations, Carleton University.

Canada Program Author Reading
Date: November 18, 2009
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St., Room 2
This is open to the public.

"Guerilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations"

Daryl Copeland
Author. 

"Branding Canada: Projecting Canada's Soft Power through Public Diplomacy"

Evan Potter
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa.

Speakers
Copeland, Daryl
Author.
Potter, Evan
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa.