The WCFIA Canada Program Seminar is off the record, free and open to the public, and chaired by Francine McKenzie, the 2012–2013 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 Seminar
- Date: September 17, 2012
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Bldg., the Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
- This is open to the public.
“A Century of Canadian Foreign Relations: from Colony to Colony”
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Bothwell, Robert
Director, International Relations Program, Trinity College; Fellow; Professor of Canadian Political and Diplomatic History, University of Toronto.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: October 1, 2012
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- K354, 3rd floor, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
- This is open to the public.
“Reporting on America: A Religious Experience”
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Macdonald, Neil
Journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Senior Correspondent, The National.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: October 29, 2012
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- K354, 3rd floor, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
- This is open to the public.
*PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED*
“Tecumseh Lies Here: Subversive Commemoration and the War of 1812”
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- MacDougall, Rob
Associate Director, Graduate Chair and Associate Professor, Centre for American Studies, Western University, Ontario.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: November 19, 2012
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- K354, 3rd floor, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
- This is open to the public.
“Canada-US Relations: Post Modern Diplomacy”
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Kergin, Michael
Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: November 26, 2012
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, K354 (3rd floor)
- This is open to the public.
“Being Canadian: Dual Citizenship in Historical Perspective”
The Canada Seminar is free, open to the public, and off the record. Refreshments will be provided.
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Herzog, Ben
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Research Fellow, Canada Program. PhD in Sociology, Yale University.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: February 4, 2013
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Belfer Case Study Room (SO20)
- This is open to the public.
"Moving Back and Moving Forward: Is Canada in Your Future?"
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Dryden, Ken
Former Member of Parliament (Canada).; Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: February 11, 2013
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Belfer Case Study Room (SO20)
- This is open to the public.
"Financial Stability in One Country?"
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Lane, Timothy
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: February 25, 2013
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Tecumseh Lies Here: Subversive Commemoration for the War of 1812"
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- MacDougall, Rob
Associate Director, Graduate Chair and Associate Professor, Centre for American Studies, Western University, Ontario.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: March 4, 2013
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Belfer Case Study Room (SO20)
- This is open to the public.
“National Security Drivers and Shapers: Comparing US and Canadian Experiences”
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Goldthorp, Linda
Public Servant in Residence, University of Toronto.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: March 25, 2013
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Canada in the Asia-Pacific: How Did We Get There and Where are We Going?"
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Caron, Joseph
Former Canadian Ambassador to China and Japan.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: April 1, 2013
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Belfer Case Study Room (SO20)
- This is open to the public.
"The Unfortunate Demise of Canadian Diplomacy"
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Paris, Roland
University Research Chair in International Security and Governance at the University of Ottawa.
- Canada Seminar
- Date: April 8, 2013
- Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
- This is open to the public.
"Canadian Foreign Policy: Out of Sync?"
- Moderator/Chair
- McKenzie, Francine
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor, Canada Program.
Associate Professor, Department of History, Western University, London,
Ontario.
- Speakers
- Malone, David
Rector of the United Nations University in Tokyo. Former President of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
