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FIRST ANNUAL ENVIREFORM CONFERENCE
"Strengthening Canada's Environmental Community
November 16-18, 2000 |
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| Thursday, November 16 |
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Rules for Food and Agriculture in a Globalizing Era |
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12:00-12:10pm |
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Janice Gross Stein (Director, Munk Centre for International Studies and Harrowston Professor of Conflict Management and Negotiation, University of Toronto) Professor Louis Pauly (Director, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Professor John Kirton (Department of Political Science/International Relations, University of Toronto, Principal Investigator, EnviReform Project) [audio] [text] Refreshments in Main Lounge, South House |
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12:10-2:00pm |
Session 1: Food Safety and the Trade Regime
Chair: Professor Harriet Friedmann (Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnvirReform Project) Speakers: Ms. Michelle Swenarchuk (Director of International Programs, Canadian Environmental Law Association) [html paper] Professor Robert Howse (Professor of Law, University of Michigan, Member of the Faculty, World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland) |
| 2:00-2:10pm | Break |
| 2:10-4:00pm |
Session 2: Comparative Perspectives: Brazil and the European Union
Chair: Ms Dianne Bartlett (Department of Sociology, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto) Speakers: Mr. David Hathaway (Economist, Brazil) Dr. David Barling (Program Leader, MA Food Policy, Thames Valley University) [html paper] or [pdf paper] 
Professor Grace Skogstad (Department of Political Science, University of Toronto) |
| 4:00-4:10pm | Break |
| 4:10-6:00pm |
Session 3: Investment and the Environment: Multilateral and North American Perspectives
Chair: Dr. Sylvia Ostry (Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Speakers: Professor Konrad von Moltke (Adjunct Professor, Environmental Studies. Dartmouth College) Professor Alan Rugman (Thames Water Fellow in Strategic Management, Templeton College, Oxford University, Collaborator, EnviReform Project) [html paper] or [pdf paper]
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| 6:00-8:00pm | Dinner Break |
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8:00-9:30pm Governing Council Chambers, 2nd floor (Simcoe Hall, 27 King's College Circle) |
Keynote Address
The Honourable Pierre-Marc Johnson (Heenan Blaikie, Montreal) [audio] Chair: Professor John Kirton (Principal Investigator, EnviReform Project) |
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9:30-10:30pm |
Reception - Board Room, Simcoe Hall |
| Friday, November 17 |
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Toward Democratic Governance? Civil Society, Social Cohesion and Trade Liberalization. Workshop co-sponsored by the Collaborative Master of Arts in International Relations Program, University of Toronto |
| 9:00-9:15am |
Opening Remarks
Professor David Welch (Director, Collaborative Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Toronto) Professor John Kirton (Principal Investigator, EnviReform Project) Professor Stephen Clarkson (Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) |
| 9:15-10:45am |
Session 4: Privileging Foreign Investors?: NAFTA Chapter 11
Chair: Professor Michael Trebilcock (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Speakers: Dr. Julie Soloway (Davies, Ward and Beck, Collaborator, EnviReform Project) Professor William Dymond (Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Carleton University) [html presentation] Dr. Howard Mann (International and Environmental Law and Policy, Ottawa, Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development) [html presentation] Professor Sanford Gaines (Law Centre, University of Houston) [html paper] or [pdf paper]
Discussant: Mr. Andrey Anishchenko (Master of Arts in International Relations Program, University of Toronto) [text] |
| 10:45-11:00am | Break |
| 11:00-12:45pm |
Session 5: Environmentally Empowering Citizens? CEC Article 14-15
Chair: Professor David Welch (Director, Collaborative Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Toronto) Speakers: Professor Chris Tollefson (Sierra Legal Defence Fund, LEAD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria) [html paper] or [pdf paper]
Ms. Serena Wilson (Member, Joint Public Advisory Committee, Commission for Environmental Cooperation) Mr. Gustavo Alanis (President, Mexican Centre for International Law) Discussant: Ms. Laura Barnett (Master of Arts in International Relations Program, University of Toronto) [text] |
| 12:45-2:15pm | Lunch Break |
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2:15-3:45pm Campbell Room |
Session 6: So Little for Labour? The Commission for Labour Cooperation
Chair: Professor Peter Warrian(Collaborative Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Toronto) Speakers: Mr. Kevin Banks (Senior Law Advisor, Commission for Labor Co-operation) Mr. Jim Stanford (Economist, Canadian Auto Workers) Professor Marc Levine (Director, Center for Canadian-American Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Discussant: Patrick Gleeson (Master of Arts in International Relations Program, University of Toronto) [text] |
| 3:45-4:15pm |
Session 7: Fix it or Nix it? Will the NAFTA Model Survive?
Chair: Professor Stephen Clarkson (Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Speakers: Professor Sanford Gaines (Law Centre, University of Houston) Dr. Sylvia Ostry (Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto) Mr. Scott Vaughan (Head of Environment, Economy and Trade Program, Commission for Environmental Cooperation) "NAFTA's Environmental Effects: New Concepts and Evidence" Discussant: Jonathan Papoulidis [text] |
| 6:45-8:00pm | Dinner for Conference Personnel - Hart House, South Dining Room, 2nd Floor |
| Saturday, November 18 |
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Environmental Indicators: Local and Global Approaches |
| 9:00-9:15pm |
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Virginia Maclaren (Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) |
| 9:15-10:30am |
Session 8: Environmental Indicators and Local Communities
Chair: Professor Virginia Maclaren (Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Speakers: Mr. David Buckeridge (Research Associate, HEALNet, Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network) [html presentation] and
Professor Carl Amrhein (Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science) "The Development of Environmental and Respiratory Health Indicators: A Case Study of a Community/University Collaboration" [html presentation] Ms Tara Lynne Franco (Sustainable Community Initiative Co-ordinator, City of Hamilton) "Vision 2020 and Community Indicators" Mr. Noel Keogh (Co-ordinator, Sustainable Calgary) "Using Indicators to Engage the Community in Sustainability Debates" |
| 10:30-10:45pm | Break |
| 10:45-12:00pm |
Session 9: Environmental Indicators and Global Trade: the State of the Art
Chair: Professor Rodney White (Director, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto) Speakers: Ms. Sarah Richardson (President, Maeander Enterprises) "Sustainability Assessment of Trade Agreements: Global Approaches" Professor Virginia Maclaren (Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) "Trade Related Indicators and Community Reporting In Canada" Discussant: Professor John Kirton (Principal Investigator, EnviReform Project) |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch Break |
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Sponsors: Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto Collaborative Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Toronto Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
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Conference Organizers: Professor Stephen Clarkson (Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Professor Harriet Friedmann (Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Professor Peter Hajnal (Information Centre Manager, EnviReform Project) Professor John Kirton (Principal Investigator, EnviReform Project) Professor Virginia Maclaren (Co-investigator, EnviReform Project) Dr. Julie Soloway (Collaborator, EnviReform Project) |
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Conference Staff: Ms. Mary Lynne Bratti (Munk Centre for International Studies) Ms. Joan Golding (Collaborative Master of Arts in International Relations) Ms. Diane Granato (Centre for International Studies) Ms. Madeline Koch (Managing Editor, EnviReform Project) Ms. Tina Lagopoulos (Centre for International Studies) Ms. Marilena Liguori (Research Assistant) Mr. Rob Roy McGregor (Web Manager, EnviReform Project) Ms. Klaudyna Osika (Research Assistant) Mr. Bob Papanikolaou (Research Assistant) Ms. Gina Stephens (Co-ordinator, EnviReform Project) |
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For further information about this past event email to Tina Lagopoulos at: cis.general@utoronto.ca
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