 Conferences and Round Tables
- Symposium: "Vulnerable Children in Canada: Research Insights and Policy Options"
Friday, April 11, 2008, Toronto
[click on speaker to hear audio presentation]
Keynote speech: J. Fraser Mustard (Founders' Network)
[presentation slides]
discussion
Session 1:
Aboriginal Chidren
Jessica Ball (University of Victoria)
[presentation slides]
comments by Andrea Johnston (Johnston Research Inc.)
[presentation slides]
Risk Factors and the Situation of Vulnerable Children in Quebec
Christa Japel (Université du Québec à Montréal)
[presentation slides]
comments by Magdalena Janus (McMaster University)
[presentation slides]
discussion
Session 2:
Canadian Initiatives to Assist Vulnerable Children
Gillian Doherty (Consultant in Early Childhood Education)
[presentation slides]
comments by Brenda Patterson (City of Toronto)
discussion
- Policy Panel: "A Canadian Priorities Agenda: Policy Choices to Address Climate Change and Environmental Protection"
Monday, February 25, 2008, Vancouver
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Panel 1: "Canadian Policies for Deep Greenhouse Gas Reductions"
Nic Rivers (Simon Fraser University)
Graham Whitmarsh (BC Climate Action Secretariat)
Jock Finlayson (Business Council of BC)
discussion
Panel 2: "Securing Natural Capital and Ecological Goods and Services for Canada"
Nancy Olewiler (Simon Fraser University)
Brian Bawtinheimer (BC Ministry of Environment)
Carmen Turner (Teck Cominco)
discussion
- Conference: The Art of the State IV - "Northern Exposure"
October 25-27, 2007, Montebello
program | participant list | speech by Sheila Watt-Cloutier (MP3) | youth panel (MP3)
- Conference: "Protecting Security and Human Rights: The Case of Migration in Canada"
September 20-21, 2007, Ottawa
conference papers
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 Working Breakfasts and Lunches
- Working Lunch: "Economic immigration policy in Australia and Canada: What lessons can we learn?"
Monday, May 12, 2008, Ottawa
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Lesleyanne Hawthorne (University of Melbourne) [presentation slides]
Howard Duncan (Metropolis)
Michael Murphy (Canadian Chamber of Commerce)
discussion
- Working Lunch: A Canadian Priorities Agenda: Policy Choices for Improved Economic and Social Well-Being
Wendy Dobson (Rotman School of Management)
Carolyn Tuohy (University of Toronto)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, Toronto
With the support of
hear presentations:
Christopher Ragan | Wendy Dobson | Carolyn Tuohy | discussion
- Brown-Bag Lunch: "Détérioration des salaires des nouveaux immigrants au Québec par rapport à l'Ontario et à la Colombie-Britannique"
Organized by Immigration et Métropole and the IRPP
Brahim Boudarbat and Maude Boulet (University of Montreal)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, Montreal
- Working Lunch: "Does the Quebec Labour Market Welcome New Immigrants? The Realities and Challenges of Economic Integration"
Brahim Boudarbat and Maude Boulet (University of Montreal)
Marie-Thérèse Chicha and Éric Charest (University of Montreal)
France Pelletier (National Bank of Canada)
Monday, December 10, 2007, Montreal
hear presentations (in French):
Brahim Boudarbat | Marie-Thérèse Chicha | France Pelletier | discussion
- Working Lunch: A Canadian Priorities Agenda: Policy Choices for Improved Economic and Social Well-Being
Alain Dubuc (La Presse)
William Watson (McGill University)
Jeremy Leonard (IRPP)
Christopher Ragan (McGill University)
France St-Hilaire (IRPP)
Monday, November 19, 2007, Montreal
hear presentations:
France St-Hilaire (in French) | William Watson | Alain Dubuc (in French) | discussion (in French)
- Working Lunch - Book Launch: A Canadian Priorities Agenda: Policy Choices for Improved Economic and Social Well-Being
Jeremy Leonard (IRPP)
Christopher Ragan (McGill University)
France St-Hilaire (IRPP)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, Ottawa
hear presentations:
Christopher Ragan | Jeremy Leonard | discussion
- Working Lunch: "Global Futures for Canada's Global Cities"
Thomas J. Courchene (IRPP and Queen's University)
Joe Berridge (Urban Strategies Inc.)
Monday, October 1, 2007, Toronto
With the support of
hear presentations:
Thomas J. Courchene | Joe Berridge | discussion
- Working Lunch: "Au-delà des accommodements raisonnables : les défis des sociétés d'accueil, ici et ailleurs"
L. Ian MacDonald (Editor, Policy Options)
Jean Renaud (Univeristy of Montreal)
Valérie Amiraux (Univeristy of Montreal)
September 25, 2007, Montreal
hear presentations (in French):
L. Ian MacDonald | Jean Renaud | Valérie Amiraux | discussion
- Working Lunch: "Balancing Acts: Canadian Immigration Policy in Context"
Demetrios Papademetriou (President, Migration Policy Institute, Washington)
Friday, September 21, 2007, Ottawa
remarks by Mr. Papademetriou (MP3) | discussion (MP3)
- Working Lunch: "Measuring Up: BC Family Policy Present and Future"
Paul Kershaw (University of British Columbia)
Kevin Milligan (University of British Columbia)
June 14, 2007, Vancouver
- Working Lunch: "Measuring Up: Alberta Family Policy Present and Future"
Paul Kershaw (University of British Columbia)
Joseph P. Hornick (Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family)
Lois Harder (University of Alberta)
June 13, 2007
Edmonton, Alberta
hear presentations:
Paul Kershaw | Joseph Hornick | Lois Harder
- Working breakfast on immigrant employment (Ottawa)
May 23, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario
hear presentations:
Elizabeth McIsaac | Naomi Alboim | Malcolm Brown | Karen Jackson | Carole Gagnon | discussion
- Working lunch on immigrant employment (Toronto)
With the support of the Maytree Foundation
May 22, 2007
Toronto, Ontario
hear presentations:
Naomi Alboim | Elizabeth McIsaac | discussion
- Working Lunch: "The Implications of the 2007 Quebec Election"
L. Ian MacDonald (IRPP), Éric Montpetit (University of Montreal) and Robin Sears (Navigator Ltd.)
May 2, 2007
Toronto, Ontario
hear presentations:
L. Ian MacDonald | Éric Montpetit | Robin Sears | discussion
Working Lunch: The Art of the State, Volume III: Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada
Keith Banting, Stuart Soroka, Jeffrey Reitz and Rupa Banerjee
February 14, 2007
Toronto, Ontario
hear presentations:
Reitz and Banerjee | Banting and Soroka | discussion
order Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada
- Working Lunch: "The Underrepresentation of Visible Minorities in the Electoral Process"
Sujit Choudhry, Michael Pal and Bruce Hicks
January 23, 2007
Toronto, Ontario
hear presentations:
Bruce Hicks | Sujit Choudhry | Michael Pal | discussion
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 Other Events
- Lecture: Is the Class Half Empty? Using Administrative Data to Gain a Population-Based Perspective on Socioeconomic Status and Educational Outcomes
In collaboration with the Léa-Roback Centre de recherche sur les inégalités sociales de santé de Montréal
Marni Brownell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
April 3, 2007
Montreal, Quebec
presentation slides | audio webcast
- Book Launch: The Art of the State, Volume III: Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada
Keith Banting, Thomas J. Courchene and F. Leslie Seidle (editors)
February 13, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario
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