NOTEBOOKS: Professional Diary/Calendar/Notes [# 134]

Association for Canadian Studies in the United States [ACSUS]

• 2013-11-18 Eve of departure to Tampa, Florida for ACSUS
• 2013-11-20 Consul General Louise Leger pg. 3-5
• Mr. Liam Stone pg. 5-6
• Mr. Jerry Fowden - Cott Beverages pg. 6
• 8:30 Politics of the Harper Government - Michael Behiels pg. 7-9
• Tim Nieguth and Tracy Raney - Rebranding Canada pg. 9-12
• Neal Carter - Personality Difference : Does Majority Government Affect Leaddership Style - p.m. Harper pg. 12-14
• Questions and Discussion - Richard Nimijean (Carleton Univ) pg. 14-16
• Wed. 10:30 Jeffrey Brison - 1940 tour of American New Deal Act pg. 16-
• Emily LeDuc - Canadian Consciousness and American TV pg. 16-17
• Andrea Charron - NORAD and the Arctic pg. 17
• Joseph Jocket - U.S.-Canada Defense ; Era of George W., Obama pf. 17-18
• Alan Stephenson - Chair - commentary on NORAD pg. 18
• Questions and discussion with Tim Pasch pg. 19-21
• Noon - Governance of Canada Plenary - Denis Stevens pg. 22-25
• Wed. 2:15 Across the Border - Environment & Integrated Energy - Christopher Sands - Integrating U.S. and Canada Energy pg. 26-27
• David Rossiter - Northern Gateway Pipeline pg. 27-28
• Don Alper - Transboundary Coop around Salish Sea (Superb talk) pg. 28-31
• Questions pg. 31-33
• Wed. 4:15 Jeannie McGinn - Elizabeth Hay's Geography Sublime pg. 34-35
• Cynthia Sugars - "Canada Please" - racism pg. 36-37
• Wed. evening reception pg. 37-40
• Thurs. a.m. Gov. of Quebec Plenary Breakfast pg. 41-43
• Thurs. 8:30 Panel - Geography, Resources, Environment - Nature of Canadian Studies - Unsettling the place of nature pg. 44
• David Rossiter (WWU) - Early 21st century pg. 44-45
• Robert Wells and Kortney Scroger - Canada water pg. 45-46
• Jeff Ayers, Laura Stroup, and Richard Kujawa - Comparing Canadian and U.S. environmental policies - Energy/Sustainability pg. 46-48
• Dr. Andrea Olive & Chris Petrakos - The Arctic pg. 48-49
• David Rossiter Discussant (and questions) pg. 49-52
• Thurs. 10:30 Session - A New Cold War? Canada and a Changing Arctic
• Mark Paradise & Patrick James - Controlling the North pg. 52-54
• Kari Roberts - What Canada should know about Russia's Arctic intentions pg. 55-56
• Carolyn James - Canadian foreign policy - Interdependence sovereignty pg. 56-58
• Questions pg. 58-61
• Thurs. 2:20 Charlotte Templin - Margaret Atwood and Northrup Frye : Comic Mode & World View pg. 61-63
• Judith McCombs - Themes and Myths - 3rd vol. of Margaret Atwood's near-future dystopia trilogy pg. 63-64
• J. D. Snyder (48) Bridges and Borders talk pg. 64
• Thurs. 4:15 Joint Session - EDU (50) and SACS (52) pg. 66-
• James McCormick - Teaching about Canada in Canada pg. 67-68
• Richard Conley - PMs Diefenbaker, Mulroney, and Harper pg. 69-70
• Nels H. Granholm (Rush job - too bad) pg. 70
• Colin D. Pearce - Canada Paradigms lost & found pg. 71-72
• Commentary pg. 72-73
• Fri. 8:30 Program HIS - Scott See - Identity in pre-confederation Canada pg. 73
• Gabriel Levesque - Slavery in a Nova Scotia narrative, 1825-1835 pg. 74-75
• Dr. Hannah Lane - Anti Slavery / Churches NS - Maine pg. 75-76
• Michael T. Perry - New Brunswick, 1838-42 pg. 76-77
• Dr. Stephanie Bungarth - Discussant & Questions pg. 77-80
• NAFTA Panel 10:30 a.m. - "North American Borders"
• Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly pg. 81-82
• Tony Payan pg. 83-85
• Irasema Coronado pg. 85-86
• Questions pg. 86-88
• Fri. 2:15 Pol. Panel - Book 4th ed. "Canada and the United States : Differences that Count" pg. 88
• David Biett - Chapters of book pg. 88-90
• Melissa Haussman pg. 90-91
• Deborah Van Nijatten pg. 91-92
• Michael Martinez pg. 93
• John Harles pg. 94-96
• David Biett pg. 96-
• Questions pg. 96-98
• Fri. 4:15 Pol. Session (p60) Canada Political Economy
• Chair/Discussant - Ken Holland pg. 99-
• Earl Fry - Lament vs. Renaissance pg. 99-101
• Geoff Hale - Then and now - Global economy pg. 101-103
• Prosper Bernard - Recession of 2008-2009 pg. 103-104
• Questions pg. 105-106
• Friday night banquet - Patrick James - 3012 Donner Medal in Canadian Studies pg. 107-109
• Things to do pg. 109-115
• Series of story outlines - from Eva Longoria perhaps pg. 122-133
• University of Minnesota professor - Food Production pg. 134-
• More stories (all of these most constructive stories are derived from the book "Forty Chances : Finding Hope in a Hungry World" by Howard G. Buffett and Howard W. Buffett (2013) - end

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