Registration open for the 2012 Canadian Studies Roundtable

The Canadian Studies Program at Western Michigan University is calling to order the 2012 Annual Canadian Studies Roundtable, on April 13, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in WMU's Bernhard Center.

We invite scholars, teachers, students and the general public to join us for a day of workshops and analysis of current events regarding the United States-Canada relationship.

Our Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Heather Smith, Professor of International Studies and Environment at University of Northern British Columbia.

Heather A. Smith is a Professor of International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her areas of expertise include Canadian climate change policy, gender and Canadian foreign policy and indigenous perspectives on climate change. Recent publications include "Choosing Not to See: Canada, Climate Change and the Arctic" in International Journal, (Autumn 2010); "Unwilling Internationalism or Strategic Internationalism? Canadian Climate Policy Under the Conservative Government" in Canadian Foreign Policy, (Summer 2009) and "Disciplining Nature of the Discipline" in Marshall Beier and Lana Wylie (eds), Canadian Foreign Policy in Critical Perspective, (Toronto: Oxford, 2009). She is also a 3M National Teaching Fellow (2006).

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Roundtable Agenda - April 13, 2012

9:00 AM - Registration and refreshments
9:20 - Opening Remarks

9:30 to 10:30 - Workshops
A) Multiculturalism, Interculturalism and Immigration in Canada.
Moderator: Vincent Desroches, Western Michigan University

B) Teaching Canadian Studies: Why, When and How.
Moderator: Ruth Writer, Western Michigan University

10:30 - Break

10:45 to 11:45 - Workshops
C) *Leveraging cross border trade partnership assets for economic recovery and sustainability.
*The GLITTH Initiative.
Moderator: AnnMarie Schneider, Michigan State University

D) Canada-United States Political Landscape.
Moderator: Scott Piroth, Bowling Green State University

11:45 - Lunch

12:30 PM - Keynote Address (Brown and Gold Room)
Keynote Address by Heather Smith, University of Northern British Columbia
"Pondering the Past, Present and Future of Canada, the United States and Climate Change"
Q. and A.

1:30 to 2:30 - Workshops
E) Great Lakes and Climate Change.
Moderator: David Karowe, Western Michigan University

F) Canadian Studies at a Crossroads: Funding, Synergies, Realistic Goals.
Moderator: Rebecca Mancuso, Bowling Green State University

2:30 - Plenary and Concluding remarks