Conference Program as of November 6, 2001
Friday November 9 Sessions
Second Annual EnviReform Conference
Hard Choices, Soft Law:
Combining Trade, Environment,
and Social Cohesion in Global Governance
Session 3 - - Corporate Responsibility and International Standard Setting
Panel - - Canadian Government Policy Responses to the Issue of Corporate Responsibility
Session 5 - - The Challenge of Coherence in Sustainable Global Governance: The Role of Soft Law in Making Hard Choices
Sessions on Friday take place at the Munk Centre for International Studies, Toronto. The proceedings on Thursday, November 8, will be videoconferenced, with experts from Washington interacting in real time with those gathered in Toronto. Both days of the conference will be webcast live from the Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk Centre in Toronto.
Session 3 - - Corporate Responsibility and International Standard Setting
Chair:
Louis Pauly, University of Toronto
8:45 a. m.
Hevina Dashwood, University of Toronto
"Corporate Responsibility: The Evolution of International Legal Initiatives and Norms"
9:00 a. m.
John Foster, North-South Institute
"The Role of Non-governmental Organizations and Social Movements in Developing Guidelines of Corporate Responsibility"
9:15 a. m.
Christopher Wilkie, Industry Canada
"Codes, Compacts, and Guidelines: Implications for the Trade and Investment Framework? (powerpoint presentation)"
9:30 a. m.
Wesley Cragg, York University
"Self-Regulation of MNEs in the Global Market Place"
9:45 a.m. - - Questions and Answers
10:45 a.m. - - Break
Panel - - Canadian Government Policy Responses to the Issue of Corporate Responsibility
Chair: Albert Berry, University of Toronto
11:00 a. m.
Robert O. Matthews, University of Toronto
"Canadian Foreign Policy in Sudan: Why Canada Backed Down"
11:15 a. m.
Vernon MacKay, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
"Corporate Social Responsibility: A View from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade"
11:30 a. m. - - Questions and Answers
12:30 p.m. - - Lunch
1:00 p.m. - - Keynote Address
The Honourable Roy MacLaren, Chair, Canadian Institute of International Affairs, former Minister of International Trade, Canada
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text of keynote address)
Session 5 - - The Challenge of Coherence in Sustainable Global Governance:
The Role of Soft Law in Making Hard Choices
Chair: John Kirton, University of Toronto
2:15 p.m.
Michael Cloghesy, Conseil Patronat de L'Environnement du Québec
2:30 p.m.
Nicholas Bayne, London School of Economics and Political Science (text of presentation)
2:45 p.m.
Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
3:00 p.m.
Lisa Mills, Carlton University
3:15 p.m. - - Questions and Answers
4:00 p.m. - - End of conference
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The EnviReform project is pleased to host its annual conference in conjunction with the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.
The proceedings on Thursday November 8, will be videoconferenced, with excepts from Washington interacting in real time with those gathered in Toronto. Both days of the conference will be webcast live from the Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk Centre for International Studies in Toronto.
Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, website:
http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington DC, website: http://wwics.si.edu/
November 8-9, 2001
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