EnviReform Website, University of Toronto

Third Annual EnviReform Conference

Sustainability, Civil Society and International Governance:
Local, North American and Global Perspectives

Complete Schedule and Program, November 3, 2002 (pdf format)

 
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
 
8:45 a.m. Session I: Local and Transboundary Networks and Cooperation
Chair: Rodney White, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Toronto
Summary in English, Sommaire en français, Resumen en español
 
Ken Ogilvie, Pollution Probe
 
Debbie Field, Foodshare (Presenter Notes: pdf format, word format)
 
Background Papers
Stephen Clarkson, Stefanie J. Bowles, Ian Thomas MacDonald and Jennifer Leah Mullen, University of Toronto
"Continentalism from Below: Transnational Linkages in Environmental, Labour and Aboriginal Civil Society Organizations"
 
Virginia Maclaren, University of Toronto, Sonia Labatt, University of Toronto, and Angela Morris, University of Toronto
"Engaging Local Communities in Environmental Protection with Competitiveness: A Review of Private Sector Advisory Committees in Canada and the United States"
 
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10:00 a.m. Break
 
10:15 a.m. Session II: North American and Hemispheric Experiences
Chair: Adele Hurley, Programme on Water Issues, Munk Centre for International Studies
Summary in English, Sommaire en français, Resumen en español
 
Chris Tollefson, member, Canada's NAAEC National Advisory Committee; Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
 
Jamal Khokhar, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
 
Background Papers
Stephen Clarkson, Sarah Davidson Ladly, and Carlton Thorne, University of Toronto
"De-Institutionalizing North America: NAFTA's Committees and Working Groups"
 
Alan Rugman, Indiana University, and Alain Verbeke, University of Calgary
"Regional Multinationals and Triad Strategy"
 
Julie Soloway, Davies, Ward, Phillips and Vineberg LLP
"NAFTA's Chapter 11 Investment Experience for Firms and Friends of the Court"
 
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11:45 a.m. Break
 
12:00 p.m. Keynote address Honourable Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Full Text of Address: English, Version Française)
Videoconferenced with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC
 
Welcoming remarks by Robert Birgeneau, President, University of Toronto
Closing remarks by Elizabeth Dowdeswell, former executive director, United Nations Environment Programme
 
Summary in English, Sommaire en français, Resumen en español
 
Questions always welcomed -- Click here to ask Webcast Link
 
1:00 Lunch
 
2:00 p.m. Session III: The Multilateral Trade and Finance System
Chair: Robert Johnstone, former Deputy Minister of International Trade and G7 Sherpa, Government of Canada
Summary in English, Sommaire en français, Resumen en español
 
Michael Cloghesy, Conseil Patronat de l'environnement du Québec
"The Globalization of the Marketplace as a Positive Factor in Improving the Environmental Quality of Life in Developing Countries"
 
Scott Vaughan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 
Background Papers
Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto
"Trade Liberalization and Regulatory Diversity"
 
Sylvia Ostry, University of Toronto
"What Are the Necessary Ingredients for the World Trading Order?"
 
Lou Pauly, University of Toronto
"The Evolution of Structural Conditionality in the Bretton Woods"
 
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3:30 Break
 
3:45 p.m. Session IV: The G8 and United Nations Systems
Chair: Steven Bernstein, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
Summary in English, Sommaire en français, Resumen en español
 
Christine Lucyk, LEAD
 
Désirée McGraw, McGill University
 
Sheila Risbud, Senior Policy Advisor, Environment Canada (Presenter Notes: pdf format, word format)
"Civil Society Engagement.G-8 Environment Ministers’ Meeting" (view in pdf or powerpoint file formats)
 
Laurence Blandford, Deputy Director (G8), International Economic Relations and Summits Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
 
Background Papers
Peter Hajnal, University of Toronto
"Civil Society, the United Nations and Summitry"
 
John Kirton, University of Toronto
"Building Democratic Partnerships: The G8-Civil Society Link"
 
Questions always welcomed -- Click here to ask Webcast Link
 
5:30 Adjournment
 

Complete Schedule  |   Registration Information   |   Conference Organizers
Links to Archives of Conference Webcast from 2001
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EnviReform gratefully acknowledges the funding of SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)

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