Panel 1: Art and Image
Moderator: Diddy R. M. Hitchins, University of Alaska Anchorage |
Thursday - 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. (Salon 6)
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| “Diffusion of heritage by means of painting: Canada and Argentina” |
Maria del Carmen Franchello de Mariconde, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina |
| “(Re)presenting Emily Carr” |
Carol Beran, Saint Mary’s College of California |
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Panel 2: Politics, Elections, and Voting in Canada
(Cross listed with Political Science)
Moderator and Discussant: Christopher Kirkey, SUNY Plattsburgh |
Thursday 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Salon 6) |
| “Assessing Paul Martin’s Minority Government” |
Howard Cody, University of Maine |
| "The Gomery Commission: true reform or more of the same?" |
C.E.S. Franks, Queen’s University |
| “Electoral Reform in Canada and in British Columbia” |
Diddy R. M. Hitchins, University of Alaska Anchorage |
| “Felon Voting Rights in the United States and Canada” |
Jeffrey B. Robb and Sonia Iwanek, Texas Woman’s University |
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Panel 3: Public Policy I: Environmental Impact
(Cross listed with Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management, History)
Moderator and Discussant: Douglas Nord, Wright State University |
Thursday 2:45 - 4:15 p.m. (Salon 6) |
| “The Rise and Fall of an Intended Arctic Metropolis” |
Lawrence Taylor, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico |
| “Cross Border Port Competitiveness and the Environment in British Columbia and Washington State” |
Jean O. Melious, Western Washington University |
| Canadian-U.S. Divergence: A Case Study of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
Leslie Alm and Ross Burkhart, Boise State University |
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Panel 4: Public Policy II: Immigrants; Labor Law; Medicare
Moderator: W. A. Doug Jackson, University of Washington
Discussant: Walter Soderland, University of Windsor |
Thursday 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. (Salon 6)
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| “Global Banks and Immigrant Community Building in Canada and the US ” |
Wei Li, Arizona State University |
| “Reflections of US versus Canadian Labor Law on Civil Society: The Wal Mart Unionization Campaign” |
Josh Mukhopadhyay, University of California Los Angeles |
| “Is Medicare a Terminal Case?” |
David Katz, Michigan State University |
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Panel 5: Canadian Studies Section Roundtable: Regional and National Developments in Canadian Studies
Moderator: Doreen Barrie, WSSA Vice-president |
Friday 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. (Salon 6) |
Panelists:
- David Archibald, ACSUS Executive Director,
- Carol Beran, President, WCSA;
- Diddy R. M. Hitchins, WSSA/Section Chair, President ACSUS;
- Pam Johnson, Canadian Academic Consul, Los Angeles
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Panel 6 Indigenous Peoples, Global Issues
(Cross-listed with American Indian Studies, New Zealand/Australia Studies)
Moderator: Peter L. Morris, Native Assets Research Center, Fredericksburg, VA |
Friday 9:45 - 11:15 a.m. (Salon 3) |
| "Boutique Aboriginalism - The Friendly Road to Cultural Extinction." |
Adam Barker, University of Victoria, BC |
| "The 'Grateful Dead' Indian: The Political Uses of the Cultural Meaning of
Indigenous." |
Paula Mohan, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.
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| "Who's Sorry Now? Government Apologies, Truth Commissions and Indigenous Self-Determination" |
Jeff Corntassel, University of Victoria, BC
Cindy Holder, University of Victoria, BC |
| "Indigenous Rights Recovery: A Human Right?" |
Sheryl Lightfoot, University of Minnesota |
| "Indigenous Economic Development Issues: A Companion between American Indian
Tribes and Maori Tribes." |
Alex Steenstra, East Oregon State University |
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Panel 7: Life in the Borderlands: The Impact of the Imposition of a Border across the Old Oregon Territory
(Cross Listed with Borderland Studies, American Indian Studies, History)
Moderator: Alan Artibise, Arizona State University |
Friday 1:00- 2:30 p.m. (Salon 2)
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| “Ua Like Pu Na Haole” (we all the same as you) |
Daniel L. Boxberger, Western Washington University |
| “Lives and the Borderlands-Coherence to Fissure: Peter Skene Ogden and Roderick Finlayson” |
Allan K. McDougall, University of Western Ontario |
| “Daughters of the Governors: Lives in a World Transformed” |
Lisa Philips Valentine, University of Western Ontario |
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Panel 8: Political Space, Civic Engagement, and Canadian Studies
(Cross listed with Political Science)
Moderator and Discussant: Howard Cody, University of Maine
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Friday 1:00-2:30 p.m. (Salon 6) |
| “Francophone Minorities: From a Homogenous Representation to the Construction of a Plural Political Space” |
Josée Bergeron, York University |
| “Can Family and Religious Networks Revitalize Civic Engagement: Assessing Patterns across Cultural Communities and Generations” |
Livianna Tossutti, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| “Beyond Pine, Swine and Security Lines: An Alternative Approach to the Study of Canada in the US” |
Douglas Nord, Wright State University |
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Panel 9: Political Comparisons: Canada, Australia, New Zealand
(Cross listed with New Zealand and Australian Studies, Political Science)
Moderator: Jean Melious, Western Washington University
Discussant: C.E.S. Franks, Queen’s University
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Friday 2:45 - 4:15 p.m. (Salon 6) |
| " New Zealand's 2005 Election and Electoral Reform in Canada." |
Howard Cody, University of Maine |
| “Political Reform Compared: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK” |
Diddy R. M. Hitchins, University of Alaska Anchorage |
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Panel 10 Issues in Canadian Politics
(Cross listed with Political Science)
Moderator and Discussant: Reed Welch, West Texas A&M University
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Saturday 8:00-9:30 a.m. Salon Gila |
| “Impacts of Defining Internationalization: Examples from Higher Education” |
Hitomi Suzuta, University of Regina |
| “Female Legislative Leadership and the CCF-NDP in Saskatchewan” |
Cristine de Clercy, University of Saskatchewan |
| “Assessing the Impact of Canadian Media Ownership Convergence on Content Diversity” |
Walter C Soderlund, University of Windsor |
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