Pierre Trudeau Centennial — Liberal Internationalism, Then and Now: The Foreign Policy of Pierre Trudeau

The Liberal Internationalism, Then and Now: The Foreign Policy of Pierre Trudeau conference focused on Trudeau’s approach to foreign policy and the impacts this approach has had on Canada’s current policies.

Agenda

Welcome Remarks — Nathalie Des Rosiers, Head, Massey College

Greetings — Conference Co-Chairs

• Thomas S. Axworthy, Public Policy Chair, Massey College
• Margaret Biggs, Visiting Fellow, Foreign and Defence Policy, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and Massey College

Liberal Internationalism Video Address — Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, Former Foreign Minister of Canada

Panel One — Liberal Internationalism: Is Pierre Trudeau’s World View Obsolete?

• Chair: Jo-Ann Davis, Head, Toronto Chapter, Canadian International Council (CIC)
• Robert Fowler, Former DM and Foreign Policy Advisor to Pierre Trudeau
• Greg Donaghy, Director, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History
• Maureen O’Neil, Former Head, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Panel Two — Dealing with the Superpowers

• Chair: Mary Lou Finlay, Former Host of CBC programs As It Happens, Sunday Morning, and The Journal
• Robert Bothwell, Co-Author, Pirouette: Pierre Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy (1990)
• Professor & Jingxia Shi, Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
• Timothy Sayle, Assistant Professor, History, University of Toronto

Keynote and Commentary on Development and International Justice

• Chair: Margaret Biggs, Visiting Fellow, Foreign and Defence Policy, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and Massey College
• Hon. Karina Gould, PC, MP, Canada’s Minister of International Development
• Rosemary McCarney, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the Office of the United and the United Nations Conference on Disarmament
• Ali Salam, Former Chief of Staff, Minister of Immigration

Panel Three — Security and International Institutional Architecture

• Chair: Martha Durdin, President and CEO at Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA); Former PMO
• Ben Rowswell, President, Canadian International Council (CIC)
• David Crenna, Former Advisor to Pierre Trudeau and Member of PMO
• Deborah De Lange, Massey College Visiting Scholar

Closing Remarks — Robert Greenhill, Executive Chairman, Global Canada Initiative

Reception

• Location: Massey College, Junior Common Room (4 Devonshire Place)
• Presented by: Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History

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