Pierre Trudeau Centennial — The Leadership Arts of Pierre Trudeau

The Leadership Arts of Pierre Trudeau conference highlights the work and life of Pierre Trudeau. The conference will cover all aspects of Trudeau’s life from his beginnings as an academic to his pivotal role as a politician and Prime Minister.

Agenda

Greetings — Conference Co-Chairs:

• Thomas S. Axworthy, Public Policy Chair, Massey College
• Kathleen Davis, Issues Advisor, Global Affairs at Office of the Prime Minister of Canada

Welcome Remarks — Nathalie Des Rosiers, Head, Massey College

Panel One — The Thought of Pierre Trudeau

• Chair: Penny Collenette, O.Ont, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Ottawa
• Allen Mills, Senior Scholar, Political Science, University of Winnipeg;
  Author, Citizen Trudeau: An Intellectual Biography, 1944-1965 (2016)
• Max Nemni, Co-Author, Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944 (2006); Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965 (2011)
• Monique Nemni, Co-Author, Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944 (2006); Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman, 1944-1965 (2011)

Panel Two — Pierre Trudeau as Party Leader/Politician

• Chair: Senator Pamela Wallin
• Dorothy Davey, Ontario Chair, 1974 Pierre Trudeau Campaign
• Robert Lewis, Former Editor, Maclean’s; Author, Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill (2018)
• Lorna Marsden, National Liberal Party Executive 1975-84; Senator, Toronto-Taddle Creek, 1984-92

Keynote — Pierre Trudeau in Historical Perspective

• Chair: Kathleen Davis, Issues Advisor, Global Affairs at Office of the Prime Minister of Canada
• Robert Bothwell, Co-Author, Canada Since 1945
• John English, Co-Author, Canada Since 1945
• Charles McMillan, Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University;
  Former Senior Policy Adviser, Brian Mulroney

Panel Three — Pierre Trudeau as Government Leader/Prime Minister

• Chair: Carolyn Tuohy, Professor Emeritus and Founding Fellow in Public Policy, Massey College
• David Collenette, Former Member of Pierre Trudeau Cabinet
• Heather Peterson, Former Ontario Desk, PMO
• Robert Weese, Assistant Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental and Constitutional Affairs, Saskatchewan NDP Government of Allan Blakeney

Closing Remarks — Alexandre Trudeau, Filmmaker and Author, Barbarian Lost: Travels in the New China (2016)

Reception

• Location: Rigby Room, St. Hilda’s College (44 Devonshire Place)
• Presented by: Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History

Registration

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