Sovereignty in 2017: Its Meaning for Canada and the World

Join us in celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation with a discussion roundtable discussion of sovereignty in a contemporary Canadian and international context.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. - Reception with Coffee and Light Snacks
 

9:00 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks from the Master, and an Introduction of the Co-Chairs
 

9:10 a.m. - Session 1: The Global and Domestic Politics of Sovereignty

• Presenter: Tom Axworthy, Public Policy Chair, Massey College
• Panel Chair: Delila Bikic, Junior Fellow
• Panel Members:
  • Moyo Arewa, M.G.A. Candidate, the Munk School
  • Jennifer Bonder, Massey College Alumna and Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
  • Bob Johnson, Massey College Senior Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Department of History
     

10:00 a.m. - Coffee break
 

10:15 a.m. - Panel 2: First Nations Sovereignty Challenges

• Presenter: Sara French-Rooke, Principal Consultant, Northern Consultants
• Panel Chair: Kia Dunn, Massey College Junior Fellow
• Panel Members:
  • Michael Bryant, Ontario’s first full-time Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
  • Martine Laberge, the 2016-17 CBC/Radio-Canada Journalism Fellow at Massey College
     

11:00 a.m. - Panel 3: Environmental Sovereignty and an Examination of the Arctic Shelf

Presenters: 

• Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, author of “Breaking the Ice: Canada, Sovereignty and the Arctic Extended Continental Shelf”
• The Hon. John Godfrey, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the Premier
   

11:45 a.m. - Open Plenary
 

12:15 p.m. - Lunch
 

12:45 p.m. - Lunch time Keynote Address: “Deployability Exigencies in Support of Sovereignty”

• Presenter: General (Ret'd) Thomas Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff, Former
  Commander, RCAF, and Commandant, Royal Military College of Canada

1:15 p.m. - Final Questions and Conference Summary

• Presenters: Tom Axworthy and Delila Bikic

Registration

FREE