A Changed America: How Should Canada and the World Respond?

This conference will examine how Canada and the international community should respond to profound political changes underway in the United States. One year into a dramatically altered era in Washington, global institutions, alliances, democratic norms, and security structures face new pressures. The event brings together leading scholars, diplomats, policymakers, journalists, and security experts to consider strategic options for Canada within a shifting international landscape.

The Public Policy Program of Massey College has organized this event in partnership with: 
• Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History 
• NATO Association of Canada 
• Canadian International Council

Agenda

8:30–9:00 AM — Light Breakfast

9:00–10:00 AM — Welcome and Morning Keynote

Welcome: Thomas S. Axworthy, Public Policy Chair, Massey College

Introduction of Keynote: Arvind Krishendeholl, Massey College Junior Fellow

Speaker: James Orbinski, Principal, Massey College

Topic: ‘Multilateralism: What Is the Future?’

10:00–11:30 AM — Panel 1: The Global Order Under Stress

Chair: Leah Taylor Roy, former MP, Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill

Panellists:

• Terrie O’Leary, former VP of Toronto Global, and former World Bank board member
• Carolyn Johns, Toronto Metropolitan University, Member IJC Great Lakes Water Quality Board
• Charles McMillan, Schulich School of Business, author of The Age of Consequence, former Senior Advisor to Brian Mulroney
• Ben Rowswell, former Canadian Ambassador to Venezuela and former President the Canadian International Council

11:30–12:15 PM — Lunch Break

12:15–1:15 PM — Noon Keynote  

Introduction: Sara Maqsood, Massey College Junior Fellow

Speaker: The Honourable Bob Rae, Former Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations

1:15–3:00 PM — Panel 2: Security and Defence in a Changing America

Chair: Professor Beth Fischer, Woodsworth College

Panellists:

• Jack Cunningham, Bill Graham Centre of Contemporary International History
• Kim Nossal, Queen’s University, author of Canada Alone
• Eugene Lang, Queen’s University, Director of School of Policy Studies

3:00–3:45 PM — Final Conclusions

Chair: Melanie Walker, Canadian International Council

Speaker: Martha Harrison, partner and Co- Head International Trade  and Investment  Law Group, McCarthy Tetrault

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