March 12-13, 2010 | Tamalpais Room, David Brower Center, UC Berkeley


In Memory of Thomas Garden Barnes

Tragically, Professor Thomas Garden Barnes, the dean of Canadian Studies at Berkeley and Professor of History and Law passed away a few days before the conference he had helped initiate and plan. The conference was dedicated to Thomas Garden Barnes and we honor his memory and his myriad contributions to scholarship and to Canadian studies in particular. Tom has devoted to the improvement of U S – Canadian relations and to the creation of a more cooperative and vibrant North American community.

We open this website devoted to the conference with this remembrance of Tom Barnes by his colleague and close friend, Emeritus Professor of History, Sheldon Rothblatt.

Conference Summary

A final conference report written by Jeremy Kinsman is available here

Photo Gallery

A photo gallery of the 03/12/2010 Chancellor's Dinner is available at Picasa Web Albums

Webcast

The webcast for the event can be viewed at:
UC-TV broadcasting schedule
webcast.berkeley.edu
YouTube


Overview


North America has long set the world standard for economic leadership and civic engagement. A common, often shared approach between Canada and the U.S. has proven historically a strong asset; there is a mutual exchange that takes place in the larger North American commons of ideas, practices, and resulting advances and accomplishments.

The recent economic downturn and its sharp dislocating effects stretched through all aspects of the public and private sectors. Canada and the U.S. need to pursue opportunities to strengthen cooperation and joint strategies for North American peace and prosperity.

North American Futures: Canadian – US Perspectives is a two day bi-national conference for private and public sector practitioners and scholars interested in the issues driving the North American, Canada – U.S. relationship.

The conference is being co-sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) and the University of British Columbia’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions & US Studies Program, along with the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies Program and the Institute of International Studies (IIS). This conference is the inaugural event for the Berkeley - British Columbia Symposium on Politics and Public Policy.

The conference takes place Friday and Saturday, March 12 – 13, 2010, at the new David Brower Center, located in downtown Berkeley, California. It will be webcast on webcast.berkeley.edu and televised on UC-TV. Over the course of two days the conference will hear from experts and conduct panels in the following key areas:

Conference organization is under the direction of Jack Citrin, Director of IGS and Heller Professor of Political Science at Berkeley; Tom Barnes, Co-Director of the Canadian Studies Program; Richard Johnston, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at British Columbia; and former Canadian Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman as visiting Regents’ Lecturer at UC Berkeley. The conference will be convened by UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.

Event Sponsors, Date & Location

This event will take place on March 12-13, 2010.

All events (unless otherwise noted) will take place at the Tamalpais Room, David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, California. This event is free, and open to the public. Advance registration is appreciated, but not required. The conference is being graciously sponsored with the assistance of the Government of Canada / avec l'appui du gouvernement du Canada / and the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco/Silicon Valley.

Schedule

Conference papers can be found underneath the presenters names

Conference Program [PDF]
Final Conference Program with Participant Biographies [PDF]

Friday, March 12, 2010


Breakfast

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Continental breakfast

Welcoming Remarks

9:00 am - 9:15 am

Welcoming Remarks by Robert Birgeneau (UC Berkeley Chancellor)

Keynote Panel: A North American Commons?

9:15 am -10:30 a.m.

Moderator:
Jeremy Kinsman (Former Canadian Ambassador, 2009-10 Regents' Lecturer, UC Berkeley)

Panelists:
Allan E. Gotlieb (Former Canadian Ambassador)
Thomas R. Pickering (US Ambassador)

Break

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Panel 1: Culture, Identity, and the Social Contract

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

Moderator:
Pierre Marc Johnson (Former Premier, Province of Quebec, Counsel at the firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP)

Panelists:
Jack Citrin (Heller Professor of Political Science & Director, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley)
Richard Johnston (Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, University of British Columbia)
“Is There a North American Political Culture? Reflections on Exceptionalism and the Continental Divide” by Jack Citrin and Richard Johnson [PDF]
Henry E. Brady (Professor

of Political Science & Public Policy & Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley)
Colin Robertson (Director, Canada-US Engagement Project, Carleton University¹s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and former Consul General in Los Angeles)
“North American Futures: Challenges of the 21st Century” by Colin Robertson [PDF]

Luncheon

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

Panel 2: Managing the Economic Area

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Moderator:
Paul Quirk (Lind Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia)

Panelists:
J. Bradford DeLong (Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley)
“The Mess in Baja Canada” by Brad DeLong [PDF]
Rod Dobell (Professor Emeritus of Public Policy & Senior Research Associate at the Centre on Global Studies, University of Victoria)
“Managing Canada-US Common Economic Space: Postcards from the Fringe?” by Rod Dobell [PDF]
Chrystia Freeland (US Managing Editor, "Financial Times")
David Emerson (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of International Trade & Senior Advisor at CAI Capital Management)

Break

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm

Panel 3: National Security and International Affairs

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Moderator:
Joe Clark (Canada's 16th Prime Minister and Former Foreign Minister, Professor of Practice for Public-Private Sector Partnerships at the Centre for Developing-Area Studies, McGill University)

Panelists:
Steven Weber (Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley)
Janice Gross Stein (Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto)
“In the Eye of the Storm: The Policy Taker and the Policy Maker” by Steven Weber and Janice Gross Stein [PDF]
Roberta Jacobson (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Canada, Mexico and NAFTA issues, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, US Department of State)
Paul Heinbecker (Former Canadian Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the UN & Director of Paul Heinbecker & Associates)

Panel 4: Managing the Arctic

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Moderator:
Nelson Graburn (Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, and Co-Director of the Canadian Studies Program, UC Berkeley)

Panelists:
Franklyn Griffiths (Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Ignatieff Chair Emeritus of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Toronto)
David Caron (Professor of Law and Co-Director, Law of the Sea Institute, School of Law, UC Berkeley)

Saturday, March 13, 2010


Continental Breakfast and welcoming

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Panel 5: Energy, the Environment, and Climate Change

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Moderator:
Pierre Marc Johnson (Former Premier, Province of Quebec, Counsel at the firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP)

Panelists:
Daniel Kammen (Professor of Energy & Resources and Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley)
“Energy Shock” by Daniel Kammen [PDF]
Kathryn Harrison (Professor of Political Science & Associate Dean for Strategy and Communications, University of British Columbia)
“Canada-US Interdependence in Climate Policy: The California Effect vs. the Washington effect” by Kathryn Harrison [PDF]
Tom Huffaker (Vice-President for Policy and Environment with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the former U.S. Consul General in Calgary)
Jeffrey Simpson (National affairs columnist, "Globe and Mail", Toronto)

Break

11:00 am - 11:15 am

Panel 6: The Trilateral Perspective - Mexico, US, & Canada

11:15 pm - 12:00 pm

Moderator:
Maxwell Cameron (Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia)

Panelists:
Robert Pastor (Professor of Political Science & Co-Director of the Center for North American Studies, American University)
“Should Canada, Mexico, and the United States Replace Two Dysfunctional Bilateral Relationships With a North American Community?” by Robert Pastor [PDF]
Jennifer Jeffs (Senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and president of the Canadian International Council)

Luncheon

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Panel 7: North American Futures - The Challenges of the 21st Century

1:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Moderator:
Jeremy K.B. Kinsman (Conference Co-Chair, 2009-10 Regents' Lecturer, UC Berkeley & former Canadian Ambassador)

Panelists:
Charles Doran (Andrew Mellon Professor of International Relations & Director, Global Theory and History Program and the Center for Canadian Studies, SAIS, John Hopkins University)
Abstract [PDF]
Colin Robertson (Director, Canada-US Engagement Project at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and former Consul General in Los Angeles)
Henry E. Brady (Professor of Political Science & Public Policy & Dean of the GOldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley)
Anne McLellan (Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Alberta Institute for American Studies and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada)

Closing remarks

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Resources

North American Futures - Conference Summary by Jeremy Kinsman

Conversations With History: "Reflections on U.S.- Canada Relations" - An interview with Allan Gotlieb, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. 1981-1989, on March 18, 2010 (YouTube)

How can we North Americans move forward together? by Jeremy Kinsman (CBCNews online)

Event poster [PDF]

Powerful Connections: Priorities and Directions in Energy Science and Technology in Canada [PDF]

A Tale of Two Nations: State of Canadian/American Public Opinion. [PowerPoint]

Policy Options: Institute for Research on Public Policy

Know Thy Neighbor: What Canada Can Tell Us About Financial Regulation

For further details about this event, please contact:
Marc Levin
Assistant Director, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley
marcl@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-6476

or

Alan Unger
Conference Coordinator
afunger@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-9315