North America Events
BOOK LAUNCH: The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World’s Most Prosperous Decade
November 05, 2003 // 11:00pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
"Unfettered markets, rampant with conflicts of interest, can lead to inefficiency. We can never eliminate the problems; we can, however, mitigate them. In the nineties, we made them worse." - Joseph E. Stiglitz
Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response
November 04, 2003 // 11:00pm
United States Studies
Conference - Unveiling the Myths: Muslim Women in the United States
October 29, 2003 // 11:00pm
United States Studies
Post-Cancun Assessment by Canada: Trade Policy Challenges for North America -- a roundtable discussion --
October 28, 2003 // 3:30pm — 4:30pm
Canada Institute
Canada's Deputy Minister for International Trade Len Edwards discussed trade policy challenges including the state of WTO negotiations in the post-Cancun environment, ongoing efforts to negotiate a Free Trade Area of the Americas, and the rise of regional trade initiatives.
Crafting Policy for the Information Age: EU Research on Intangibles
October 16, 2003 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Program on America and the Global Economy
While the U.S. has been caught up with accounting and financial scandals, Europe has been moving quietly forward in laying the foundations for new policies in the information economy. The European Union's (EU) aim is to become the most competitive and knowledge-intensive economy in the world by 2010. What has Europe learned about intangibles that will improve their economy's competitiveness, accountability, and productivity?A roundtable discussion with Clark Eustace, Director of the PRISM Group
Changes Ahead in Ontario: An analysis of the October 2 Provincial Election
October 06, 2003 // 12:00am — 1:00pm
Canada Institute
The Canada Institute welcomed two experts on Ontario politics to analyze the Liberal win in the October 2nd Provincial Election, and give an idea of what might lie ahead, particularly in the realm of Canada-U.S. relations.
The New Old World: The Politics of Aging
September 25, 2003 // 8:00am — 10:00am
Program on America and the Global Economy
The Project on America and the Global Economy (PAGE) and the AARP Global Aging Program held the second in their series of meetings on the challenges and opportunities posed by aging societies in the major industrial democracies. The second in the series focused on the “The Politics of Aging.”
A Single Payer, Universal Health System? Current U.S. Proposals and the Canadian Model
September 23, 2003 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Canada Institute
Gregory Marchildon and Pierre-Gerlier Forest discussed the evolution of the Canadian plan of the single payer, universal health care system and its applicability as a model for the United States.