Events
The Black Canadian Experience: From the Underground Railroad to Black Canadian Studies Today
March 02, 2007 // 8:00am — 4:00pm
This event brought together prominent historians from Canada and the United States, who discussed the challenges faced by African Americans after resettling in Canada, and the need to look beyond the U.S. abolition experience to better understand shared experiences that led to the end of slavery.
Book Launch -- I've Got A Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
March 01, 2007 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Author Karolyn Smardz Frost discussed her book that details how the story of the Underground Railroad is the history of black Americans as the primary agents in their quest for freedom, a quest in which often their final destination was Canada.
Leaders' Luncheon Discussion on Canada/U.S. Affairs and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative with Premiers of the Provinces
February 27, 2007 // 10:30am — 1:00pm
The Wilson Center joined multiple co-sponsors to host a luncheon discussion on the new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI).
Intelligence Sharing Between the United States and Canada
January 29, 2007 // 7:30am — 11:30am
Robert Henderson and Fred Hitz, authors of the publication, "Intelligence Sharing between Canada and the United States: A Matter of National Survival," exchanged their views on the state of bilateral intelligence cooperation in response to terrorist threats.
Book Launch: The Washington Diaries: 1981-1989
January 16, 2007 // 3:00pm — 4:00pm
Allan Gotlieb, Canada's ambassador to the United States under Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Brian Mulroney, related his experiences dealing with the Reagan administration, the U.S. Congress, and the American foreign-policy establishment.
The State of the Canada - U.S. Relationship
December 15, 2006 // 7:30am — 11:30am
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) and the Canada Institute produced a special issue of The American Review of Canadian Studies (ARCS) on the state of the relationship between Canada and the United States, in which authors presented their papers on a variety of topics in Canada-U.S. relations.
The State of the Canada - U.S. Relationship
December 14, 2006 // 12:00pm — 4:00pm
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) and the Canada Institute produced a special issue of The American Review of Canadian Studies (ARCS) on the state of the relationship between Canada and the United States, in which authors presented their papers on a variety of topics in Canada-U.S. relations.
Foreign Policy Under a Conservative Government
October 30, 2006 // 7:30am — 4:00pm
The Canada Institute and the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI) co-sponsored CDFAI's 2006 Annual Conference, "Foreign Policy Under a Conservative Government: An Interim Report Card," which looked at the Harper government's record on foreign policy, defense, and development.
China: NAFTA's Fourth Partner
October 23, 2006 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Panelists at this event analyzed the growing presence of China in the North American market as well as the response of each of the NAFTA members to this competitive challenge.
Security and Assurance of the North American Energy System
October 13, 2006 // 8:30am — 10:30am
This program highlighted efforts to assuring the capacity to withstand disruptions to the shared U.S. and Canadian energy system, as well as public and private sector cooperation toward this end.
