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January 31, 2012
A group of leading University of Toronto experts in Canada-US relations will provide insight into the proposed border agreement between the two nations at Beyond the Border, a panel event taking place at University College on February 1 at 5:00 p.m.
The new deal on bilateral trade and security has been called the most important of its kind since the North American Free Trade Agreement. Others describe the Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Action Plan, announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and US President Barack Obama on December 7, 2011, as “incremental and hypothetical.”
Debating the implications of the deal for border relations, economic integration, and security are:
Prof. Stephen Clarkson | Political Science | Canada-US Fulbright Scholar
Prof. Emily Gilbert | Canadian Studies & Geography | Author, “Borders and Security in North America”
Prof. John Kirton | Political Science | Cofounder & Director, G8 Research Group
Prof. Audrey Macklin | Faculty of Law |Author, “The State of Law’s Borders and the Law of States’ Borders”
Prof. Kent Roach | Faculty of Law | Author, September 11: Consequences for Canada
Moderated by Prof. Elspeth Brown, Centre for the Study of the United States
Wednesday, February 1 at 5:00 p.m.
University College, Room 140
15 King’s College Circle, Toronto
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Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please call (416) 978-8083, or visit the event page for more informatinon.
Stephen Clarkson is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto. His research addresses the impact of globalization and trade liberalization on the Canadian state and the political economy of North America, with a particular focus on NAFTA and the WTO. He has recently published a trilogy on North American relations: Dependent America? How Canada and Mexico Construct US Power (2011, with Matto Mildenberger); Does North America Exist? Governing the Continent after NAFTA and 9/11 (2008);Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State (2002). Among his many other notable publications are A Perilous Imbalance: The Globalization of Canadian Law and Governance (2010 with Stepan Wood); and Trudeau and Our Times (1990 and 1994 with Christina McCall). Clarkson was the recipient of a Killan Research Fellowship and a Canada-US Fulbright Scholarship, and was a senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada, and is a member of the Order of Canada.
Emily Gilbert is an Associate Professor, cross-appointed between the Canadian Studies program at University College and the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. She is Director of the Canadian Studies program and Interim Vice-Principal of University College. Her research addresses questions relating to, citizenship, security, militarism, migration, borders, monetary organization, and governance. Her recent work examines the ways that border risks–economic and social–are being used to discipline behaviour and promote new forms of citizenship practice. She has published on these topics in journals such as Society and Space, GeoJournal and Political Geography, and in collections of essay such as North America in Question, the Companion to Human Geography, and Observant States: Geopolitics and Visual Culture. She is the co-editor of two volumes: War, Citizenship, Territory (2008, with Deborah Cowen) and Nation-State and Money: The Past, Present and Future of National Currencies (1998, with Eric Helleiner).
John Kirton is an Associate Professor of Political Science, a Research Associate of the Centre for International Studies and a Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He is the co-founder and the director of the G8 Research Group, established at the University of Toronto in 1987. In 1992-93, he served as a Special Projects Officer in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, devising a strategy for Canada’s G7 participation. Kirton is editor of the G8 and Global Governance Series published by Ashgate, which includes The G8’s Role in the New Millennium (co-edited with Michael Hodges and Joseph Daniels, 1999), Shaping a New International Financial System: Challenges of Governance in a Globalizing World (co-edited with Karl Kaiser and Joseph Daniels, 2000),Guiding Global Order: G8 Governance in the Twenty First Century (co-edited with Joseph Daniels and Andreas Freytag, 2001), New Directions in Global Economic Governance: Managing Globalization in the Twenty-First Century (co-edited with George von Furstenberg, 2001), and New Directions in Global Political Governance: The G8 and International Order in the Twenty-First Century (co-edited with Junichi Takase, in press). Professor Kirton is also co-editor, with Paolo Savona and Michele Fratianni, ofGoverning Global Finance: New Challenges, G7 and IMF Contributions (Global Finance series, Ashgate, 2002).
Audrey Macklin is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. Her research and writing interests include transnational migration, citizenship, forced migration, feminist and cultural analysis, and human rights. She has published on these subjects in journals such as the University of Toronto Law Journal, the journal of the Institute for Research in Public Policy, Refuge, International Migration Review, and Canadian Woman Studies, and in collections of essays such as The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill, Engendering Forced Migration and Women, Migration and Conflict. She is author of Cases and Materials in Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law (2007, with Emond-Montgomery). Professor Macklin has served as a member of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board. In 1999, she participated in a government appointed fact-finding mission to Sudan to investigate the role of a Canadian oil company in exacerbating violations of human rights and humanitarian law in Southern Sudan. She has been active in the Omar Khadr case.
Kent Roach is a Professor of Law and Prichard-Wilson Chair of Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, with cross-appointments in criminology and political science. Professor Roach’s research interests include comparative studies of anti-terrorism law and policy, comparative study of miscarriages of justice and comparative study of judicial review and the role of courts. Professor Roach’s books include Constitutional Remedies in Canada (winner of the 1997 Owen Prize for best law book), Due Process and Victims’ Rights: The New Law and Politics of Criminal Justice (short-listed for the 1999 Donner Prize for best public policy book), The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue (short-listed for the 2001 Donner Prize), September 11: Consequences for Canada(named one of the five most significant books of 2003 by the Literary Review of Canada) and (with Robert J. Sharpe) Brian Dickson: A Judge’s Journey (winner of the 2004 J.W. Dafoe Prize for best contribution to the understanding of Canada). His most recent book is The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Counter-Terrorism published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Professor Roach has frequently been involved in public inquiries. He also served on the research advisory committee for the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar and for the Ipperwash Inquiry into the killing of Dudley George. In 2002, Professor Roach was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2008, the students at the Faculty of Law honoured Professor Roach with the Alan Mewett award for excellence in teaching. In 2010, he was honoured with a Lexpert Platinum Award for his pro-bono work.