TEF Conference Schedule

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Thursday 30 April 2015

18:00 – 22:00: Dinner (Saltlik Restaurant 101 8th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB 403-537-1160)

18:00 – 18:30: Cash Bar

18:30 – 22:00: Dinner

Keynote Speaker: Preston Manning (Manning Centre)

Friday 1 May 2015: Evans Room, The Rosza Centre, University of Calgary 

(Directions to the Rosza Centre can be found here).

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome

09:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Canadian Political Science

• Marco Navarro-Genie (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Chair)
• Rainer Knopff (University of Calgary)
• Anthony Sayers (University of Calgary)
• Mark Milke (Fraser Institute)

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 12:30pm Session 2: Political Theory

• Travis Smith (Concordia University, Chair)
• Barry Cooper (University of Calgary)
• Peter Loewen (University of Toronto)
• John von Heyking (University of Lethbridge)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Session 3: Aboriginal Politics

• Christopher Alcantara (Wilfrid Laurier University, Chair)
• Gordon Gibson (Fraser Institute)
• Whitney Lackenbauer (UW)
• John Richards (Simon Fraser University

15:00 – 15:15 Break

15:15 – 16:45 Session 4: The Practice of Politics in Canada

• Lydia Miljan (University of Windsor, Chair)
• Ian Brodie (University of Calgary)
• Owen Lippert (Interchange)
• TBA

16:45 – 17:00 Closing Remarks: TEF responds

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Dear friends,

You have been invited you to attend a conference in honour of Dr. Tom Flanagan, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Calgary.  Kindly scroll down to register and make a payment or donation through PayPal.

The conference will be held on Thursday 30 April 2015 evening (dinner) and all day on Friday May 1 in the Rosza Centre (Evans Room) at the University of Calgary and will feature a number of his colleagues, friends, and former students reflecting on his contributions to the discipline and beyond.

Sessions have been planned to discuss Tom’s contributions and research interests in the fields of Aboriginal politics, Political Theory, Canadian political science, and the practice of politics in Canada.

• Dinner Speaker: Preston Manning, Manning Centre for Building Democracy.
• Luncheon Speaker: Professor Barry Cooper, University of Calgary.

We hope that you can join us for this important event. The conference fee is $100 but we hope that you might consider providing an additional financial donation to support the conference. A generous contribution of $100, $200 or $300 from you would go a long way to help us defray our costs.

For those of you who will be joining us from out of town, we have secured a discounted rate at the Hotel Alma, which is located at the University of Calgary campus at 169 University Gate NW (toll-free: 1-877-498-3202).  The guaranteed rate is $129.00 for a Eurostyle Standard Room or $169.00 for a One Bedroom Suite. This rate is available until March 30 and for as long as they have rooms available so book early! Please mention the Tom Flanagan Conference when booking your room.

To facilitate the planning of the conference, we are asking for a reply to our invitation or to register below by 30 March 2015. When registering here, please be sure to do it in accordance with following, and communicate the details to marco.navarro-genie -at- AIMS.ca :

If you choose to pay by cheque, please send to:

Marco Navarro-Genie
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
Suite 204, Park West Centre
287 Lacewood Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3M 3Y7

Alternatively, you may register and pay or make a donation using PayPal here below:

Honouring Tom Flanagan

Dinner $70.00 CAD Conference $100.00 CAD Dinner/Conference $170.00 CAD Dinner for Two $140.00 CAD Conference for Two $200.00 CAD Dinner/Conference for Two $340.00 CAD

We look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,

Christopher Alcantara, Lydia Miljan, Marco Navarro-Genie