“Security in the Borderless Americas”
Friday, May 3
Registration and Publishers Exhibit: Fine Arts Lobby, North Campus
9:30 – 11:30: Academic Roundtable, “Free Commerce & Continental Security”, President’s Boardroom, North Campus
Heather Nicole, University of West Georgia: “Border Management: Sweet Harmony?”
Larry Johnson, UC Davis School of Law: “Terrorism”
Sahadeo Basdeo, Okanagan University College: “Security in the Caribbean”
Gary Hoskin, Universidad de los Andes,: “Crime and Insurgency in Colombia”
Chair: Allen Sens, University of British Columbia
12:00-13:15: Lunch, Location: Dining Centre, KLO Campus
Keynote Speaker: Robert J. Jackson, Fletcher Jones Professor of American Politics, University of Redlands
13:30-15:30: Government Roundtable
President’s Boardroom, North Campus
Hugo Llorens, U.S. Consul General
Ramon Garcia, FBI
Col. R.M. Williams, Director Western Hemisphere Policy, DND
Tim Smith, CSIS
Chair: Alex Moens, Simon Fraser University
15:30-17:30: Three Concurrent Panels
Fine Arts Building, North Campus,
Room 143
1. Reflections on September 11
Andy Shadrack, Selkirk College
The United States: Reflections on the Cold War and Its Aftermath
H.B. McCullough, Okanagan University College
Surprise and Indignation in Ancient Rome and Contemporary Washington
Chair and Discussant: Peter Prontzos, Langara College
Room 144
2. Reflections on the September 11
Douglas Ross, Simon Fraser University
The ‘New Terrorism’ and the Complex Vulnerability of North America
Adrian Ang, Mount-Royal College
Unsteady Alliance? The U.S., Canada, Europe, and the War on Terror
Chair and Discussant: Jim Rochlin, Okanagan University College
Room 145
3. Economic and Immigration Policy
Chris Kukucha, University of Lethbridge
Ideology and Provincial Foreign Economic Policy
Anil Hira, Simon Fraser University
Legalizing Immigration Flows
Chair and Discussant: David Winchester, Capilano College
1900-22:00: Banquest at Summerhill Estate Winery
Saturday, May 4
Registration and Publishers Exhibit: Fine Arts Lobby, North Campus
8:15-9:00: BCPSA Annual Business Meeting, SCI 203, North Campus
9:30-11:30: BCPSA Articulation Meeting, President’s Boardroom, N.C.
9:30-11:30: Two Concurrent Panels,
Fine Arts Building, North Campus
Room 143
1. Federal and Provincial Elections
Harold Jansen and Royce Koop, University of Lethbridge
On-line discussion of the 2001 BC Provincial Election
Russell Alan Williams, Simon Fraser University
Federal Electoral Distribution—Canada’s System of Representation in Crisis
Chair and Discussant: Alan Siaroff, University of Lethbridge
Room 144
2. Public Administration and Governance
Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University
Administrative Style in Canada, Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations
Patrick Smith, Simon Fraser University
Metropolitan Governance: a Comparative Analysis of Urban Sustainability
Jitesh Mistry, Simon Fraser University
Politics Matters: Explaining Why Governments Build Stadiums and Arenas
Chair: Sean Edwards, University of British Columbia
12:00-13:30: Lunch, Location: Faculty Lounge, North Campus
Speaker: Alex C. Michalos, BCPSA President, University of Northern British Columbia
13:30-15:30: Two Concurrent Panels
Fine Arts Building, North Campus,
Room 143.
1. Regional Variations and Political Attitudes
Boris DeWiel, University of Northern British Columbia
“Northerness” and “Westerness” as Explanatory Variables for Political Attitudes
Alan Siaroff and Royce Koop, University of Lethbridge
Regional Variations in Electoral Bias and Party Support in BC
Chair and Discussant: Stephen Phillips, Langara College
Room 144
2. Constitutional Law and Politics
Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, American University of Sharjah
Presidential Privilege over Communications: the Law
Thomas M.J. Bateman, Augustana Univeristy College
The New Globalism in Canadian Charter Interpretation: The Case of Extradition
Chair and Discussant: H.B. McCullough, Okanagan University College
16:00-17:00: BCPSA Roundtable on Teaching Comparative Politics
Room 145, Fine Arts Building, North Campus
David Ding, Okanagan University College