Colloquium Chairperson
The Honourable Rosemary Brown, P.C., O.C., O.BC, C.D. (Jamaica),
President MATCH International, former Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Colloquium Rapporteur
Professor Dan Hiebert, University of British Columbia
Thursday, November 14, 2002
Registration
7:00pm Informal Welcome and Dinner (Mayfair room)
Friday, November 15, 2002 (Conference room: Barclay)
7:45am Breakfast: Harmony Lounge (Ground Floor)
8:45am Welcome and opening remarks by Keith Banting,
Director, School of Policy Studies and the Conference Chairperson,
Ms Rosemary Brown.
9:00am Session 1: Citizenship and Multiculturalism
British Speaker:
Lord Dholakia, President of the Liberal Democratic Party
Canadian Speaker:
Professor Morton Weinfeld, McGill University
10:30am Coffee Break
10:45am Session 2: Immigration and Social Diversity:
Historical Patterns
British Speaker:
Dr Trevor Hall, Equality and Diversity Adviser to the Permanent Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Canadian Speaker:
Professor Harold Troper, University of Toronto
12:30pm Lunch: Harmony Lounge (Ground Floor)
Speaker: The Honourable Jean Augustine, M.P
Secretary of State for Multiculturalism
2:00pm Session 3: Citizenship in Canada and the
United Kingdom
British Speaker:
Ms Beverley Hughes, M.P., Minister of State, Home Office
Canadian Speaker:
Ms Suzanne Pinel, Citizenship Court Judge, Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
3:30pm Coffee Break
3:45pm Session 4: Economic and Social Integration
of Immigrant Communities
British Speaker:
Dr Mohammed Ali, Chief Executive of Quest for Economic Develo pment
Ltd
Canadian Speaker:
Professor Peter Li, University of Saskatchewan
6:45pm Meet in hotel lobby. Travel to the University
Club of Toronto
7:00pm Reception Hosted by: Sir Andrew Burns,
British High Commissioner
7:45pm Dinner Speaker: Senator Laurier L. LaPierre,
O.C.
Saturday, November 16, 2002 (Conference Room: Willard)
8:00am Breakfast: Harmony Lounge (Ground
Floor)
9:00am Session 5: Diversity and Public Policy:
Multiculturalism, Faith and Race Relations
British Speaker:
Dr Richard Stone, Chair, Runnymede Commission on British Muslims and
Isl amophobia
Canadian Speaker:
Professor Audrey Kobayashi, Queen's University
10:30am Coffee Break
10:45am Session 6: The Benefits and Challenges
of Diaspora Politics
British Speaker:
Mr Paul Kernaghan, Chief Constable H ampshire
Canadian Speaker:
Professor Sharryn Aiken, Queen's University
12:30pm Lunch: Harmony Lounge (Ground Floor)
2:00pm Session 7: The Future of National Immigration
Policies in a Global Society
British Speaker:
Mr Nick Hardwick, Chief Executive, The Refugee Council
Canadian Speaker:
Mr Meyer Burstein, Chair Emeritus of the Metropolis International
Steering Committee
3:30pm Coffee Break
3:45pm Rapporteur’s Report: Professor Dan Hiebert,
University of British Columbia
4:00pm Chairperson’s remarks and end of formal
sessions
4:30pm Organisers’ meeting (Conference Room: Willard)
7:00pm Reception (Portman Foyer)
7:45pm Dinner (Portman)
