2009
INTERNATIONAL
CANADIAN STUDIES INSTITUTE
14-26 JULY 2009
ALBERTA, CANADA
ORGANIZED BY
CONSULATE GENERAL OF CANADA SEATTLE
in partnership with and assistance from
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS & INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RELATIONS
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CANADIAN STUDIES CONSORTIUM
UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE
THE BANFF CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, FACULTE ST JEAN
RED CROW COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SUNCOR ENERGY
2009 CANADIAN STUDIES INSTITUTE
ALBERTA, CANADA
14-26 JULY 2009
TUESDAY 14 JULY / Dress: Casual
Participants arrive CALGARY International Airport throughout the day; clear Canadian
Customs and Immigration (passport required); retrieve luggage
00.00 Independent travel / Wells
12.55 AA 2216 / Cook, Dorn, Toevs, Young, Reuter, Peterson
15.18 WJ 286 / Keppie
16.45 AC 8316 / Dujon, Keulks, Negri
17.20 AA 2118 / Panttaja, James
Transportation options to UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY: taxi to campus is approximately
$40 CDN; Shuttle Express service is approximately $20 CDN - the Airport Express stand is
located near Meeting Area >C= in the International Arrivals terminal - reservations are not
necessary - for more information call 888-438-2992; your destination is:
Cascade Hall #104
University of Calgary
3456 24th Ave NW (at Collegiate Rd)
Calgary AB
403-210-6286 (Candice Stang / Conference Housing)
403-220-3203 (Front Desk)
Free time / self-guided tour of campus / independent meetings with UC colleagues
19.15 Meet in lobby of Cascade Hall; depart on foot for
19.30 OPENING RECEPTION & DINNER* hosted by the Canadian Consulate General
The Last Defense (Grad Lounge) Patio
3rd Floor / MacEwan Student Centre
University of Calgary
403-220-7973 or 210-6466 (Kathy McDonald)
WEDNESDAY 15 JULY / Dress: Smart Casual
07.00 Breakfast
Dining Centre
University of Calgary
07.45 Depart for
UNIVERSITY of CALGARY presentations: INTRODUCTION TO CANADA
Social Sciences Building / Room 729
University of Calgary
403-283-6382 (Doreen Barrie - home)
08.00 Welcome to University of Calgary / Dean Kevin McQuillan*
08.15 The GOVERNMENT & POLITICS of Canada / Doreen Barrie*
09.15 The GEOGRAPY of Canada / Brian Moorman*
10.15 The HISTORY of Canada / Doug Francis*
11.15 Lunch (Chartwells: Sam Hassan / 403-220-7925)
11.30 FRANCOPHONES & PEOPLE of Canada / Robert Stebbins*
403-220-3624 (Doreen Barrie - work)
403-220-6405 (Doug Francis)
403-220-5827 (Robert Stebbins)
403-220-5584 (Brian Moorman)
403-220-6151 (Dean Kevin McQuillan)
12.30 Depart on foot for
13.00 Light Rail Transit (LRT) University Station ($2.50 CDN exact fare required); depart for
13.30 Welcome and Greetings from MAYOR DAVE BRONCONNIER* as arranged by Marek
Drywa, Executive Assistant, International Affairs & Economic Development
Historic City Hall
Calgary Power Reception Hall / 2nd Floor
700 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary AB
403-268-5622 (Marek Drywa)
14.00 CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES in the Federal - Provincial Perspective* with Brenda
King, City Manager's Office
14.20 MUNICIPAL FINANCES* with John Dunfield, City Finance Office
14.45 MUNICIPAL SUSTAINABILITY & DEVELOPMENT* with Glenn Radway, City
Planning Office representative
15.15 Depart on foot for
15.30 The GLENBOW MUSEUM*; welcome by President Kirstin Evenden with Ken LimaCoelho, Manager of Visitor Experience
Glenbow Museum
Scalplock Room
130 9th Avenue SE
Calgary AB
403-268-4212 (Jacqueline Elisasson / Assist to President)
403-268-4132 (MVE)
17.00 Free time; return to campus independently (LRT or taxi)
19.30 CALGARY PARTNERS RECEPTION & DINNER*
Nicks Steakhouse
2430 Crowchild Trail NW
Calgary
403-282-9278 (Graham Dobson)
THURSDAY 16 JULY / Dress: Smart Casual
07.00 Breakfast at University Dining Centre
08.00 Depart via LRT for
08.45 Presentation by CALGARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT* with Monica Rovers,
International Business Development Manager and Rachel Moro
Calgary Economic Development
731 - 1st Street SE
Calgary, AB
403-221-3705 (Monica Rovers)
10.00 Depart for
10.30 ALLIANCE PIPELINE* and a presentation on North America=s Natural Gas Industry,
supply and demand, major pipeline infrastructure, security, tolls and tariffs with Joi Wollen,
Manager, Alliance Pipeline Gas Control; Kim McCaig, Vice President of Operations,
CANADIAN ENERGY PIPELINE ASSOCIATION* and Rebecca Sullivan, Manager,
Alliance Pipeline Communications & Public Relations
605 Fifth Avenue SW
4th Floor / Alberta Room
Calgary AB
403-517-7742 (Rebecca Sullivan)
403-221-8779 (Kim McCaig)
11.30 Tour ALLIANCE PIPELINE CONTROL ROOM*
12.00 Lunch
12.30 Depart for
13.00 CALGARY DROP-IN CENTRE / HOMLESS SHELTER* with tour by Chief Counselor
Andrew Joo
Riverfront Centre
423 Fourth Avenue SE
Calgary AB
403-699-8234 (Andrew Joo)
14.45 Depart on foot for
15.00 Presentation on the ALBERTA CATTLE INDUSTRY with Rich Smith, General Manager,
ALBERTA BEEF PRODUCERS* as arranged by Lori Creech, Communications Manager
Calgary Economic Development Office
Boardroom
731 - 1st Street SE
Calgary AB
403-451-1179 (Lori Creech)
403-451-1183 (Rich Smith)
403-221-7850 (Karen Carrick / CED)
15.45 CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY* presentation on food safety in Canada with
Scott Acker, Associate Executive Director, Western Operations as arranged by James
Marjerrison, CFIA
CED Office
403-292-4934 (James Marjerrison)
403-292-5671 (Scott Acker)
17.00 Free evening
FRIDAY 17 JULY / Dress: Smart Casual
07.00 Breakfast at University Dining Centre
08.00 Independent Meetings (arranged by Fellows) with University of Calgary academics
10.00 Depart Cascade Hall with luggage via Banff Shuttle (BNF-5677)*
1-877-992-2633 (Ralph)
12.00 The BANFF CENTRE*; check-in Professional Development Centre and lunch in Vistas
Dining Room with Jim Olver, Director of Customer Services and Melanie Busby
Professional Development Centre / Lloyd Hall
St Julien Road
Banff AB
403-678-7574 (Jim Olver)
403-762-6154 / (Melanie Busby)
13.30 Welcome from President Mary Hofstetter
TOUR OF CAMPUS & DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS* with Jim Olver,
Director of Customer Services
15.00 Free time
16.30 Casual Afternoon Concert or free time
Rolston Hall
18.00 Dinner
Vistas Dining Room
19.30 BANFF SUMMER GALA* performances: MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING
with CELLIST SHAUNA ROLSTON or LITERARY PRIMETIME with
JOURNALIST MARNI JACKSON celebrating the Banff Centre's Literary Journalism
program
The Banff Centre
Venue TBC
SATURDAY 18 JULY / Dress: Casual
08.00 Breakfast
Vistas Dining Room
08.45 Depart via vans for
09.00 CAVE & BASIN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK* for
an introduction and presentation on PARKS CANADA by Marjorie Huculak,
Stakeholder Relations, Parks Canada with Chantel and Robert
Cave & Basin National Historic Site
331 Cave Avenue
Banff
403-762-1562 / 760-9488 (Marjorie Huculak)
10.00 Depart for
10.15 Sulphur Mountain Gondola; nature walking tour on SULPUR MOUNTAIN*
12.00 Descend the mountain and transfer to Banff Centre or Banff City Centre
12.30 Lunch independently
14.00 SIREN SONG: an OPERA BY JONATHAN DOVE*
16.00 Free time
19.00 BANFF PARTNERS RECEPTION & DINNER* / Dress: Smart Casual
Three Ravens Restaurant
Sally Borden Building
Banff Centre
403-762-6143 (Linda Burley)
21.00 CUBAN CABARET with the HILARIO DURAN TRIO*
The Club Note
Banff Centre
SUNDAY 19 JULY / Dress: Casual
09.00 Breakfast
Vistas Dining Room
09.45 Check-out and depart
Professional Development Centre
St Julien Road
McCullough Coach Lines
604-968-2886 (Brendan McCullough)
12.30 COLUMBIA ICE FIELDS CENTRE* / self-guided tour & independent lunch
13.30 Transfer on bus to foot of
13.45 ATHABASCA GLACIER*
14.30 Depart for
15.00 ATHABASCAL FALLS*
16.00 JASPER*; free time to explore city / early dinner independently
17.00 Depart for
21.00 EDMONTON* and check in at
The Westin Edmonton
10135 - 100th Street
(780-426-3636)
MONDAY 20 JULY / Smart Casual
07.30 Depart via motor coach for
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & FACULTE SAINT-JEAN Presentations:
INTRODUCTION TO CANADA
08.00 Breakfast
Faculte Saint-Jean / University of Alberta
Pavillon Lacerte / Room 3-04
8406 Marie-Anne Gaboury Street (91st Street)
Room 3-12
Edmonton AB
780-465-8705 (Marc Arnal)
780-465-8763 (Mona Liles)
08.15 Welcome to the FACULTE SAINT-JEAN: Marc Arnal*, Dean, Campus Saint-Jean
08.30 HEALTH CARE: Dr Fraser Brenneis*, Dean, College of Medicine
09.30 Canadian FOREIGN POLICY / MULTI-NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Tom Keating*
10.30 LAW / CHARTER of RIGHTS & FREEDOM: Dr Greg Clarke*, Executive Director,
Centre for Constitutional Studies
11.30 Lunch
12.00 QUEBEC: Kenneth Munro & Paul Dube*, Professors of History
13.00 Depart for
13.30 ALBERTA JUSTICE & ATTORNEY GENERAL* for an introduction to Canadian
LAW and the CANADIAN JUSTICE & LEGAL SYSTEM in Alberta with Judge
Henderson as arranged by Jill McKenzie and Maria Lavorato
Court House & Justice Centre / South Tower QB
Courtroom 268
1-A Sir Winston Churchill Square
100 Street & 102nd Avenue
Edmonton
780-644-3009 (Jill McKenzie)
780-415-6297 (Maria Lavorato)
14.30 Criminal Courts* visit
15.15 Depart for
15.30 ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM* for presentation and tour of the GALLERY OF
ABORIGINAL CULTURE as arranged by Bruce Bolton, Assistant Director and
Curators Susan and Jack
12845 102nd Avenue
Edmonton AB
780-453-9130 (Bruce Bolton)
17.00 Return to hotel / Free Time
19.00 A TASTE OF EDMONTON* 40 restaurants offer small dishes from their menu; large
stage with acts, music and food preparation demonstrations / dinner independently
Sir Winston Churchill Square
100 Street & 102nd Avenue
Free evening
TUESDAY 21 JULY / Smart Casual
07.30 Breakfast on own
08.15 Depart on foot for
08.30 Briefings with ALBERTA INTERNATIONAL* on the government and issues facing
Alberta: David Kettles; Ron Dyck – Research; Dave Hodgins – Emergency Management;
Sandra Locke – Energy; Beverly Yee – Environment; Ted Nassen - Sustainability
Commerce Place
12th Floor / Alberta Room
10155 - 102nd Street
780-422-2295 (David Kettles)
10.30 Depart via motor coach for
10.45 Tour of Alberta LEGISLATURE BUILDING* and surrounding grounds with displays
of Alberta=s history and parliamentary tradition with tour guide Arlene
Legislature Building
10800 97th Avenue
780-415-8397 (Emly Anderson)
11.45 Depart for
12.00 Lunch with DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, the
Honourable Wayne Cao* to discuss the CANADIAN PROVINCIAL POLITICAL
SYSTEM
Government House
Bowen Room / 2nd Floor
12845 - 102nd Avenue
13.30 Depart for
14.00 ALBERTA AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT* presentations as
arranged by Julie Price, Research Officer, International Affairs:
Agri-Food Discovery Place
62nd Avenue & 118th Street
Edmonton AB
780-422-7194 (Julie Price)
Renny Kahn – UA International
Barry Irving – Range Lands
Reza Khorasani – Dairy
Randall Weselake – Oil Seed
Iwona Pawlina – Poultry
Lynn McMullen – Food Safety
Bob Rimes – Bio Resource
16.00 Depart for
16.30 Return to hotel / Free Time
19.25 Depart on foot for
19.30 FELLOWS DINNER* / Dress: Business
The Harvest Room
Hotel Macdonald
10065 100th Street
780-424-5181 (Carlos Hernandez)
WEDNESDAY 22 JULY / Dress: Smart Casual
05.30 Depart via motor coach for
06.00 Edmonton International Airport; check-in; breakfast independently
07.15 West Jet flight 139* (Confirmation No. M48MEN / 888-493-7853 / Chris M)
08.10 Arrive FORT MCMURRAY*; Mireille Farkouh, Suncor Tour Program Coordinator
09.00 OIL SANDS DISCOVERY CENTRE* for demonstration and displays on the history,
science and technology of the oil sands industry as arranged by Adam Pommer, Suncor
515 MacKenzie Boulevard
Fort McMurray AB
780-743-7167 (OSDC)
403-828-9457 (Adam Pommer - Suncor)
10.30 Depart for WOOD BISON GATEWAY & GIANTS of MINING EXHIBIT*
10.45 Depart for
11.00 SUNCOR & SYNCRUDE* for presentation and site visits to Canada=s largest OIL
SANDS production operations as arranged by Adam Pommer, Suncor Government
Relations
Fort McMurray AB
403-693-2007 (Brent Stuart / Suncor)
403-920-8524 (Adam Pommer)
780-790-5911 (Laura Gallant / Syncrude)
12.15 Borealis Lodge for lunch hosted by Suncor Energy Inc with Don Thompson, President,
Oil Sands Developers Group
13.45 SUNCOR SITE VISITS: UTILITIES, EXTRACTION, UPGRADING*
15.30 Depart for
16.30 Fort McMurray; dinner independently
18.00 Return to Fort McMurray Airport independently via taxis for
19.15 West Jet flight 144*
20.05 Arrive Edmonton International Airport; motor coach to hotel
THURSDAY 23 JULY / Dress: Casual
06.30 Breakfast independently
07.00 Depart with luggage for DRUMHELLER
10.30 ROYAL TYRRELL DINOSAUR MUSEUM*; met by Earle Wiebe, Science Education
Administrator
Royal Tyrrell Museum
Highway 838 / North Dinosaur Trail
Drumheller AB
403-820-6224 (Earle Wiebe)
11.00 EXCAVATE IT!* Experience an ultra-realistic dinosaur dig working in the badlands
with real tools and techniques of palaeontology with museum staff. Uncover casts of
dinosaur bones, map a quarry, make a field jacket and learn how to read the stories the
fossils tell with guides Yumi and Amanda
12.30 Lunch independently
13.30 BEHIND THE SCENE Tour* of museum’s collections and preparation rooms with
Earle Wiebe
14.30 Self-Guided Tour* of museum galleries
15.30 Depart for
19.00 UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE*; check in to rooms
University of Lethbridge
Kainai House Residence Hall / K100
Lethbridge AB
403-329-2244 (Conference Housing)
403-329-2201 (Linda Crump)
19.45 Depart on foot for
20.00 Dinner
The Duke of Wellington
132 Columbia Blvd West at University Drive
Lethbridge
403-381-1455 (Brandy)
FRIDAY 24 JULY / Dress: Smart Casual
08.00 Continental breakfast / UNIVERSITY of LETHBRIDGE Presentations:
IINTRODUCTION TO CANADA
Arts Centre Boardroom / W646
University of Lethbridge
403-329-2543 (Amy Shaw)
08.15 Welcome to the University of Lethbridge / Dr Amy Shaw*, Coordinator of
Canadian Studies
08.30 FIRST NATIONS / Leroy Little Bear*
09.30 Alberta GEOLOGY, SOILS & the MILK RIVER / John Dormaar* (403-317-2203)
10.30 WATER & the ENVIRONMENT / Alice Hontela* (403-394-3929)
11.30 Lunch
11.45 MANAGING the US-CANADA RELATIONSHIP / Geoffrey Hale* (403-329-2572)
12.45 Depart for
13.30 Lethbridge AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE*; briefings and tour of the
largest agricultural research establishment in Canada with emphasis on dry and irrigated
land and rangeland; with Brian Freeze, Manager, as arranged by John Dormaar
5403 First Avenue
Lethbridge AB
403-317-2205 / 327-4561 (LARC)
403-317-2203 (John Dormaar)
13.40 POTATO RESEARCH: Susan Smienk*
14.15 COMPOSTING of cattle manure & the Feedlot Industry: Andrew Olson*
14.45 DRY LAND ROTATION & CARBON CYCLING: Henry Janzen*
15.30 Depart for
16.00 ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE* presentation with CST Carlos Da Ponte
427 Stafford Drive S
Lethbridge
403-329-5045 (John McGill)
17.00 Return to university
19.00 LETHBRIDGE PARTNERS RECEPTION & DINNER*
The Patio
University Hall
University of Lethbridge
403-894-2491 (Terry Melusi / Sodexho Catering)
SATURDAY 25 JULY / Dress: Casual
07.45 Breakfast / obtain box lunches University Hall Boardroom
08.30 KITAWAHSINNOON, a day with Blackfoot / Blood Reserve / Red Crow
Community Collge* presentations and Sacred Site visits with Ryan Heavy Head and
Francis First Charger of
Red Crow Community College
Hwy 505
Cardston, Alberta
403-737-2400
09.30 SUNDIAL BUTTE* with Frank Weasel Head
11.00 Depart for
12.30 NAAPI'S ROCK* with Ryan Heavy Head
14.00 Depart for
14.30 WOMEN'S BUFFALO JUMP* with Adrienne Heavy Head
16.00 Return to campus
20.00 CLOSING RECEPTION & DINNER* hosted by Consulate General of Canada
The Duke of Wellington
132 Columbia Blvd & University Dr
Lethbridge
403-381-1455 (Brandy)
SUNDAY 26 JULY / Dress: Casual
08.00 Breakfast independently
09.00 Depart for
11.30 Calgary International Airport check-in and lunch independently
13.00 Air Canada flight 8315 to Portland
13.35 Alaska Airlines flight 2117 to Seattle
15.00 Westjet Airlines flight 101 to Vancouver
….. and onward travel
10 July 2009