Critical Reflections on the Study and
Practice of Canadian Security
York Centre for International and Security Studies
519 York Research Tower, York University
Friday 10 February 2012
0900-0930
Arrival and Registration
0930-1000
Welcome and Introduction
David Mutimer and Mark Salter
1000-1200
Panel I
Chair: Peter Nyers (McMaster)
Mark Salter and Miguel de Larrinaga (School of Political Studies, Ottawa)
Cold CASE: A Manifesto for Canadian Critical Security Studies
Mark Neufeld (Trent)
Reflexivity in IR Theory Revisited: The Case of C.A.S.E, or What’s Critical About Critical
Approaches to Security in Europe?
Michael Williams (GSPIA, Ottawa)
Realism and Critical Theory: A Reorientation
1200-1300
Lunch
Critical Reflections on Canadian Security YCISS
Friday 10 February … cont.
1300-1500
Panel 2
Chair: Chris Hendershot (York University)
Simon Dalby (Political Science, Victoria and Geography, Carleton)
Forward to the Past: Stephen Harper's Geopolitical Imagination
Ben Muller (Kings University College, UWO)
Parallel Imaginaries: North American Borders and Canadian Critical Security Studies Post
9/11
Alison Mountz (BSIA)
Securitizing the Canada-US borderlands
1500-1515
Coffee
1515-1715
Panel 3
Chair: Suzan Ilcan (University of Waterloo)
Colleen Bell (Political Science, Brock)
Authoritarian Liberalism and Police Power in Post-interventionary Perspective
Audrey Macklin (University of Toronto)
The Future of Security Certificates
Samantha Arnold (Politics, Winnipeg)
Umpire's Discretion: States of Insecurity and Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Schulich Executive Learning Centre, N201
Reception, 1800
Dinner, 1900
Critical Reflections on Canadian Security YCISS
Saturday 11 February 2012
1000-1200
Panel 4
Chair: Martin Shadwick (York University)
Clare Turenne Sjolander (Institute of Women’s Studies, Ottawa)
For whom do we grieve? Dying, Death and the Highway of Heroes
David Mutimer (York University) with J. Marshall Beier (Political Science, McMaster)
The Holo Life: Holo-addiction, Afghanistan, and Detainee Transfer
Alison Howell (Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, Manchester)
Security, Circulation, and Medicine
1200-1300
Lunch
1300-1430
Conclusions and Provocations
Chair: David Mutimer (York University)
RBJ Walker (Politics, Victoria)
Critical Reflections on Canadian Security
1430-1500
Wrap up and Future Plans
David Mutimer and Mark Salter
The York Centre for International and Security Studies would like to thank the Security and
Defence Forum for their generous support of this workshop.