Part 1: Hemispheric Integration:
The End of Act One and Towards Act Two Defining The New Agenda
Monday July 9
9:00 Welcome - Daniel Drache, Co-Director SI
9:30 The Americas After the Quebec Summit: Current Policy Dilemmas For Government and Society The Legacy of the 1990s? The Results of the Summit? Where are We Headed?
• Jean Daudelin, Co-Director SI
10:45 The Changing Agenda: Cutting-Edge Issues -- Group Discussion- Sub-Regional Perspectives
• Jorge E. Brenna B., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.
• Alcides Cost Vaz, University of Brasilia, Brazil
• Beatriz Merino, Universidad de Lima, Peru
2:15 Trade Policy, Dollarization and Monetary Policy: The State of the Dollarization Debate/ How Has Integration Affected Employment, Income Distribution, Gender Rights?
• Roy Culpeper, North-South Institute, Ottawa
Tuesday July 10
9:00 FTAA: How Good is the Design? What's the Model?
• Germán A. de la Reza, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
• Manuel A. Mindreau, Universidad del Pacífico, Lima Peru.
2:15 Redefining Hemispheric Security and the Return of Political Instability: War in the Andes Drugs, Crime and Street Youth
• Marcela Donadio, Universidad Catolica, Argentina
• Julissa Mantilla, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
4:00 Roundtable: The FTAA: What's in the Draft? Is it Viable?
Wednesday July 11
9:00 Public Services After a Decade of Neo-Liberal Reforms: Is the US Model of Governance Still the Hemispheric Standard? Is the Washington Consensus a Viable Benchmark?
• Daniel Drache
• Silvia Y. Llomovatte, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
10:45 Is There a New Mexico Emerging Under Fox? A Roundtable
• Imtiaz A. Hussain, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
• Magdalena Barros Nock, CIESAS, Mexico
2:15 Do Borders Matter? People, Drugs, Tourism, Migrants and Assembly Zones- Controlling the Border
• Gustavo Ernesto Emmerich, Centre for US-Mexico Relations, University of California, San Diego
• Alberto J. Olvera, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
Part 2: The Northern Model:
Canada, Hemispheric Integration and Social Cohesion
Thursday July 12
9:00 Social Equity: The Canadian Dilemma- the Costs and Benefits of a Decade of Economic Integration: Corporate Canada vs Social Canada
• Daniel Drache
• Harry Arthurs, York University
10:45 Part II
2:15 Reforming Canada’s National Health System: Will it Be Privatized?
• Michael Mendelson, Caledon Institute
Friday July 13
9:00 Social Exclusion in Canada: The Marginalized, Homelessness, Street Kids, Social Disability and Poverty
• Christa Freiler, The Laidlaw Foundation
• Marcia Rioux, Chair, School of Health Policy and Management, York University
10:45 Part II
1:15 Political Culture and Canadian Cultural Identity: A Fragile Balance
• Joyce Zemans, York University
• Seth Feldman, York University
Saturday July 14 Free day
Sunday July 15 Free day
Part 3: Hemispheric Options in a Turbulent Environment
Monday July 16
9:00 State Reform, Labour and the Justice System
• Luis Ignacio Lozano E., Banco de la Republica, Colombia
• Humberto F. Martins, Brazilian School of Public Administration
10:45 Part II
• Liliana Alvarez, University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires
• Magda Barros Biavaschi, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
2:15 The Private Sector and Hemispheric Integration: Solid or Hollow?
• Eduardo Rodrigues Gomes, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
• Magdalena Barros Nock
4:00 Roundtable: Argentinean Debt Crisis
Tuesday July 17
9:00 Social Inclusion: The Role of Public Institutions and the Public Sphere
• Sérgio Costa, Freie Universität Berlin/ Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Silvia Maria Schor, University of São Paulo, Brazil
10:45 Part II
• Alberto Olvera
2:15 After the Quebec Summit: Identity Politics in the Americas and Democracy: Are They Working Against Each Other?
* Susana A. Preciado Jiménez, Universidad de Colima, Mexico
* Mindahi Bastida Muñoz, United Nations Environmental Programme, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico
4:00 Roundtable: Brazil after Cardosa
Wednesday July 18
9:00 Multilateralism From Below : Civil Society Across Borders in the Americas- Are the Dangerous Classes at the Table
• John Foster, North-South Institute, Ottawa
• Sylvia Ostry, Munk Centre, University of Toronto
2:15 Prospects for Multilateralism: Governments and Inter-Governmental Organizations (IDB, OAS, CEPAL, World Bank and Others) After Quebec
• Manuel Mindreau
• Alcides Costa Vaz
Thursday July 19 Conclusions and Future Directions
9:00 Integration and Social Sustainability in the Americas: A General Discussion
• Jean Daudelin and the Group
1:30 Lunch and Farewell
Hemispheric Integration and Social Cohesion Summer Institute
The Americas After the Quebec Summit: Summer Institute 2001 Program
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