[uw.gsa] The Latest, May/91, 08/23: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY CONFERENCE

ankgoel@watmsg.waterloo.edu (anil k goel) (05/03/91)

Graduate  students from the Political Science  Department of the University
of  Waterloo have   organized  a     multidisciplinary  graduate  students'
conference   on federal  government  policy   during  the   Mulroney years.
Graduate  students from  various departments at  Guelph, McMaster, Toronto,
Waterloo, Western Ontario, Windsor and York will present papers.

The speakers  will cover a  broad range  of topics including constitutional
policy, economic policy,  environment  policy, international  relations and
social policy.  At present, the following papers are confirmed.

          * Politicalization of the Supreme Court
          * Canadian Fisheries Policy
          * Competition and Collusion in Industry
          * Canada and the PLO
          * Meech Lake Constitution-Making Process
          * Canada and South Africa
          * Canada's Role on the Security Council
          * Federal Government Spending Policies
          * Native Land Claims Policy
          * Trade and Human Rights
          * Canada-US Subsidy Negotiations
          * Environmental Assessment and Heritage
          * Federalism and Ecology
          * Renewing the NORAD Treaty
          * Hybernia's Promise and Reality


Hugh Segal, a  Conservative party advisor  and prominent  Tory commentator,
will be the  keynote speaker  at  the reception  on the  first  day of  the
conference.

The conference is scheduled for May 10, 11,  and 12, 1991,  at St.   Paul's
United  College of   the University of   Waterloo.  Registration forms  are
available  on posters throughout  the campus  and  at the Political Science
Department.  Those wishing further information should contact  Steve Nicoll
or Ralph Zuljan,   Political Science Department,  Hagey Hall  341;   Phone:
885-1211, ext. 3396.


                                                   - Ralph Zuljan
                                                     Board Member