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The Woodrow Wilson Center established the Canada Institute to explore one of America's most important bilateral relationships, but one that gets far less attention in Washington than it deserves. For most Americans, Canada is—in the words of former U.S. Ambassador James Blanchard—"the invisible world next door."
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Upcoming Events
Buy American: Creating or Costing U.S. Jobs?
Tuesday, November 17 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Dawn Champney, President, Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association; Robert Baugh, Executive Director, Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO; Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Christopher Whatley, Director, Washington Office, The Council of State Governments
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Step Lightly: China's Ecological Footprint Overseas
Thursday, December 03 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Wenran Jiang, University of Alberta, Terry Parnell, East West Management Institute, Victor Gao, China National Association of International Studies
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Changing Climates in North American Politics
Wednesday, December 16 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Stacy VanDeveer, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire; Henrik Selin, Director of Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University
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Changing the Tide: A Canadian Perspective on Afghanistan
Tuesday, November 03 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Lt. General Andrew Leslie, Chief of the Land Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
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Energy Forum 11: Accelerating the Transformation of North American Energy Systems: How Much Should Canada and the United States Restrict International Offsets?
Thursday, October 29 2009, 8:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Andy Ridge, Climate Change Policy Section, Government of Alberta; Elisabeth DeMarco, Partner, Toronto, Macleod Dixon; Bruce Usher, CEO, Ecosecurites; Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Gerry Ertel, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Royal Dutch Shell; Lunch Speaker Kenneth Berlin, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
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Internet Piracy: Copyright Law in Canada and the United States
Wednesday, October 14 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Barry Sookman, Partner & Co-chair, Technology Law Group, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto;
Eric J. Schwartz, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, and Former Acting General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office; Steven M. Tepp (moderator), Senior Counsel for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office
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The International Watersheds Initiative: Implementing a New Paradigm for Transboundary Basins
Thursday, July 23 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Charles Lawson, Secretary, U.S. Section, International Joint Commission; Willem Brakel, Senior Adviser, International Joint Commission
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Arctic Oil and Gas in Today's North American Energy Equation
Wednesday, June 24 2009, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Hon. Robert McLeod, Minister of Industry, Tourism, and Investment, Government of the Northwest Territories; Drue Pearce, Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
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Canada Institute
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: canada@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4270
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