Less than one month remains to register for the conference “A Living Tree: The Legacy of 1982 in Canada’s Political Evolution” – hosted by the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy (SIPP). The conference will be held in Regina, Saskatchewan, May 23 – 25, 2007 and will bring together some of Canada’s foremost scholars, political leaders, and policy-makers (listed below) to offer a unique and thorough examination of how the Constitution Act, 1982 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has affected and will continue to shape public policy and democratic politics in Canada. A complete list of conference speakers with their biographies and abstracts can be found on the conference website.

The registration deadline for this conference is May 14, 2007. To register, please submit a completed registration form, which can be downloaded from SIPP’s website at http://www.uregina.ca/sipp/conference_2007/english/registration.htm or http://www.uregina.ca/sipp/conference_2007/french/registration.htm.

For more information on this conference, please contact SIPP at sipp@uregina.ca or call (306) 585-5777.

Keynote and Plenary Panelist Speakers:

Hon. Thomas Berger, Berger & Company
Rt. Hon. Edward R. Schreyer, former Premier of Manitoba and former Governor General of Canada
Hon. Robert K. Rae, Partner, Goodmans L.L.P.
Joseph Facal, Guest Professor, HEC Montreal Department of Management Sciences
Hon. Lucie Pépin, Senator, Senate of Canada
Hon. Barry L. Strayer, Former judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and Chief Justice, Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
Donald Dennison, Executive Director, New Brunswick Business Council
Hon. Roy Romanow, Senior Fellow in Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Political Studies
Samuel LaSelva, Professor, University of British Columbia, Department of Political Science
Alain Dubuc, Columnist, La Presse

Concurrent Session Speakers:

Marc-Antoine Adam, Fellow, Queen's University, School of Policy Studies, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
Penelope Andrews, Professor, City University of New York, School of Law
Andrew C. Banfield, University of Calgary, Department of Political Science
Michael Behiels, Professor, University of Ottawa, Department of History
Benjamin L. Berger, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
Stéphane Bernatchez, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke, Faculty of Law
Barbara Billingsley, Professor, University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
Marie-Joie Brady, University of Ottawa, School of Political Studies
Douglas Brown, St. Francis Xavier University, Department of Political Science
Penny Bryden, Professor, University of Victoria, Department of History
Janet Epp Buckingham, Director, Laurentian Leadership Centre, and Associate Professor, Trinity Western University
Kirsten Matoy Carlson, University of Michigan, Department of Political Science
Jean-Francois Caron, Université Laval
Mark Carter, Professor, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law
Peter Carver, Professor, University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
Eleonora Ceccherini, Professor, University of Siena, Faculty of Law
Kristine Arnet Connidis, University of Toronto
Marc Desjardins, Director of Strategy and Legal Affairs, Privy Council Office, Strategic Policy and Research
Adam Dodek, University of Toronto
Jameson W. Doig, Professor, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs
Mary Eberts, Law Office of Mary Eberts, Barristers
Patrick Fafard, Assistant Professor, Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
John Erik Fossum, University of Oslo, ARENA Centre for European Studies
Fabien Gélinas, Professor, McGill University, Faculty of Law
Tania Groppi, Professor, University of Siena, Department of Economic Law
Matthew Harrington, Professor, University of Montréal, Faculty of Laws
James Hendry, General Counsel, Justice Canada, Human Rights Law Section
Janet Hiebert, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University
France Houle, Professor, University of Montreal, Faculty of Law
Cassandra Kirewskie, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School
Peter D. Lauwers, Miller Thomson LLP
Howard Leeson, Professor, University of Regina, Department of Political Science
J.P. Lewis, Carleton University, Department of Political Science
Andrea Lockwood, Counsel, Department of Justice, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section
Marian McGrath, Senior Counsel, Security Intelligence Review Committee
Kent McNeil, Professor, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School
Bradford Morse, Co-Director of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Bonnie Morton, Minister, Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry
Dwight Newman, Associate Dean, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law
Warren J. Newman, General Counsel, Department of Justice, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section
Nicole O’Byrne, University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
Kent Roach, Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Larry Savage, Professor, Brock University, Department of Political Studies, Centre for Labour Studies
Josephine Savarese, Professor, Saint Thomas University, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Garth Stevenson, Professor, Brock University, Department of Political Science
Luanne Walton, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section
John D. Whyte, Douglas McK. Brown Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia and Senior Policy Fellow, Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy
David Yarrow, Lecturer, Monash University, Faculty of Law
Margot Young, Professor, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law