Canadian vote Summit: Earning Trust - Challenges for Canada’s Democracy
Agenda Day 1 (June 19 2023)
| Time and Location | Session | Title | Moderator | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:10-9:00 (Lobby and Commons) | Registration and Breakfast | |||
| 9:00-9:10 (TRS 1-067) | Welcome | |||
| 9:10-10:00 (TRS 1-067) | Plenary | State of Electoral Democracy in Canada - Earning Trust and Fostering Participation | Farah Nasser (Global News) | Stéphane Perrault (Elections Canada) Pamela Uppal (Ontario Nonprofit Network) Allison Harell (Consortium on Electoral Democracy) |
| 10:00-10:15 (Commons) | Break | |||
| 10:20-11:10 (TRS 1-067) | Panel 2A | On-Line Toxicity and the erosion of trust in the "public square" of social media | Beatrice Wayne (Samara Center for Democracy) | Jaskaran Sandhu (State) Sam Andrey (TMU - Leadership Lab) Erica Ifill (The Hill Times) |
| 10:20-11:10 (TRS 1-149) | Panel 2B | Youth - Democracy Champions or cynics? | Samantha Reusch (Apathy is Boring) | Victoria Kuketz (Catalyst) More speakers announced soon |
| 10:20-11:10 (TRS 1-109) | Panel 2C | Internet Voting | Mike McGregor (Toronto Metropolitan University) | Aleksander Essex (Western University) Nicole Goodman (Brock Goodman) Kimberley Kitteringham (City of Markham) |
| 11:10-11:25 (Commons) | Break | |||
| 11:30-12:20 (TRS 1-067) | Plenary | Driving Social Change: the role of philanthropy, government and corporate engagement | Farah Nasser (Global News) | Yonis Hassan (Justice Fund) More speakers announced soon |
| 12:20-13:30 (Commons) | Lunch | |||
| 13:30-14:20 (TRS 1-067) | Panel 3A | Elections and polarization - Impacts on trust | Sam Reusch (Apathy is Boring) | Michael Pal (University of Ottawa) Anton Boegman (Elections BC) Laura Stephenson (Consortium on Electoral Democracy) |
| 13:30-14:20 (TRS 1-149) | Panel 3B | Democracy Without Citizens: When Newcomers Don't Naturalize | Nicholas Keung (Toronto Star) | Anna Triandafyllidou (Toronto Metropolitan University) Isaac Garcia-Sitton (Toronto Metropolitan University) Daniel Bernhard (Institute for Canadian Citizenship) |
| 14:20-14:40 (Commons) | Break | |||
| 14:40-15:40 (TRS 1-149) | Panel 4A | Understanding the (Dis)/Information ecosystem | Catherine Cullen (CBC) | Jean-Pierre Kingsley (formerly Elections Canada) Supriya Dwivedi (Centre for Media Technology and Democracy) Aengus Bridgman (Centre for Media Technology and Democracy) |
| 14:40-15:40 (TRS 1-067) | Panel 4B | State of Democracy in Indigenous Communities in Canada: Building Relationships and Reducing Barriers to Electoral Participation | Dr. John Meehan (Bill Graham Centre) | Dr. Michael Boda (Elections Saskatchewan) Chief Lee-Anne Kehler (Kawacatoose First Nation) Peter Beatty (Formerly with Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation) |
| 15:40-16:00 (Commons) | Break | |||
| 16:00-16:50 (TRS 1-067) | Keynote | Democracy - The Wild Little Bouquet | Farah Nasser (Global News) | Elamin Abdelmahmoud (CBC - Commotion) |
| 17:00 - 19:00 (Commons) | Reception | |||
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Canadian vote Summit: Earning Trust - Challenges for Canada’s Democracy
Agenda Day 2 (June 20 2023)
| Time and Location | Session | Title | Moderator | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:15 (TRS 1-067) | Welcome | |||
| 9:20-10:10 (TRS 1-149) | Panel 5A | Political Parties at the Municipal Level - Good for Democracy? | Mike McGregor (Toronto Metropolitan University) | Jack Lucas (University of Calgary) Jesse Helmer (Western University) More speakers announced soon |
| 9:20-10:10 (TRS 1-067) | Panel 5B | Representation Matters | Pamela Uppal (Ontario Nonprofit Network) | Velma Morgan (Operation Black Vote Canada) Umair Ashraf (The Canadian-Muslim Vote) Chi Nguyen (Equal Voice) |
| 9:20-10:10 (TRS 1-109) | Roundtable 5C | Details to come | Details to come | |
| 10:10-11:00 (Commons) | Networking session | |||
| 11:10-12:00 (TRS 1-149) | Panel 6A | Instilling Civic Agency and Belonging: The Foundations of Democracy | Veronika Bylicki (CityHive) | Rizwan Mohammed (National Council of Canadian Muslims) Danielle Johnston (City of Vancouver) Colin Scott (Concordia University) |
| 11:10-12:00 (TRS 1-067) | Panel 6B | Student Voter Engagement - Tapping Into Passion | Beatrice Wayne (Samara Center for Democracy) | Clarissa Unger (Students Learn Students Vote Coalition) Mackenzy Metcalfe (Canadian Alliance of Student Associations) Pamela Sugiman (Toronto Metropolitan University) |
| 11:10-12:00 (TRS 1-109) | Panel 6C | Democracy Index, the Ontario Municipal Elections and lessons learned | Farah Nasser (Global News) | Dave Meslin (Unlock Democracy Canada) Nadia Dubyk (Grey Highlands) |
| 12:00-13:00 (Commons) | Lunch | |||
| 13:00-14:00 (TRS 1-067) | Keynote | Trust but verify | Sanjay Ruparelia (Toronto Metropolitan University) | Pippa Norris (Harvard University) |
| 14:10-15:00 (TRS 1-067) | Panel 7A | Engaging first time voters | Valerie-Anne Mahéo-Le Luel (Université Laval) | Stacey Nordlund (Toronto Public Library) Lais Maurilio (CAWI) Élyse Bolduc (Élections Québec) |
| 14:10-15:00 (TRS 1-149) | Panel 7B | Municipal Politics- Laboratories of Democracy | Farah Nasser (Global News) | Dave Meslin (Unlock Democracy Canada) Rowan Gentleman-Sylvester (CityHive Vancouver) Waye Mason (City of Halifax) |
| 14:10-15:00 (TRS 1-1077) | Roundtable 7C | Roundtable on Youth Engagement in Democracy: Exploring Net-Zero | Erika de Torres (Apathy is Boring) Melina Duckett (Apathy is Boring) | |
| 15:20-16:10 (TRS 1-067) | Panel 8A | Supporting Canadian Democracy | Tanya Rumble (Toronto Metropolitan University) | Allan Northcott (Max Bell Foundation) Ikem Opara (Rideau Hall Foundation) Mohammed Hashim (Canadian Race Relations) |
| 15:20-16:10 (TRS 1-149) | Panel 8B | Election Modernization: Opportunities and Challenges | Details coming soon | Zac Spicer (York University) Greg Essensa (Elections Ontario) Stephen O'Brien (City of Guelph) |
| 16:15-16:45 (TRS 1-067) | Closing Session | |||
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