Canadian Vote Summit Schedule

 

Canadian vote Summit: Earning Trust - Challenges for Canada’s Democracy

Agenda Day 1 (June 19 2023)

Time and LocationSession Title ModeratorSpeakers
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)PlenaryState of Electoral Democracy in Canada - Earning Trust and Fostering ParticipationFarah 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 2AOn-Line Toxicity and the erosion of trust in the "public square" of social mediaBeatrice 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 2BYouth - Democracy Champions or cynics? Samantha Reusch (Apathy is Boring)Victoria Kuketz (Catalyst)
More speakers announced soon
10:20-11:10 (TRS 1-109) Panel 2CInternet VotingMike 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 3AElections 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 3BDemocracy Without Citizens: When Newcomers Don't NaturalizeNicholas 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 ecosystemCatherine 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 4BState 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)KeynoteDemocracy - 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 LocationSession Title ModeratorSpeakers
9:00-9:15 (TRS 1-067)Welcome
9:20-10:10 (TRS 1-149) Panel 5APolitical 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 5BRepresentation 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 5CDetails to comeDetails 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 DemocracyVeronika 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 6BStudent Voter Engagement - Tapping Into PassionBeatrice 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 6CDemocracy Index, the Ontario Municipal Elections and lessons learnedFarah 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 verifySanjay Ruparelia (Toronto Metropolitan University)Pippa Norris (Harvard University)
14:10-15:00 (TRS 1-067)Panel 7AEngaging first time votersValerie-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 7BMunicipal Politics- Laboratories of DemocracyFarah 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 7CRoundtable on Youth Engagement in Democracy: Exploring Net-ZeroErika de Torres (Apathy is Boring)
Melina Duckett (Apathy is Boring)
15:20-16:10 (TRS 1-067)Panel 8ASupporting 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 8BElection Modernization: Opportunities and ChallengesDetails 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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