Symposium Program

8:30 – 9:00        Arrival / Coffee 

9:00 – 9:05        Welcome

9:05 – 9:20        Introductory Remarks  

                               Leslie Weir – Librarian and Archivist of Canada

9:20 – 10:30      Panel 1: Locating Historical Intelligence Records

                           Chair: Sam Eberlee – University of Toronto

                           Alan Barnes – Carleton University

                           Melody Béland – Library and Archives Canada

                           William Cooney – Global Affairs Canada

10:30 – 11:00     Coffee

11:00 – 12:00     Panel 2: Obtaining Historical Records via ATIP

                                  Chair: Véronique Gendron – Library and Archives Canada

                           Tim Sayle – University of Toronto

                           Asa McKercher – Royal Military College of Canada

                           Susan Colbourn – Duke University

12:00 – 13:00     Buffet lunch

13:00 – 14:15     Panel 3: Making the ATI Process Work

                           Chair: Jim Bronskill – Canadian Press

                           Allison Knight – Office of the Information Commissioner

                           Kristina Lillico – Library and Archives Canada

                           Sébastien Chiasson – Global Affairs Canada

14:15 – 14:45     Coffee

14:45 – 16-15     Panel 4: Declassification Initiatives

                           Chair: Vincent Rigby – McGill University

                                    Paul Marsden – Formerly of Library and Archives Canada

                                    Dan Hallman – Public Safety Canada

                                    Marcelle Cinq-Mars – Library and Archives Canada

                                    Charles Taillefer – Treasury Board Secretariat

16:15 – 16:30     Concluding Remarks

                           Jack Cunningham – University of Toronto

CFIHP may be able to provide modest assistance to students who wish to attend the event. For more information, please contact Prof. Tim Sayle (tim.sayle@utoronto.ca).

This event is presented by the Canadian Foreign Intelligence History Project in partnership with:

• Library and Archives Canada (https://collectionscanada.gc.ca/)

• Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (https://casis-acers.ca)

• North American Society for Intelligence History (https://www.intelligencehistory.org)

• Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (http://billgrahamcentre.utoronto.ca)