March 26, 2026
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
RFP 214/215
Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty Keynote Address featuring Professor Blayne Haggart
Professor of Political Science at Brock University. Dr. Haggart’s research focuses on the international political economy of knowledge, particulary intellectual property rights, data governance and Internet governance. His most recent book is The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power (Bloomsbury, 2023), which he coauthored with Natasha Tusikov (York University).
March 26, 2026
5:00-6:15 p.m.
RFP 214/215
Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty Keynote Address featuring Professor P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Trent University
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the study of the Canadian North and a Professor with the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University. Dr. Lackenbauer is one of Canada’s foremost experts on Arctic history and contemporary Northern policy. His many publications include The Joint Artic Weather Stations: Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-1972 (with Daniel Heidt, University of Calgary Press, 2022.
March 27, 2026
5:00-6:15 p.m.
RFP 214/215
Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty Keynote Address featuring Professor Liam Midzain-Gobin
Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science at Brock University. His book Settler Colonial Sovereignty: Visions of Improvement and Indigenous Erasure was published in 2025 by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
