[eccr] Fwd: [creative-radio] FYI - McGill Media Conference

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>The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada is organizing a major 
>national conference
>on issues concerning Canada's media, to be held on February 13-15, 2003 in 
>Montreal.
>
>As you will see from the information which appears below, we have lined up 
>a great
>group of speakers, including some of the most prominent media figures and
>researchers in Canada. However, for the conference to be a true success we 
>need to
>attract an equally distinguished group of participants.
>
>I hope that you will be able to attend and participate, and that you 
>willfeel free to
>circulate this information to any associates who would benefit from 
>attending. The
>easiest way to register is through the Institute's web site at 
>www.misc-iecm.mcgill.ca or
>you can contact me directly ((lynne.darroch /at/ mcgill.ca) 514-398-2568. We 
>arenearing
>capacity, so we urge you to register soon.
>
>This conference has the potential to be an exceptionally interesting event 
>and I hope
>that you will be able to join us.
>
>Lynne Darroch
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>McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
>L'Institut d'études canadiennes de McGill
>3463, Peel, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1W7
>(514) 398-2658 fax: (514) 398-7336
>______________________________________________________________________
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>WHO CONTROLS CANADA'S MEDIA?
>Conference: February 13 - 15, 2003
>Omni Mont-Royal Hotel, 1050 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal
>Info: www.misc-iecm.mcgill.ca
>Preliminary Programme
>(Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during the plenary sessions)
>
>Thursday, February 13, 2003
>4:00 pm Registration opens
>6:00 pm Opening reception
>6:15 pm Welcome: Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill
>University
>Inaugural remarks: Diane Lemieux, Minister of Culture and Communications,
>Government of Quebec
>
>Friday, February 14, 2003
>8:00 am Registration opens
>8:45 am Introduction: Antonia Maioni, Director, McGill Institute for the 
>Study of Canada
>9:00 am Keynote Address: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne 
>Clarkson,
>Governor General of Canada
>
>9:30 am Plenary I: The Proprietors: Do Too Few Control Too Much?
>Has the concentration of media ownership given a few proprietors an 
>unacceptable
>degree of control of Canadas media? If yes, what are the issues and possible
>responses? How will the success or failure of the convergence model affect 
>ownership
>patterns and choices? Is lessening or removing foreign ownership restrictions
>desirable?
>Chair: Donna Logan, Professor and Founding Director, School of Journalism,
>University of British Columbia
>Arnold Amber, President, Canadian Journalists for Free _Expression
>Ken Goldstein, President, Communications Management Inc.
>Alain Gourd, Group Executive Vice-President, Corporate, Bell Globemedia Inc.
>André Préfontaine, President, Médias Transcontinental Inc.
>Robert Prichard, President and Chief Executive Officer, Torstar Corporation
>
>11:00 am Break
>
>11:15 am Plenary II: Have the Journalists Lost Control?
>Chair: Michel C. Auger, Columnist, Le Journal de Montréal
>a) Does the « need for speed » in broadcast journalism create unmanageable 
>pressures
>on the quality and depth of journalism?
>Lisa Laflamme, Host, Canada AM, CTV
>Paul Larocque, Host, En direct, TVA
>b) To what extent can or should media owners intervene in their own 
>commercial or
>ideological interests with respect to content?
>Russell Mills, Neiman Fellow, Harvard University
>Lawrence Surtees, Director, Telecom and Internet Research, IDC Canada Ltd.
>c) Can a professional code of ethics protect against the negative effects of
>concentration?
>Michel Roy, President, Quebec Press Council
>Armande Saint-Jean, Assistant Director, Département des lettres et 
>communications,
>Université de Sherb
>12:45 pm Lunch
>
>1:45 pm A Conversation with &
>Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondent, The National, CBC
>Alex Jones, Director, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and 
>Public Policy,
>John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
>Moderator: Royal Orr, Writer and Broadcaster, United Church Television and 
>Senior
>Communications Consultant, Columbia Communications Inc.
>
>2:30 pm Plenary III: What Are the Limits of Government Control?
>By means of taxation, regulation, ownership limitations and funding, 
>governments have
>played a major role in controlling media in Canada. What are the pressures 
>on their
>roles and instruments? What has worked? What has failed? What are the 
>implications
>of trade agreements for Canadian policies?
>Chair: Glenn OFarrell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian 
>Association of
>Broadcasters
>Matthew Fraser, Professor, Department of Radio and Television Arts, Ryerson
>University
>Michael Hennessy, Senior Vice-President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, 
>Canadian
>Cable Television Association
>Clifford Lincoln, Member of Parliament, Lac-St-Louis and Chair, Standing 
>Committee
>on Canadian Heritage
>Marc Raboy, Professor, Department of Communications, Université de Montréal
>Richard Stursberg
>4:15 pm Break
>
>4:30 pm Plenary IV: Special Markets, Special Interests: Is the Audience in
>Control?
>How are media audiences changing? What do these changes mean for media 
>content
>and influence? Is there a long-term future for mass media? Are social 
>divisions breaking
>apart the mass audience? Are audiences harder to find? Are advertisers 
>slicing it too
>thinly? Do special interest groups wield too much power over media producers?
>Chair: Donna Dasko, Senior Vice-President, Environics Research Group
>Wayne Grigsby, Writer and Producer, Big Motion Pictures Limited
>Grant McCracken, Visiting Scholar, Art History and Communications, McGill 
>University
>Mireille Silcoff, Journalist, The National Post and Author, Rave America
>Phyllis Yaffe, Chief Executive Officer, Broadcast Group, Alliance Atlantis
>6:00 pm Cocktail
>
>Saturday, February 15, 2003
>
>8:00 am Registration opens
>
>8:45 am Roundtable discussion: Are the Cartoonists Out of Control?
>A look at the past and present of political cartooning in Canada.
>Chair: Anthony Wilson-Smith, Editor, Macleans
>Serge Chapleau, Editorial Cartoonist, La Presse
>Susan Dewar, Editorial Cartoonist, Sun Newpapers
>Brian Gable, Editorial Cartoonist, The Globe and Mail
>Terry Mosher, Editorial Cartoonist, The Gazette
>
>9:45 am Plenary V: Who Controls the Future of Public Broadcasting?
>Taxpayers and their elected representatives control the funding for public 
>broadcasting.
>In an era of extensive consumer choice and competing specialty channels, 
>what should
>be the role of public broadcasting?
>Chair: Florian Sauvageau, Professor, Department of Information and 
>Communications,
>and Director, Centre for Media Studies, Université Laval
>Paule Beaugrand-Champagne, President and Chief Executive Officer, Télé-Québec
>Andrew Coyne, Columnist, The National Post
>Noreen Golfman, Professor, Department of English, Memorial University of
>Newfoundland
>Peter Humphreys, Professor, Department of Government, University of Manchester
>Robert Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian 
>Broadcasting
>Corporation
>
>11:15 am Break
>
>11:30 am Plenary VI: Technology: Will Everyone Be in Control?
>Has technology changed the rules? Do new technologies empower media 
>audiences --
>or simply give them more to play with? Can media owners control the growth 
>of new
>media? Can governments? Is technology really the issue?
>Chair: Sheryl Hamilton, Professor, Department of Art History and 
>Communication
>Studies, McGill University
>Candice Callison, Doctoral Candidate, Comparative Media Studies, 
>Massachusetts
>Institute of Technology
>Sunny Handa, Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University
>Raja Khanna, President and Chief Creative Officer, Snap Media Corp.
>Ian MacLean, Vice-President, Media Experts iTV Lab
>
>1:00 pm Lunch
>2:00 pm Plenary VII: Do the Media Have Undue Influence on Civic Life?
>Are the media responsible for the decline in voter participation? Have 
>politicians use of
>the media turned off voters? Are todays young adults less politically 
>interested and
>informed, or have they found alternative ways of expressing political 
>opinion? Do media
>set the agenda in terms of what attitudes and issues get addressed?
>Chair: L. Ian MacDonald, Columnist, The Gazette, Host, CJAD, and Editor, 
>Policy
>Options, IRPP
>Elisabeth Gidengil, Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill 
>University
>Edward Greenspon, Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail
>Richard Nadeau, Professor, Department of Political Science, Université de 
>Montréal
>André Pratte, Editorial Page Editor, La Presse
>
>3:30 pm Break
>3:45 pm Plenary VIII: What Have We Learned?
>Chair: The Honourable Francis Fox, President, Eastern Canada, Rogers AT&T
>Wireless and Chairman, Rogers Telecommunications Quebec Inc.
>Chris Dornan, Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Carleton
>University
>Alain Dubuc, Publisher and President, Le Soleil
>Donna Logan, Professor and Founding Director, School of Journalism, 
>University of
>British Columbia
>Trina McQueen, Broadcaster and President, Hutton Belleville Inc.
>4:45 pm Closing reception
>
>Co-chairs: Francis Fox, Michael Goldbloom, Trina McQueen
>Steering Committee: Gretta Chambers, Antonia Maioni, Rick Schultz, Will Straw

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