A Conference on accountability and quality in higher education
January 29-31, 2010
Novotel Toronto Centre
45 The Esplanade, Toronto, Ontario
(416) 367-8900
novotel.torontocentre@accor.com
This conference will bring together academic specialists, public policy analysts, faculty leaders, university and college administrators, government officials, students, and concerned members of the community to examine issues of quality -- and quality assurance -- in the Academy.
Confirmed Speakers at a Glance
F. King Alexander
President of California State University, Long Beach. Co-editor of The
University: International Expectations (2002).
Janet Atkinson-Grosjean
Senior Research Associate, Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British
Columbia. Author of Public Science, Private Interests: Culture and Commerce in
Canada's Networks of Centres of Excellence (2006).
Thomas Docherty
Professor of English and of Comparative Literature, University of Warwick. Author
of The English Question or Academic Freedoms (2008).
Sherman Dorn
Professor, College of Education, University of South Florida. Author of Accountability
Frankenstein: Understanding and Taming the Monster (2007)
Jesús Francisco Galaz Fontes
Professor of Education at the Faculty of Human Sciences and at the Engineering
Institute, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Coordinator of the Mexican portion
of the international "Changing
Academic Profession"" project.
Manuel Gil-Antón
Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitano in Mexico
City. Fulbright New Century Scholar (2005-06).
Katherine Giroux-Bougard
National Chairperson, Canadian Federation of Students. Former president of
the Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union.
Lisa Lucas Senior Lecturer in Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol. Author of The Research Game in Academic Life (2006).
Deborah Poff
President and Vice-Chancellor of Brandon University. Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal of Academic Ethics.
James F. Pontuso
Charles Patterson Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, Hampden-Sydney
College. Author of Vaclav Havel: Civic Responsibility in the Postmodern Age (2004).
Susan Robertson
Professor of Sociology of Education and Coordinator of the Centre for Globalization,
Education, and Societies at the University of Bristol. Founding editor of the journal
Globalisation, Societies and Education.
Gary Rhoades
General Secretary of the American Association of University Professors. Former
president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Peter H. Sawchuk
Associate Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Chair of the
"International Advisory Committee of the Researching Learning and Work International
Conference Series."
Paul Shaker
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University. Executive
Producer and Host of "Your Education Matters,"
monthly television program cablecast on Shaw TV, BC.
Penni Stewart
Associate Professors of Sociology, York University. President of the Canadian
Association of University Teacher.
James Turk
Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. Editor
of Universities at Risk: How Politics, Special Interests and Corporatization Threaten
Academic Integrity (2008).
Questions or requests for information should be directed to Marcus Harvey (harvey@caut.ca / 613-726-5191).
Conference Hotel
Novotel Toronto Centre
45 The Esplanade,
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 367-8900
novotel.torontocentre@accor.com