Higgins Lecture

Higgins Lecture


As a professor of Polical Science, Donald Higgins carved out an international reputation as a respected scholar of Canadian local and urban politics. In 1989, the Saint Mary's Faculty Union established the Donald Higgins Memorial Fund to honour this remarkable person. The fund supports a graduate student in Atlantic Canada Studies and the Donald Higgins Lecture.

2018 Donald Higgins Lecture
 

Mr. Andy Fillmore, M.P.
Title: 鈥淗alifax on the Verge: People, Place, and Prosperity in Canada鈥檚 Ocean City.鈥

Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Time: Reception at 6:30 pm, Lecture at 7:00 pm
Location: Burke, Theatre B, Saint Mary鈥檚 University

Donald Higgins Poster

Donald Higgins Memorial Lecture

1989    John Sewell (former Mayor of Toronto) 鈥淔resh Ideas for Urban Reform鈥
1990    L.D. McCann (Mount Allison University) 鈥淐ities to the Left: The Maritime Provinces in Urbanizing Canada鈥
1991    Phyllis Lambert (Director, Canadian Centre for Architecture) 鈥淢aking a Case for Architecture鈥
1992    Viola Robinson (former President, Native Council of Canada) 鈥淎boriginal Issues in Canada: The Royal Commission and Beyond鈥
1993    Evert Nieboer (McMaster University) 鈥淓nvironment and Health: An Integrated Perspective鈥
1994    Joe Clark (former Prime Minister of Canada) "Changing Political Realities鈥
1995    Andrew Sancton (University of Western Ontario) 鈥淪ize, Democracy and Efficiency: The Halifax Regional Municipality in Perspective鈥
1996    Janet Conners (Aids Activist) 鈥淥n Becoming an Activist鈥
1997    James Walker (University of Waterloo) 鈥淔ield of Dreams: 鈥楻ace鈥 and Law in Canadian History鈥
1998    Sister Peggy Butts (The Senate of Canada) 鈥淚s there a Place for Ethics in the Making of Public Policy鈥
1999    John Sewell (former Mayor of Toronto)
2000    David Pearson (Laurentian University) 鈥淎 Tale of Two Cities鈥
2001    Margrit Kennedy (University of Hanover) 鈥淢oney Rules the World:  Who Rules Money?鈥
2005    Robert G. Evans (University of British Columbia) 鈥淐an We Afford Medicare?鈥
2007    Wayne Johnston (Author)
2009    Jeff Webb 鈥淭he Voice of Newfoundland鈥
2011    Ian McKay (Queen鈥檚 University) "Pax Britannica and the White Man鈥檚 Burden: Is Canada Re-Embracing the Empire?"
2011    James Walker (University of Waterloo) 鈥淭he Caribbean Connection: Canadian Immigration Policy, Caribbean Immigration, and Consequences for Nova Scotia"
2014    Mark McGowan (University of Toronto) 鈥淏eyond the Reel: The Irish Famine, Filmmakers and a Historian鈥
2016    Jill Grant (Dalhousie University) 鈥淧lanning the Good Community: Reconsidering the way we Plan鈥

 

 

 

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