Peter James McCORMICK Lethbridge, Alberta
University Degrees: B.A. (Hon. Political Science) (first class); University of Alberta, Edmonton (1968) M.A. (Political Economy) (first class); University of Toronto (1969) D.Phil. (Government); University of London (London School of Economics) (1974) Thesis title: "Social Contract & Political Obligation: A Critique & Reappraisal"
Academic Appointments: 1972: Lecturer, Department of Political Studies Lakehead University 1974: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science University of British Columbia 1975: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science University of Lethbridge 1978: awarded tenure 1980: promoted to rank of Associate Professor 1986: promoted to rank of Professor
Publications:
Books & major monographs: Appointing Trial Court Judges: A Comparison of Practices, expert report prepared for the Bastarache Commission of Inquiry on Provincial Judicial Appointments; August 2010
Judicial Independence and Judicial Governance in the 21st Century (Report Commissioned by Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges) (December 2003)
Supreme at Last: The Supreme Court of Canada 1949-1999 (Toronto; James Lorimer & Sons, 2000)
(with C. Ian Greene, C. Baar, M. Thomas, G. Szablowski) Final Review: Appellate Court Decisionmaking (Toronto: James Lorimer & Sons, 1998)
Canada's Courts (Toronto: James Lorimer & Sons, 1994)
(with C. Ian Greene) Judges and Judging: Inside the Canadian Judicial System (Toronto; James Lorimer & Sons, 1990)
Social Contract and Political Obligation: A Critique and Reappraisal (New York; Garland Publishing Co., 1987)
(with E.C. Manning & G. Gibson) Regional Representation (Calgary; CWF, 1982)
(with F.C. Engelmann and D.K. Elton) ALTERNATIVES: Toward an Effective Federalism for Canada, (Calgary; CWF, 1978)
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Articles in refereed journals: "Waiting for Globalization: An Emprical Study of the McLachlin Court's Foreign Judicial Citations" Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 41 (2010)
"American Citations and the McLachlin Court: An Empirical Study" Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 47 (2009)
"Structures of Judgment: How the Modern Supreme Court of Canada Organizes Its Reasons” Dalhousie Law Journal Vol. 32 (2009)
“Standing Apart: Separate Concurrence and the Supreme Court of Canada, 1984 - 2006" McGill Law Journal, Vol. 53 (2008)
“Try, Try Again: Appeals from the Manitoba Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, 2000-2004" Manitoba Law Journal Vol. 32 (2006-7)
“The Serendipitous Solution to the Problem of Supreme Court Appointments” Osgoode Hall Law Journal Vol.46 (2006)
“The Choral Court: Separate Concurrences on the McLachlin Court 2000-2004" Ottawa Law Review Vol. 37 (2005-6)
“Selecting the Supremes: Judicial Appointment in Canada” The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process Vol. 7 (2005)
“The Judges and the Journals: Citation of Periodical Literature by the Supreme Court of Canada, 1985-2004" Canadian Bar Review Vol. 84 (2005)
“The Manitoba Court of Appeal 2000-2004: Caseload, Output and Citations” Manitoba Law Journal Vol. 31 (2005)
“New Questions about an Old Concept: The Supreme Court of Canada’s Judicial Independence Jurisprudence” Canadian Journal of Political Science Vol. 37 (2004)
“Blocs, Swarms and Outliers: Conceptualizing Disagreement on the Modern Supreme Court of Canada” Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 42 (2004)
“‘With Respect...’ – Levels of Disagreement on the Lamer Court 1990-2000" McGill Law Journal, Vol.48 No.1 (2003)
“The Political Jurisprudence of Hot Potatoes: Bush v Gore and the Quebec Secession Reference” National Journal of Constitutional Law Vol.13 (2002)
“Second Thoughts: Supreme Court Citation of Dissents & Separate Concurrences, 1949-1999" Canadian Bar Review Vol. 81 (2002)
"Reform the Senate and the Supreme Court?" Policy Options (January 2000)
“The Most Dangerous Justice: Penetrating the Voting Patterns of the Lamer Court 1990-7"
Dalhousie Law Journal Vol. 22 (1999)
“Follow the Leader: Judicial Leadership and the Laskin Court, 1973-1984" Queen’s Law Journal Vol.24 (1998)
“Do Judges Read Books, Too?: Academic Citations by the Supreme Court of Canada 1991-7" Supreme Court Law Review (2nd Series) Vol.9 (1998)
“Twelve Paradoxes of Judicial Discipline” Constitutional Forum (1998)
“Birds of a Feather: Alliances and Influences on the Lamer Court 1991-7" Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol.36 (1998)
“The Supreme Court of Canada and American Citations 1949-1994: A Statistical Overview” Supreme Court Law Review (2nd Series) Vol.8 (1997)
(with Ian Greene & Carl Baar) “Law, Courts and Democracy in Canada” International Social Sciences Journal; Fall 1996
“Judicial Citation, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Lower Courts: The Case of Alberta” Alberta Law Review, Vol.32 (1996)
"Judges, Journals and Exegesis: Judicial Free Speech in Academic Scholarship" University of New Brunswick Law Journal (1996)
"What Supreme Court Cases Does the Supreme Court Cite?: Follow-up Citations on the Supreme Court of Canada, 1989-1993" Supreme Court Law Review (2nd series) Vol. 7 (1996)
"The Supreme Court Cites the Supreme Court: Follow-up Citation on the Supreme Court of Canada, 1989-1993" Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 33 (1995)
(With Tammy Praskach) "Judicial Citation, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Lower Courts: An Overview and the Influence of Manitoba" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.24 (1995)
"The Recall of Elected Members" Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol.17, Summer 1994.
"The Emergence & Evolution of Coordinate Precedential Authority in Canada: Interprovincial Citations of Judicial Authority 1920-1992" Osgoode Hall Law Journal , Vol.32 (1994)
"Career Patterns and the Delivery of Reasons for Judgment in the Supreme Court of Canada." Supreme Court Law Review (Second series) Vol.5 (1994)
"Who Wins and Who Loses in the Provincial Courts of Appeal? A Statistical Analysis, 1920- 1990" Canadian Journal of Law and Society Vol. 9 No.2 (Fall 1994)
"Sentence Appeals in the Alberta Court of Appeal" Alberta Law Review Vol. 31 No.3 (Fall 1993)
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"Caseload and Output of the Manitoba Court of Appeal 1991" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.22 (1993)
"Judicial Authority and the Provincial Courts of Appeal: A Statistical Investigation of Citation Practices" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.22 (1993)
"Assessing Leadership on the Supreme Court of Canada: Towards a Typology of Chief Justice Performance" Supreme Court Law Review (Second series) Vol.4 (1993)
"Conviction Appeals to the Alberta Court of Appeal" Alberta Law Review Vol.31 No.2, (Summer 1993)
(with Twyla Job) "Do Women Judges Make a Difference?" Canadian Journal of Law and Society Vol.8 No.2 (1993)
(with Twyla Job) "Hypotheses, Statistics and Women Judges: A Response" Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol.8 No.2 (1993)
"Do Provincial Inferior Courts Dispense Inferior Justice?" Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice Vol.12 (1993)
"Party Capability Theory and Appellate Success in the Supreme Court of Canada" Canadian Journal of Political Science Vol.26 (1993)
"The Supervisory Role of the Supreme Court of Canada" Supreme Court Law Review, (Second series) Vol.3 (1992)
(with C.Baar, I.Greene & M. Thomas) "The Ontario Court of Appeal and Expeditious Justice" Osgoode Hall Law Journal Vol.30 (1992)
"Bring Back the Recall" Policy Options Vol.13 (1992)
"One MLA, One or Two Votes: Weighted Voting as a means of reconciling effective rural representation with democratic principles" Policy Options Vol. 13 No.2 (June 1992)
"Caseload and Output of the Manitoba Court of Appeal 1991" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.22 No.1 (1992)
"Caseload and Output of the Manitoba Court of Appeal 1990" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.21 No.1 (1992)
(with Suzanne Maisey) "A Tale of Two Courts II: Appeals from the Manitoba Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, 1906-1991" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.21 No.1 (1992)
"Alberta's Court of Next-to-Last Resort" Alberta Law Review, Vol.19 No.4 (1991)
"A Tale of Two Courts: Appeals from the Manitoba Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, 1970-1990" Manitoba Law Journal, Vol.19 No.3 (1990)
"Caseload and Output of the Manitoban Court of Appeal 1989: An Analysis of Twelve Months
of Reported Cases" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.19 No.3 (1990)
"Caseload and Output of the Manitoba Court of Appeal 1988" Manitoba Law Journal Vol.19 No.1 (1990)
"The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal 1987: An Analysis of 12 Months of Reported Cases" Saskatchewan Law Journal, Vol.53 (1989)
"Regionalism in Canada: Disentangling the Threads" Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol.24 No.2 (Summer, 1989)
(with D.K. Elton) "Western Perspectives on Institutional Reform" The American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol.XVI (Autumn 1986)
"Judicial Councils for Provincial Judges in Canada" The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, Vol.6 (1986)
(with C.I. Greene & P. Gabor) "The Young Offenders Act: The Alberta Youth Court Experience in the First Year" The Canadian Journal of Family Law, Vol.5 No.2 (Winter, 1986)
(with P. Gabor & C.I. Greene) "Changes in Services in the Young Offenders Act: Alberta's Experience in the First Year" The Social Worker, Vol.54 No.4 (Winter, 1986)
"Is the Liberal Party Declining? Liberals, Conservatives and Provincial Politics 1867-1980" Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol.18 No.4 (Winter 1983-84)
"Politics After the Landslide: The Conservative Caucus in Alberta" Parliamentary Government, Vol.4 No.3 (Summer, 1983)
"Parliament: A Look Ahead" Parliamentary Government, Vol.3 No.3 (Summer 1982)
(with J.A. Long & M.T. Sundstrom) "Harvest of Neglect: The Canadian Agricultural Movement 1978-79" Prairie Forum, Vol.5 (1980)
"Voting Behavior in Alberta: The Quasi-Party System Revisited" Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol.15 No.3 (1980)
"The Concept of the Self in Political Thought" Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol.XII No.4 (1979) (nominated by CJPS Editors for University of Windsor President's Award for "year's best scholarly article written in English")
"Report on the ALTERNATIVES Conference" Prairie Forum, Vol.3 No.1 (1978)
"Social Contract: Interpretation and Misinterpretation" Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol.IX No.1 (1976)
Articles included in edited collections: Page 5 of 17
“Bush v. Gore and American Federalism” in Bateman (ed) Braving the New World (3rd ed.)
“The West Wants In! (But What is the West? And What is ‘In’?)” Queen’s University Working Paper 2001(5)
“The Charter Fragments the Court” in Ian Greene & Ray Bazowski (eds) The Charter at Twenty [papers presented at York University Conference] (McGill-Queens University Press)
“Power and Politics in Western Canada” in David Taras (ed) A Passion for Identity (4th ed.) (Scarborough, Ontario; Nelson Thompson Learning, 2000)
(with Roger Gibbins) “A Tale of Two Senates” in David Thomas (ed) Canada and the United States: Differences That Count (2nd edition) (Broadview Press, 2000)
“Contra Robertson” in Constitutional Change (edited by Senator Gerard Beaudoin) (University of Ottawa Press, 1998) [proceedings of 1997 Ottawa colloquium]
(with David Elton) “The Alberta case: Intergovernmental relations” in J.Bourgault, C.Williams & M.Demers (eds) Public Administration in Canada (Institute of Public Adminstration of Canada) [published in French translation in separate volume]
“Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1995" Canadian Annual Review 1995 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 2002)
“Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1994" Canadian Annual Review 1994 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1999)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1993" Canadian Annual Review 1993 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1998) "Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1992" Canadian Annual Review 1992 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1998)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1991" Canadian Annual Review 1991 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1998)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1990" Canadian Annual Review 1990 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1997)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1989" Canadian Annual Review 1989 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1997)
"The Reform Party of Canada: New Beginning or Dead End?" in Hugh Thorburn (ed), Party Politics in Canada (7th edition), (Toronto; Prentice-Hall, 1996)
"Regionalism in Canada: Disentangling the Threads" (reprinted from Journal of Canadian Studies) in Fox & Graham (eds), Politics: Canada (8th edition) (Toronto; McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1995)
"The Triple-E Senate" (reprinted from The Senate: What is to be Done) in Fox & Graham (eds),
Politics: Canada (8th edition) (Toronto; McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1995)
"Provincial Political Party Systems 1945-1993" in Brian Tanguay & Alain Gagnon (eds.) Canadian Parties in Transition (2nd edition) (Scarborough; Nelson Canada, 1995)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1988" Canadian Annual Review 1988 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1995)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1987" Canadian Annual Review 1987 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1994)
"The Will of the People: Democratic Practice in Canada and the United States" in David Thomas (ed) Canada and the United States: Differences That Count (Broadview Press, 1993)
"Regionalism in Canada: Disentangling the Threads" (reprinted from Journal of Canadian Studies) in Fox & Graham (eds), Politics: Canada (8th edition) (Toronto; McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1991)
"The Triple-E Senate" (reprinted from The Senate: What is to be Done) in Fox & Graham (eds), Politics: Canada (8th edition) (Toronto; McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1991)
"The Reform Party of Canada" in Hugh Thorburn (ed), Party Politics in Canada (6th edition), (Toronto; Prentice-Hall, 1991) "The Charter, Democracy and the West" in R. Gibbins, K. Archer & S. Drabek (eds), Canadian Political Life: An Alberta Perspective (Dubuque, Iowa; Kendall/Hurt Publications, 1990)
(with Ernest Manning & G. Gibson) "Regional Representation in Canada" (reprinted from Regional Representation) in J. Paul Johnston & Harvey E. Pasis (eds.) Representation and Electoral Systems (Scarborough; Prentice-Hall Canada Ltd., 1990)
"Domestic Models of Senate Reform: The Triple E Senate" in The Senate: What is to be Done (Edmonton; University of Alberta Press, 1989)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1986" Canadian Annual Review 1986 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1989)
"Provincial Party Systems 1945-1986" in Gagnon & Tanguay (eds), Canadian Parties in Transition: Discourse, Organization, Representation (Scarborough, Ontario; Nelson Canada, 1989)
"Senate Reform: Forward Step or Dead End?" in R. Gibbins (ed.) Meech Lake and Canada: Perspectives from the West (Edmonton; Academic Printing & Publishing, 1988)
"The Courts: Toward a Provincial Role" in R. Gibbins (ed.) Meech Lake and Canada: Perspectives from the West (Edmonton; Academic Printing & Publishing, 1988)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1985" Canadian Annual Review 1985 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1988)
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"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1984" Canadian Annual Review 1984 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1986)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1983" Canadian Annual Review 1983 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1986)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1982" Canadian Annual Review 1982 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1984)
"Politics and Public Policy in Alberta 1981" Canadian Annual Review 1981 (Toronto; University of Toronto Press, 1984)
Other publications: Judicial Independence and Judicial Governance in the Provincial Courts (2004) [30,000 word report commissioned by Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges]
Senate Reform: The Rest of the Story (Calgary, Canada West Foundation, Feb. 1999) (with Casey Vander Ploeg) Taking a Look: Public Opinion in Alberta and Canada on Senate Reform (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, Sept 1998)
(With Casey Vander Ploeg) Why a Senate, Why Senate Reform, and Why a Senate Election? (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, Oct 1998)
(With Casey Vander Ploeg & Dave Elton) Senate Reform Step #2: Moving From Precedent to Practice (Calgary: Canada West Foundation, March 1998)
(with Dave Elton & Casey van der Ploeg) Meaningful Consultation: Enhancing Public Consultation in the 21st Century (Calgary: Canada West Foundation: September 1997)
(with Dave Elton & Casey van der Ploeg) Finding Common Ground [Saskatchewan Constitutional Consultation Process] Pre-Conference Report (Calgary: Canada West Foundation: November 1997)
(with Dave Elton & Casey van der Ploeg) Finding Common Ground [Saskatchewan Constitutional Consultation Process] Final Conference Report (Calgary; Canada West Foundation; December 1997)
(With David Elton & Jock Osler) Government Transitions (Calgary; Canada West Foundations; 1995); contract research for Government of North West Territories
(With David Elton & Casey Vander Ploeg) Negotiating Sovereignty: Outlining an Action Agenda (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1995)
(With David Elton & Casey Vander Ploeg), Provincial Government Vetoes: A Straitjacket on Renewal (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1995)
(with David Elton, Gordon Gibson & Graham Parsons) Report on the Calgary pre-Budget Conference (Calgary: Canada West Foundation, January 1994)
(with David Elton & David Taras), Report of the Final Conference on Strategies for Prosperity
(Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1992)
(with David Elton, Ralph Hedlin & Roger Gibbins) Final Report: Renewal of Canada Conference on Institutional Reform (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1992)
"The Recall of Elected Officials: Parameters and Prospects" in Michael Cassidy (ed) Democratic Rights and Electoral Reform in Canada (Research Studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, Vol.10; 1991)
(with D.K. Elton) "Blueprint for Senate Reform" (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1991)
(with D.K. Elton) "Democracy on the Instalment Plan" (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1989)
(with D.K. Elton) "The Western Economy and Canadian Unity" Western Perspectives (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1987)
(with E.C. Manning & G. Gibson) "An Elected Senate for Canada: A Commentary on the Report of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on Senate Reform" (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1984
(with D.K. Elton) "Basic Issues in Constitution Reform" (Calgary; Canada West Foundation, 1980)
Publications: Other Media:
Louise Arbour: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Michel Bastarache: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Ian Binnie: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Peter Cory: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Brian Dickson: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Lyman Poore Duff: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Charles Gonthier: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Frank Iacobucci: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Gerard V. La Forest: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Antonio Lamer: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Bora Laskin: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Louis LeBel: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004 Page 9 of 17
Claire L’Heureux-Dube: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Beverley McLachlin: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
John Major: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Ronald Martland: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Ivan Rand: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
John Sopinka: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Bertha Wilson: Biography, for Microsoft Encarta 2004
Book Reviews: [omitted]
Papers Presented:
at international conferences:
"The Self: Birth and Evolution of a Concept in Political Thought" at British Psychological Association International Conference on Self and Identity; Cardiff, Wales; July 1984
(with B.D. Dua) "Federalism in Canada and India" at Canada/India Workshop for Political Scientists; Hyderabad, India; July 1981
at national conferences: "Voting Blocs on the McLachlin Court, 2000-2010" paper presented at Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences); Montreal, Quebec; June 2010
"Supreme Court Reform: A Constitutional Court for Canada" panel on Supreme Court Reform; Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences); Montreal, Quebec; June 2010
"Desperately Seeking Normal: Disagreement Rates on the Supreme Court of Canada" paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting; Chicago, Illinois; April, 2010.
"Foreign Citations and the Supreme Court of Canada" paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting; Chicago, Illinois; April, 2009.
“Formats and Failures: The Evolution of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision-Delivery Style 1990 - 2007" paper presented at Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences) ; Vancouver, British Columbia; June 2007.
“‘Was It Something I Said?’ – Swing Judgments on the Supreme Court of Canada, 1984 to
2006" paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting; Chicago, Illinois; April 2007
“Where does the Supreme Court caseload come from?” presentation at Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences); York University; June 2006
“The Charter Fragments the Court” presented at The Charter at Twenty conference; York University, Toronto, Ontario; April 2002.
“Compulsory Audience: Appeals by Right and the Lamer Court 1990-99" presented at CPSA Annual General Meeting (Congress of Social Sciences & Humanities); Toronto, Ontario; June 2002
(with Tony Christenson/Sociology, McMaster) “CyberCampaigns and Canadian Politics: Still Waiting” 2001 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference; October 27-29, Alexandria, Virginia (abstract at: http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cs.CY/0109096
“Reform the Senate and the Supreme Court?” at IRPP Round Table on Federalism; Montreal, Quebec; December 1999
“Judicial Discipline” at Canadian Bar Association Annual Meeting; Edmonton, Alberta; August 1999
“Judicial Power and Judicial Leadership on the Laskin Court, 1973-84: A Statistical Analysis” at Canadian Political Society Association Annual Meeting (Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences); June 1998
“Twelve Paradoxes of Judicial Discipline” at University of Alberta Center for Constitutional Studies, Symposium on Judicial Independence; April 1998.
“The Supreme Court and American Citations 1945-1994: A Statistical Overview” at Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); June 1996
“The Supreme Court, Judicial Citations and Judicial Influence 1945-1994" at Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); June 1996
(With Ian Greene, Carl Baar, George Szablowski & Marty Thomas) “Appeal Court Decisionmaking in Canada” at Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); June 1996
"Canadian Provincial Courts of Appeal: Comparison of Procedures" at 1993 Canadian Judicial Appellate Court Seminar/ Montreal, April 1993
"Canadian Provincial Courts of Appeal: Comparison of Procedures" at 1992 Canadian Judicial Appellate Court Seminar/ Victoria, May 1992
"Canadian Provincial Courts of Appeal: Comparison of Procedures" at 1991 Canadian Judicial Appellate Court Seminar/ Victoria, May 1991 Page 11 of 17
(with Carl Baar, C.I. Greene & M. Thomas) "The Twinkling of an Eye: The Ontario Court of Appeal and Speedy Justice" at Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); June 1989
(with C.I. Greene) "The Backgrounds of Judges: The Alberta Aberration" at Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); 1987
"The Turn-Out Problem in Provincial Elections: Alberta 1959-1982" at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); Montreal, 1985
(with P. Gabor and C.I. Greene) "The Young Offenders Act After Year One" at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); Montreal, 1985
"One Man One Vote in Provincial Politics: The Case of Saskatchewan" at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); Guelph, 1984
(with R. Bibby) "Religion and Party Preference in Canada" at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); Guelph, 1984
(with C. Ian Greene) "The Provincial Judicial Setting" at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); Guelph, 1984
"Provincial Judicial Councils: The Experience of the Five Western Provinces" at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); Montreal, 1980
"The Alberta Election 1979" at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Learneds); Saskatoon, 1979 other presentations: “The Supreme Court and Collective Bargaining” Alberta Union of Public Employees (Post- Secondary Sector) Annual Conference; Canmore, Alberta; May, 2008
“The Charter or Medicare, take your pick” presentation at monthly meeting of The Friends of Medicare, Lethbridge, May 2006
“The Charter and Social Programs” presentation at AUPE-Post-Secondary Sector Conference; Canmore, June 2006
“Who Needs the Supreme Court Anyway” Political Science noon-hour research talk, February 2006
"Evaluating the Performance of the Supreme Court of Canada" presented to Auditor General for Canada; Ottawa, Ontario; January 1994
"The Recall" at Reinventing Parliament Conference; jointly sponsored by Canada West Foundation and Department of Political Science; Lethbridge, Alberta; February 1994
"Proposals for the Recall" presented to House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure;
Ottawa, Ontario; March 1994
"Citations, Authority and the Supreme Court of Canada" presented to Osgoode Hall Constitutional Law Study Group; Osgoode Hall, York University; November 11 1994.
(with D.K. Elton) "Meech Lake and Senate Reform" to Special Joint Committee of Senate and House of Commons on the Constitution (Charest Committee); Winnipeg, Manitoba; May 1990.
"Citations to Authority by Canadian Provincial Courts of Appeal" to Constitutional Law Study Group; Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; October, 1989.
"Domestic Models of Senate Reform: The Triple-E Senate" at The National Conference on Senate Reform and Inauguration of the Centre of Constitutional Studies; Faculty of Law; University of Alberta; May 6, 1988.
"Federal Provincial Relations 1985: The View from the West" panellist, Public Service Commission Career Assignment Program, Ottawa; (CAP 1985-1) June 1985 (francophone)
"Federal Provincial Relations 1984: The View from the West" panellist, Public Service Commission Career Assignment Program, Ottawa (CAP 1984-1) June 1984 (francophone)
"Senate Reform" presented to public meeting sponsored by Lacombe Chamber of Commerce; Lacombe, Alberta; March 1984
(invited participant); Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission);public debate; Calgary June 1984
"Federal Provincial Relations 1984: The View from the West" panellist, Public Service Commission Career Assignment Program, Ottawa; (CAP 1984-2) December 1984
"Federal Provincial Relations 1983: The View from the West" panellist, Public Service Commission Career Assignment Program, Ottawa; (CAP 1983-1) June 1983 (francophone)
(with G. Gibson) "Parliamentary Reform" to Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (Macdonald Commission); Vancouver; September 1983
"Senate Reform" to Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on Senate Reform; Edmonton; September 1983
"Constitutional Reform" at Alberta Teachers Association Social Studies Annual Conference; Lethbridge, October 1983
"Senate Reform" to Canadian Study of Parliament Group; Ottawa; November 1983 (published in Page 13 of 17
Proceedings of Canadian Study of Parliament Group)
"Federal Provincial Relations 1983: The View from the West" panellist, Public Service Commission Career Assignment Program, Ottawa; (CAP 1983-2) December 1983
"Parliamentary Reform" (invited panellist) at Canadian Bar Association MidWinter Session; Charlottetown; February 1982
"Human Rights in a Constitutional Order" (invited participant) Liberty Fund Colloquium; University of Victoria, March 1982
"Federal Provincial Relations 1982: The View from the West" panellist, Public Service Commission Career Assignment Program, Ottawa; (CAP 1982-1) June 1982 (francophone)
"Federal Provincial Relations 1982: The View from the West" panellist, Public Service Commission Career Assignment Program, Ottawa; (CAP 1982-2) December 1982
Other conferences: "After Meech Lake" University of Saskatchewan; November 1990.
InterProvincial Accord Conference (Calgary, Alberta; March 1991)
"Not More Government Or Less Government But a Different Kind of Government" (York University; Toronto, Ontario; April 1991)
National Network Seminar: "The Division of Powers" (Toronto; April 1991); invited participant
Alternatives 91: Canada West Foundation Conference on Constitutional Change (Banff, Alberta; September 1991); chaired workshop session
Renewal of Canada Conference: Division of Powers (Halifax, Nova Scotia); delegate; January 1992
Renewal of Canada Conference: Institutional Reform (Calgary, Alberta); organizer and delegate; January 1992
Renewal of Canada Conference: The Economic Union (Montreal, Quebec); delegate; February 1992
Renewal of Canada Conference: Concluding Conference (Vancouver, B.C); participant, February 1992
Strategy for Prosperity Conference (Edmonton, Alberta); workshop chair; July 1992
Canada West Foundation Constitutional Workshop; University of Lethbridge; April 1992
Canada West Foundation Workshop on the Charlottetown Accord; University of Lethbridge; September 1992
Courses taught recently at University of Lethbridge:
PS 1000 Introduction to Political Science PS 2210 Canadian Government and Politics PS 2240 Administration of Justice PS 3001 Canadian Federalism PS 3230 Provincial Politics PS 3241 Canadian Constitutional Law 1: Institutions and Powers PS 3242 Canadian Constitutional Law 2: The Charter PS 3850 Global Expansion of Judicial Politics PS 3850 Cyberpolitics
University Committee and Administrative Service:
Departmental Service: Chair, Department of Political Science 1977-1983, 1996-2007, 2010- Acting Chair, Department of Anthropology Dec 2009 -
Committees of Other Departments: (active committees only) External Member, Dept of Sociology Search Committee 1977-78, 1991-2, 1992-3, 1994-5 External Member, Psychology Chairmanship Committee 1978-9 External, Modern Languages STP Committee 1981-2 External, Special Studies Search Committee 1981-2 External, Arts Department Chairmanship Committee 1981-2 External, English Department Search Committee 1981-2 External, Religious Studies STP Committee 1991-2 External, Modern Languages STP Committee 1991-2, 1992-3 External, Anthropology Search Committee 1992-3 External, English Chairmanship Selection Committee 1992-3 External, Physics STP Committee 1993-4 External member, NAS Search Committee 1998-9, 2000-1 External member, NAS Chair Selection Committee 1999-2000 External Member, History Chair Selection Committee 2000-1 External Member, Economics Search Committee, 2003-4 External Member, Psychology Chair Selection Committee, 2007-8 Division-Wide External, Social Sciences STP Committees 1979-80 Faculty wide External Member; Arts & Science STP Committees 1995-2000, 2002-3
Faculty Committees: Member, Arts & Science Executive Committee 1979-1983, 1984-90, 1991-2001, 2002-6, 2010- Chair, Arts & Science Executive Committee 1982-3, 1986-90, 1992-7, 1999-2001, 2003-6, 2010 Member, Lower Division Studies Committee 1980-81 Member, Social Sciences Division Steering Committee 1979-80 Member, A&S Study Leave Advisory Committee 1979-80, 1997-8, 1999-2000, 2004-5 Member, Arts & Science Curriculum Committee 1981-2 Member, Arts & Science SSHRC Committee 1992-6, 1999-2000 (Chair, 1999-2000) Member: A&S Committee on Research & Teaching 1998-2001 Parliamentarian, Social Sciences Division Council 1979-80 Page 15 of 17
Parliamentarian, Arts and Science Council 1980-83, 1984-90, 1992-6, 1999-2001, 2002-5 Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Review of Divisional Experiment, 1979-80 Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Assigned Leave 1980-81 Member, Ad Hoc Affirmative Action Committee 1989-90 Member, Arts & Science ad hoc Budget Committee 1993-4 Member, Arts & Science ad hoc Committee for Review of Administration 1994-5 Member, Arts & Science ad hoc Budget Committee 1996-8 Member, A&S ad hoc Committee for Review of the GLER 2000-2001 Member, Globalization Studies Advisory Committee, 2002-4
Committees on Other Faculties External Member, STP Committee for the Faculty of Management, 1994-8 Review Committee for the Dean of the Faculty of Management 1994-5 A&S Rep to Faculty of Professional Studies Council 1984-6
University Committees: Member, General Faculties Council 1981-83, 1984-90, 1991-2001, 2002-9 (current term) Member, GFC Executive Committee 1989-90, 1991-93, 1995-98, 2002-4 Member, University Planning Committee 1981-2 Member, University Budget Committee 1982-3 Member, GFC Ad Hoc Committee on Committees [major committee reorganization] 1982-3 Member, Regional Aquatic Centre Planning Committee 1982-3 Member, GFC Grade Appeals Committee 1988-90, 1993-4 (Chair, 1988-90) Member, University SSHRC Committee 1992-4 Member, GFC Student Discipline Committee 1993-6 Member, GFC STP Appeal Committee 1993-9, 2000-2002 Member: GFC Chancellor Selection Committee 1998-9 Member, Associate VP (Academic) Review Committee 1999-2000 Member, Registrar Review Committee 1999-2000 Member, BOG Presidential Selection Committee 1999 Member, University Research Committee 1999-2000 Member, Inter-Faculty Committee for Review of the GLER 2000-2001 Member, Committee for Review of Dean of Arts & Science 2005 Member, Board of Governors, 2010-
Faculty Association Member, Benefits Committee 1982-3 Member, Negotiation Team (Benefits) 1982-3 Member, Grievance Committee 1991-6 Chair, Academic Welfare Committee 1998-2006 Member, ULFA Executive Committee 1998-2008 ULFA Negotiation Team (Handbook), 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008 [Chief Negotiator] Vice-President and President-Elect, 2004-5 President 2005-6 Past-President 2006-8 Vice-President, Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations 2005-6 President, Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations 2006-8 Past President, Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations 2008-10 Nonvoting member, ULFA executive, 2010-
Other: U of L representative, Alberta Legislative Internship Advisory Committee 1977-1989 U of L representative, SSFC 1995-6 U of L representative, HSSFC 1996-7 U of L representative, Tri-University Consortium for a Gambling Research Institute 1998-9 Member, SSHRC SRG Committee 23, 2005 & 2006 Member, Ontario Graduate Studies Committee, for U. of Guelph grad program, 2006 Member, Departmental Evaluation Committee, St.Thomas U. poli sci dept, 2007 Chair, SSHRC SRG Committee 23, 2007 & 2008 External member, PhD Committee (Dagmar Sonneberg), U of Toronto; fall 2009 Chair, SSHRC Observers Committee 2010 SRG competitions
Community Service Organizations: Member, Lethbridge Symphony Association Board 1980-1984 Member, Lethbridge Foundation Board 1986-1992 President, Lethbridge Foundation 1988-1992 Member, Parish Pastoral Council, St. Martha’s Parish 2000-2006. Member, Government of Alberta Premier's Academic Advisory Committee 1994-2000 Acting President, Canada West Foundation Dec 1997 to May 1998 Executive Director, Centre for Cybercitizenship 2000 -2010 (Mapleleafweb, policy.ca)
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