Navigating Cross-Border Headwinds At a Time of Unprecedented Strain

Friday, September 26, 2025 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

• Hybrid event
• 5320D, Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
• Zoom meeting link

• Contact
• Ann Morneau, annmorneau@cunet.carleton.ca

Join us for a timely roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing Canada in its most important bilateral relationship, as U.S. trade wars and shifting global dynamics reshape the landscape. Bringing together leading voices from business, policy, and academia, this session hosted by the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, The Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary will have the Expert Group on Canada-US Relations dive deep into the future of cross-border ties.

Featured Participants:
Thomas d’Aquino – Former CEO, Business Council of Canada
Professor Meredith Lilly – NPSIA, Carleton University
Martha Hall Findlay – Director, School of Public Policy (SPP), University of Calgary
Carlo Dade – Director of International Policy, SPP, University of Calgary
Professor Drew Fagen – Fulbright Fellow, Yale University and Munk School, University of Toronto
Tim Sargent – Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, former Associate Deputy Minister of Finance
John Weekes – Former NAFTA negotiator; Canada’s Ambassador to the WTO

With opening and closing remarks from the Expert Group’s Co-Chairs:
Hon. Perrin Beatty – Former Minister of National Defence and Foreign Affairs; Past CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Professor Fen Osler Hampson – NPSIA, Carleton University

Date: Friday, September 26, 2025
Location: Resource Centre Board Room (NPSIA, Carleton University)
Hybrid format – link available. NPSIA students are encouraged to attend in person.

This event has reached registration capacity. Please email annmorneau@cunet.carleton.ca to be added to the wait list.