Every summer for the past nine years a growing number of people have gathered at the Jaworski Estate in Orono, Ontario about an hour's drive from Toronto
to discuss the ideas of a free society. This gathering is known as the Liberty Summer Seminar, and has been hosted by the ILS since 2006. Speakers and
participants travel from across Canada and the United States, and even cross oceans to attend this unique event.
This year's seminar will be number ten and we're hard at work getting ready for the biggest and best LSS yet. We hope you'll join us for good discussion, good
company and great food in a relaxed outdoor setting.
Click here to register. Due to space constraints the seminar will be limited to 100 participants. Register
early to avoid disappointment.
The seminar fee is $125 and includes four meals (Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast and lunch) and a camp site. For students and faculty members
we offer a discounted rate of $75. Be sure to bring a folding chair and clothing for hot, cold and rainy conditions. Many participants also choose to
bring swimwear along with snacks and drinks.
The seminar will begin at noon on Saturday, July 24 and conclude by 4:00pm on Sunday, July 25. A detailed agenda will be available by early July.
There are a number of nearby bed and breakfasts for those who prefer not to camp. Please contact us for suggestions.
Schedule
Saturday
10:00am - Registration opens
12:00pm - Lunch
1:00 - Welcome
1:30pm - Jan Narveson - Libertarianisms
2:30pm - John Carpay - Free Speech in Canada
3:30pm - Break
4:00pm - Greg Lukianoff - TBA
5:00pm - Updates
5:30pm - Dinner
7:00pm - Michel Kelly-Gagnon - My life as an intellectual entrepreneur: The Montreal Economic Institute Story
9:00pm - Music by Lindy
Sunday
9:00am - Breakfast
10:00am - Mark Milke - The chattering classes and the myth of a collective Canada
11:00am - Matt Harrison - Do It Yourself Democracy
12:00pm - Lunch
1:00pm - Michael Moynihan - TBA
2:00pm - Leah Costello - Communicating Ideas
3:00pm - Closing
Speakers
John Carpay is the Executive Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation. John earned his B.A. in Political Science from Laval University, Quebec City, and his LL.B. from the University of Calgary. He practiced law in
Calgary before joining the Canadian Taxpayers Federation as Alberta Director in 2001. John served as co-counsel for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation when
it intervened in Benoit v. Canada (Federal Court Trial Division, 2002; Federal Court of Appeal, 2003) to argue that race and ancestry should not be
factors in taxation. In 2005, John became the Canadian Constitution Foundation's first full-time Executive Director. In R. v. Kapp, he represented the
intervener Japanese Canadian Fishermen's Association before the Supreme Court of Canada. He has argued for free speech before the Alberta Court of Queen's
Bench (Boissoin v. Lund) and before the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Whatcott v. Sask. Human Rights Tribunal.
Leah Costello built a successful chain of juice bars in Vancouver before joining the Fraser Institute, where she managed events as well as producing and hosting Fraser TV. She is currently working on a book and video project featuring interviews with high-profile free-market leaders.
Matt Harrison is founder and president of the Prometheus Institute, a non-profit dedicated to pioneering innovative civic engagement technology. Since founding the Institute at the age of 19, Matt led the development of the Institute's award-winning iPhone app, DIY Democracy, which currently boasts over 250,000 users and has gained international news coverage and recognition, including being featured by Apple on the front page of the App Store. Matt is the author of the book The American Evolution and holds a Juris Doctor and Master of Public Policy from the University of Southern California, as well as a Bachelor of Business Administration in Political Science and Economics from the University of Miami.
Michel Kelly-Gagnon is the President of the Montreal Economic Institute, a position he held from 1999 to 2006 and returned to in 2009. Michel Kelly-Gagnon
was president of the Conseil du patronat du Quebec until January 2009. He graduated in law from the University of Montreal and was admitted to the Quebec
Bar in December 1994. Early in his career he practised law with Colas & Associates in Montreal, and then went into business as a shareholder and an
associate of Formatrad, a company specializing in employee training. Mr. Kelly-Gagnon is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. He is president of the
advisory committee of Global Ressources Humaines, a consulting firm specializing in human resources management and job placement. From 2006 to 2009, he
served on the board of directors of the Commission de la sante et de la securite du travail (CSST), a paragovernmental organization with an annual budget
of over two billion dollars. He was one of six people from Quebec honoured in Canada's Top 40 Under 40 2008 awards. The winners were chosen from among
1,100 nominees by an independent selection committee. He is also actively involved in the board of directors of the Fondation universitaire Pierre Arbour,
the John W. Dobson Foundation and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), which provides micro-lending and mentoring to young entrepreneurs.
Greg Lukianoff is the President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and has been with FIRE since 2001, when he was hired to be the
organization's first director of legal and public advocacy. Greg is a graduate of American University and of Stanford Law School, where he focused on
First Amendment and constitutional law. Greg has published articles in The Stanford Technology Law Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Fraternal
Law, Inside Higher Ed, The Boston Globe, the New York Post, and numerous other publications. He is a blogger for the Huffington Post and served as a
regular columnist for the Daily Journal of Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 2008 he became the first ever recipient of the Playboy Foundation Freedom of
Expression Award.
Before joining FIRE, Greg practiced law in Northern California, interned at the ACLU of Northern California and the Organization for Aid to Refugees in
Prague, Czech Republic, and was the development manager of the EnvironMentors Project in Washington, D.C. Greg, along with Harvey A. Silverglate and David
French, is a co-author of FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus.
Mark Milke is the Research Director for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a lecturer in Political Science at the University of Calgary, and author of
three books on Canadian politics, including the 2006 A Nation of Serfs? How Canada's Political Culture Corrupts Canadian Values from John Wiley & Sons.
Mark has written policy papers on corporate welfare, the Canada Pension Plan, Alberta's Heritage Fund with a foreword from former Alberta premier Peter
Lougheed, automobile insurance, and the flat tax. His PhD dissertation was on the effects of anti-Americanism on deliberative democracy in Canada and is a
Sunday columnist for the Calgary Herald. In addition, his columns on politics, hiking, nature and architecture have been published across Canada including
in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest, The Western Standard, Vancouver Sun, and Victoria Times Colonist and the Washington DC magazine on
politics, The Weekly Standard.
Michael C. Moynihan is a Senior Editor of Reason magazine and Reason.com. Before joining Reason, Moynihan was a resident fellow at the Swedish policy
institute Timbro and edited the English-language Stockholm Spectator. He is currently a visiting fellow at Timbro. Moynihan is a frequent commenter in the
Swedish media and has written for Expressen, Aftonbladet, Sveriges Television, Neo, and Goteborgs-Tidningen. In 2006, Moynihan produced a documentary for
Stockholm's TV8 on New York radio legend Barry Farber. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Utne Reader, New York Post, Chicago Sun-Times,
Weekly Standard, Wilson Quarterly, Politico, and numerous other publications. Moynihan is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he
received a B.A. in history.
Jan Narveson taught philosophy at the University of Waterloo until his retirement in 2004 (and has continued in part-time teaching since). He was elected
to membership in the Royal Society of Canada (this country's highest recognition of scholarly achievement) in 1989. In 2004, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada. Jan is currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus and the President of the Institute for Liberal Studies.
