Histoire de l'alcool, drogues et tabac

Alcohol Tobacco & Drug Use. History, Policy and Regulation

Symposium

Nov. 5-7 2015


Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia



Day 1, Thursday, November 5th “Tobacco Evening”

4:00 - 6:00 PM

Welcome and Evening Panel: Eye on Tobacco

Cynthia Callard (Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada)

Reflections on the Blais-Letourneau Trial



Daniel Robinson (Western)

Historians on Trial: Blais-Letourneau, Big Tobacco, and Historical Practice

6:30- 9:30 PM
"Smoker"/Evening Reception
Entertainment, Greg Marquis
Hors d'oeuvres, Cash Bar
Catering sponsored by University of British Columbia Press


Day 2, Friday, November 6th “Alcohol Day”

8:30 AM Breakfast: Sponsored by Wilfrid Laurier University Press

9:00 AM
Roundtable on Alcohol in the 19th Century
Chair: Greg Marquis (UNB-Saint John)

Renee Lafferty (Brock)
Tending to the Comfort of the Soldier: Alcohol & the War of 1812

Jonathan Reinarz (Birmingham)
Flogging a Dead Horse: Adulteration & Brewing in 19th Century England

Dan Malleck (Brock)
It's for Medicinal Purposes: Pharmacists & Liquor Laws, 1880s-1910s


11:30 AM Lunch Break


12:00 PM
Roundtable on Alcohol in the 20th Century

Matthew Bellamy (Carleton)
The Role of Regulatory Capture in the Making of a Canadian Brewing Oligopoly, 1949-67

Cynthia Belaskie (York)
’To Find out the Best Men and Try to Get Them in:’ Women, Temperance & Politics in Manchester, 1873-1919


2:00 PM Afternoon Break


6:00 PM Dinner with Cash Bar


7:00 PM Keynote Speech

Judge Allan Gould (BC Provincial Court, Retired)
Reflections on the B.C.Liquor Control and Licensing Branch


Day 3, Saturday, November 7th “Drug Day”

8:30 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM
Roundtable on Pharmaceutical Drugs
Chair: Dan Malleck

John Swann (U.S. FDA)
From Benzedrine to Redux: Amphetamines,Weight Loss & the Search for a Relatively Safe Diet Drug

Cheryl Krasnick Warsh (VIU)
Letters to Dr. Frances Kelsey


10:45 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM
Lucas Richert (Saskatchewan)
Heroin & the Hospice: Proper Palliative CareTreatment during the War on Drugs

Norman Smith (Guelph)
Warning against Morphine


1:00 PM Lunch Break - sponsored by Tilray Inc.


2:00 PM Keynote Speech
Philippe Lucas (Tilray), Medical Marijuana Production in Canada

4:00 PM
Roundtable on Recreational Drugs

Neil Boyd (Simon Fraser)
Medical Marijuana in Canada: The Evolution of Law & Policy, Patterns of Consumption & Becoming a Medical User

Greg Marquis (UNB-Saint John)
John Lennon, the LeDain Commission, & the Rise of the Celebrity Activist


7:30 PM Dinner, Modern Café
Downtown Nanaimo (no host)





Sponsors

Government of Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant Programme

Vancouver Island University

Shaw Cable

Nanaimo Daily Free Press

Tilray Inc.

University of British Columbia Press

Wilfrid Laurier University Press