Presentations (Selected)

Scholarly Presentations:

•  For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law, Two Days of Canada: Connecting through Media History, Brock University, November 6-7, 2008
• For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Copyright Law in Canada, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) Annual Conference, Oxford Brookes University, UK, June 24-28, 2008 (forthcoming)
• For the Encouragement of Learning: Copyright in 19^th century North America, Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture, Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, UBC June 3-4, 2008 (forthcoming)
• A Connecticut Yankee in Montreal: Mark Twain’s Adventures with Canadian Copyright Law, Brown Bag Lecture Series, Humanities Center, Wayne State University, December 6, 2007
• For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law, Humanities Research Group Public Lecture, University of Windsor, November 21, 2007
• Report on the IPLIN Initiative: Bringing IP Legal Information to the Community, The Canadian Intellectual Property Academy: Outreach and Audience, University of Western Ontario, invited presenter of position paper, September 2007
• Mark Twain’s Adventures with Canadian Copyright Law, presentation to Legal History Group, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, December 6, 2006
• Canadian Copyright Law and the WIPO Internet Treaties, Conference “Controlling Intellectual Property: The Academic Community and The Future of Knowledge. Sponsored by Canadian Association of University Teachers, Ottawa, October 27-29, 2006
• A Connecticut Yankee in Montreal: Mark Twain’s Adventures with Canadian Copyright Law, Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture, Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, York University, Toronto, May 30-31 2006
• Copyright and Culture in Historical Perspective, Conference on Culture and Trade, University of Windsor, May 13-14 2006
• International Copyright: W[h]ither User Rights?, Canada-Australia Comparative IP & Cyberlaw Conference, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, September 30- October 1, 2005
• Follow the Lego Brick Road: The Doctrine of Functionality Under Canadian Trademark Law International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) Congress, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, July 26-28, 2004. Interviewed by Anna Marie Tremonti on CBC Radio 1 “The Current” November 25, 2004

Workshops and other Presentations:

•  Invited Lecturer, Book and Readers course, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto, November 14, 2006
• Panelist on copyright - Issues for New Faculty, New Faculty Orientation, University of Windsor July 2006
• Workshop on copyright law – Canadian Association of Music Librarians, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, York University, May 29, 2006
• Workshop on copyright law to visual artists for the Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC) (January 2006)
• Panelist on Stakeholder Concerns and IP Commercialization -Workshop on IP Commercialization Indicators, Statistics Canada and the University of Windsor, University of Windsor, November 4, 2004