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DESCRIPTION:Join MISC at 4:00 pm on Monday\, March 30th at the Faculty Club
  (3450 McTavish Street) for the 2026 Winter Eakin Lecture\, Two and a Half
  Cheers for a More Independent and Less Partisan Senate\, by the Honourabl
 e Marc Gold.\n\nIt has been ten years since former Prime Minister Justin T
 rudeau introduced changes in the way in which senators were to be selected
 \, with the objective of creating a more independent and less partisan Sen
 ate. Since then\, there is an ongoing debate among senators and commentato
 rs about the effectiveness of the changes and whether the Senate's perform
 ance has improved or declined.\n\nDrawing upon case-studies from his tenur
 e as both an independent senator and as the Government Representative in t
 he Senate\, the Honourable Marc Gold will provide an insider’s perspective
  on the performance of the Senate and his assessment of how well it is ful
 filling its role in the Canadian constitutional order. Although supportive
  of the changes in the Senate and its contribution to democratic deliberat
 ion and decision-making\, he also warns that excessive activism and a lack
  of accountability could undermine its legitimacy and that of Canadian dem
 ocracy overall.\n\nThe lecture will be followed by a Q&A and reception. Th
 is event is free and open to public\; registration is required via Eventbr
 ite.\n\nThe Eakin Lecture series is organized bi-annually by the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ In
 stitute for the Study of Canada\, as a part of the Eakin Visiting Fellowsh
 ip in Canadian Studies established by the Eakin family in memory of Willia
 m R. Eakin. The fellowships are awarded each term to active scholars whose
  research or teaching advances Canadians Studies.\n\nThe Honourable Marc G
 old\, P.C. was appointed to the Senate in the fall of 2016. From January 2
 020 to his retirement in June 2025\, he served as Government Representativ
 e in the Senate\, leading a team responsible for advancing the government’
 s legislative agenda through the Upper Chamber. A law professor\, mediator
  and musician\, he has served in leadership roles on many boards in the cu
 ltural\, educational and not-for-profit sector in Montreal and nationally.
  He currently sits on the boards of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and EN
 SEMBLE pour le respect de la diversité (formerly the Tolerance Foundation)
 \, where he served as Chair for ten years. This semester he is the Eakin F
 ellow at the Institute for the Study of Canada at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and is
  teaching an upper-year seminar entitled Making Government Work: Policy\, 
 Politics and the Legislative Process.\n\nHe is married to Nancy Cummings G
 old\, the father of Jenny and Emmy Gold\, and the proud grandfather of Abb
 y\, Nelly and Oscar.\n
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LOCATION:Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Two and a Half Cheers for a More Independent and Less Partisan Sena
 te 
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