Episode Guide - Winter Conference (Special) (1955-1983)
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Mar 30, 1955 - Prof. Nathaniel Peffer, professor of international relations and long-time resident of the Orient, will speak on the Far-East situation on Winter Conference.
Mar 31, 1955 - The second telecast of a session of Winter Conference, held jointly by the CBC and the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs begins.
Mar 2, 1956 - The first of three programs on automation, from the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs winter conference. This Friday's topic is Automation — More Goods, Fewer Jobs?, with Prof. H.D. Woods of McGill University, Dr. Elmer Engstrom of the Radio Corporation of America, and Jack Conway of the United Automobile Workers union.
Mar 3, 1956 - The effects of automation on education will be discussed. Speakers will be Neil Morrison of CBC Audience Research, Dr. L.F. Leddy of the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst, and Dr. W.H. Watson of the University of Toronto.
Mar 4, 1956 - The final program on the Institute of Public Affairs' winter conference discusses "Living With a 30-hour Week"; speakers will be Charles E. Hendry of the University of Toronto, Prof, Jean C. Falardeau of Laval University, Dr. Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst, and Prof. William Line of the University of Toronto.
Feb 22, 1957 - How effective is the Canadian consumer's choice — politically and economically? is the theme of the third annual winter weekend conference sponsored by the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs. Speakers will include author J.B. Priestley; Dr. George Gallup, public opinion pollster; Gilbert Seldes, author and critic, and Dr. Rollo May, psychoanalyst and author; Wilfrid Sanders of J. Walter Thompson and Company; Mrs. W R. Jones Jr. of the Canadian Association of Consumers; Father Louis O'Neill of the Quebec seminary, and Leonard Knott of the Canadian Public Relations society. The conference will be concerned with the multitude of pressure to which individuate are subjected, which influence what and how they buy and how they vote. From Toronto.
Feb 23, 1957 - A panel discussion on the topic, The Engineering of Political Consent. From Toronto. Panel: Dr. Paul Lazarafeld, chairman of the department of sociology, Columbia University; Gilbert Seldes, author and critic; Father Louis O'Neill of Quebec Seminary; and Prof. John Irving of Victoria College, University of Toronto.
Feb 24, 1957 - A discussion from the Winter Week-End Conference, being held February 22-24 in Toronto, on the topic Mass Promotion and the Individual. Speaker: Dr. Rolla May, psychoanalyst and author. Panel of questioners: Gilbert Seldes, author and critic; Leonard Knott, president of the Canadian Public Relations Society; and Robert Beadon. director of advertising, Procter and Gamble Company of Canada.
Feb 22, 1958 - Discussion chaired by Neil Morrison on 'The Citizen in a Bureaucracy.'
Feb 23, 1958 - Discussion on "Bureaucracy and Fundamental Values." Taking part— Dr Sidney Hook, department of philosophy, New York University; Derwyn Owen, provost of Trinity College, Toronto; and Lawrence Lynch, professor of philosophy at St. Michael's College, Toronto.
Feb 20, 1960 - The first telecast in a series from the sixth annual Couchiching Winter Conference being held at the Ontario College of Education in Toronto. A public forum sponsored jointly by the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs and the CBC, the program will include speakers discussing the question Is Business Reshaping Society? Members of the panel are: Adolfe A. Berle, Jr., professor of corporation law at Columbia University; Herbert H. Lank, president of DuPont Co. Ltd. of Canada; Pierre Berton, Toronto Star columnist; Stanley Knowles, vice president of the Canadian Labor Congress and Eral D. MacPhee, dean of commerce and business administration at the University of British Columbia.
Feb 21, 1960 - The second program on the annual Couchiching - Winter Conference held at the Ontario College of Education in Toronto. The purpose of the meeting is to examine and analyze the enterprise system in the light of changes that have occurred since 1929.
Feb 24, 1961 - This is the first of two one-hour programs on the cost of being Canadian, part of the Seventh Annual Winter Conference, organized jointly by the CBC and the Canadian institute of Public Affairs. Jeanne Sauve, a Montreal broadcaster, and Charles Lynch, newspaperman from Ottawa, are hosts.
Feb 26, 1961 - The conference, sponsored jointly by the CBC and the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion, continues to meet at the Ontario College of Education in Toronto. Jeanne Sauve will be moderator for this program.
Aug 4, 1963 - (Couchiching Conference) The Good Society. A special program involving all the principal speakers of the Conference (except Bernard Cohen). Host is Peter Desbarats of the Montreal Star. Serving as a catalyst for the discussion are six short historical segments composed of words, music and graphics, highlighting some of the great thinkers whose ideas come into play at the Conference — thinkers such as Plato, John of Salisbury, Leonardo da Vinci, Darwin and Marx. Speakers are encouraged to relate today's problems to various historical periods. Script is by Richard Barrett, graphics by Bob Vandersluys. Production by Barry Harris. This is the 32nd Couchiching Conference, presented by the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs in co-operation with the CBC.
Aug 13, 1978 - (Couchiching Conference) The theme for this 47th annual conference is growth in a conserving society.
Mar 30, 1955 - Prof. Nathaniel Peffer, professor of international relations and long-time resident of the Orient, will speak on the Far-East situation on Winter Conference.
Mar 31, 1955 - The second telecast of a session of Winter Conference, held jointly by the CBC and the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs begins.
Mar 2, 1956 - The first of three programs on automation, from the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs winter conference. This Friday's topic is Automation — More Goods, Fewer Jobs?, with Prof. H.D. Woods of McGill University, Dr. Elmer Engstrom of the Radio Corporation of America, and Jack Conway of the United Automobile Workers union.
Mar 3, 1956 - The effects of automation on education will be discussed. Speakers will be Neil Morrison of CBC Audience Research, Dr. L.F. Leddy of the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst, and Dr. W.H. Watson of the University of Toronto.
Mar 4, 1956 - The final program on the Institute of Public Affairs' winter conference discusses "Living With a 30-hour Week"; speakers will be Charles E. Hendry of the University of Toronto, Prof, Jean C. Falardeau of Laval University, Dr. Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst, and Prof. William Line of the University of Toronto.
Feb 22, 1957 - How effective is the Canadian consumer's choice — politically and economically? is the theme of the third annual winter weekend conference sponsored by the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs. Speakers will include author J.B. Priestley; Dr. George Gallup, public opinion pollster; Gilbert Seldes, author and critic, and Dr. Rollo May, psychoanalyst and author; Wilfrid Sanders of J. Walter Thompson and Company; Mrs. W R. Jones Jr. of the Canadian Association of Consumers; Father Louis O'Neill of the Quebec seminary, and Leonard Knott of the Canadian Public Relations society. The conference will be concerned with the multitude of pressure to which individuate are subjected, which influence what and how they buy and how they vote. From Toronto.
Feb 23, 1957 - A panel discussion on the topic, The Engineering of Political Consent. From Toronto. Panel: Dr. Paul Lazarafeld, chairman of the department of sociology, Columbia University; Gilbert Seldes, author and critic; Father Louis O'Neill of Quebec Seminary; and Prof. John Irving of Victoria College, University of Toronto.
Feb 24, 1957 - A discussion from the Winter Week-End Conference, being held February 22-24 in Toronto, on the topic Mass Promotion and the Individual. Speaker: Dr. Rolla May, psychoanalyst and author. Panel of questioners: Gilbert Seldes, author and critic; Leonard Knott, president of the Canadian Public Relations Society; and Robert Beadon. director of advertising, Procter and Gamble Company of Canada.
Feb 22, 1958 - Discussion chaired by Neil Morrison on 'The Citizen in a Bureaucracy.'
Feb 23, 1958 - Discussion on "Bureaucracy and Fundamental Values." Taking part— Dr Sidney Hook, department of philosophy, New York University; Derwyn Owen, provost of Trinity College, Toronto; and Lawrence Lynch, professor of philosophy at St. Michael's College, Toronto.
Feb 20, 1960 - The first telecast in a series from the sixth annual Couchiching Winter Conference being held at the Ontario College of Education in Toronto. A public forum sponsored jointly by the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs and the CBC, the program will include speakers discussing the question Is Business Reshaping Society? Members of the panel are: Adolfe A. Berle, Jr., professor of corporation law at Columbia University; Herbert H. Lank, president of DuPont Co. Ltd. of Canada; Pierre Berton, Toronto Star columnist; Stanley Knowles, vice president of the Canadian Labor Congress and Eral D. MacPhee, dean of commerce and business administration at the University of British Columbia.
Feb 21, 1960 - The second program on the annual Couchiching - Winter Conference held at the Ontario College of Education in Toronto. The purpose of the meeting is to examine and analyze the enterprise system in the light of changes that have occurred since 1929.
Feb 24, 1961 - This is the first of two one-hour programs on the cost of being Canadian, part of the Seventh Annual Winter Conference, organized jointly by the CBC and the Canadian institute of Public Affairs. Jeanne Sauve, a Montreal broadcaster, and Charles Lynch, newspaperman from Ottawa, are hosts.
Feb 26, 1961 - The conference, sponsored jointly by the CBC and the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion, continues to meet at the Ontario College of Education in Toronto. Jeanne Sauve will be moderator for this program.
Aug 4, 1963 - (Couchiching Conference) The Good Society. A special program involving all the principal speakers of the Conference (except Bernard Cohen). Host is Peter Desbarats of the Montreal Star. Serving as a catalyst for the discussion are six short historical segments composed of words, music and graphics, highlighting some of the great thinkers whose ideas come into play at the Conference — thinkers such as Plato, John of Salisbury, Leonardo da Vinci, Darwin and Marx. Speakers are encouraged to relate today's problems to various historical periods. Script is by Richard Barrett, graphics by Bob Vandersluys. Production by Barry Harris. This is the 32nd Couchiching Conference, presented by the Canadian Institute on Public Affairs in co-operation with the CBC.
Aug 13, 1978 - (Couchiching Conference) The theme for this 47th annual conference is growth in a conserving society.