Day 1: November 12, 2009
Why reading is so much more than literacy; Ana Maria Machado
Why we need readers in a democracy; Dionne Brand, Anosh Irani, Daniel Poliquin, chaired by Carol Off
Council of Ministers of Education: On Reading; Leeanna Pendergast and the Honourable Diane McGifford
Earliest readers; Ingrid Bon, Richard Anderson, Charles Pascal, chaired by Carol McDougall
The role of schools in creating lifelong readers; Elisa Bonila, David Booth, Annie Kidder, chaired by Chris Spence
Day 2: November 13, 2009
How to destroy the book: Cory Doctorow
Civil society and reading: A roundtable discussion: Jane Pyper, Patsy Aldana, Raymond Mar, chaired by Bill Richardson
