Publications | Public Presentations | Interviews
Articles About | Class Lectures | Awards
"Canadian Trash in Michigan" web site

Publications
"Toronto, Trash, Michigan, and Free Trade," In Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States, ed. Karl Froschauer, Nadine Fabbi, and Susan Pell, 279-289. .Burnaby, B.C.: Simon Fraser University, 2006.

"Deal on Canadian trash imperfect but a good step," Lansing State Journal (Sept. 12, 2006): 7A.

• Highlighted in Washington Canadian Embassy's NewsCan (Sept. 8-14, 2006)

"Canadian clarifications," [letter to the editor], City Pulse (Mar. 22, 2006): 4.

"'Dirty Diapers and Canadian Bacon Scraps:' Ontario's Trash in the Michigan Consciousness," In Canada from the Outside In : New Trends in Canadian Studies, ed, Pierre Anctil & Zila Berned, 247-265. Canadian Stuies, no. 7. Bruxelles: P.I.E.-Peter Lang, 2006.

Public Presentations

"Canadian Trash in Michigan," Edmore Women's Club, Edmore, Michigan, Oct. 1, 2007.

"Canadian Trash in Michigan," Montabella School District (Michigan) High School and Grade School classes, Oct. 1, 2007.

"Canadian Trash in Michigan," Tuesday Lunch & Learn series, University Club of Michigan State University, June 5, 2007.

“'…they want Michigan to clean up the dishes:' 'Made in Canada' Solutions for Ontario’s Solid Waste," Michigan Recycling Coalition Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan (May 18, 2006)

"Canadian Trash in Michigan," Rotary Club of Lansing, Capitol City Airport, Lansing, Michigan (May 4, 2006).

"Introductory Remarks," Canadian Trash In Michigan: A Workshop (March 6, 2006) -- also organized and chaired this workshop

"'…they want Michigan to clean up the dishes': The Demise of a 'Made in Canada' Solution for Ontario's Trash," Association of Canadian Studies in the U.S. Biennial Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, (Nov. 17, 2005)

"Canadian Trash Imports to the United States," Franklin College of Indiana (Oct. 2, 2005)

"'Dirty Diapers and Canadian Bacon Scraps:' Ontario's Trash in the Michigan Consciousness," International Council for Canadian Studies Biennial Meeting: "Canada from the outside in : Images, Perceptions, Comparisons," University of Ottawa & Carleton University (May 26, 2005)

"Trash Dumping in Michigan: The Economics of Solid Waste Management," MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research Forum, Anderson House Office Building, Lansing, Michigan (Feb. 23, 2005)

"Toronto, Trash, Michigan, and Free Trade," Fifth Biennial Colloquium in Canada: "Convergence and Divergence in North America: Canada and the United States," Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, Canada (Oct. 29, 2004)

Interviews
About new legislation introduced in the U.S. House on 1 P.M. News "Ontario Today," CBC Radio (Jan. 18, 2007).

Richard Hétu, "Du français dans la campagne américaine," La Presse (Montreal) (Oct. 17, 2006) http://www.lapresse.com/article/20061018/CPMONDE/610180639&SearchID=73260230277768 (accessed Oct. 18, 2006)

Alan Freeman, "Republicans target Canada to ridicule Michigan senator," Toronto Globe & Mail (Oct. 7, 2006): A13.

About March 6 trash workshop on "Windsor Now" late afternoon show, CKLW Radio (Feb. 13, 2006)

"Canada: We Won't Pay Garbage Fee," MIRS Capitol Capsule (Feb. 23, 2005)

Christopher Grosskurth, "Trash Talk," City States series, CBC Radio The House (July 31, 2004) (segment begins at 19:41)

Alan Freeman, "Kerry's talk on trash betrays local battles," Toronto Globe & Mail (Sept. 9, 2004): A21

Articles About
Kiley Kellermeyer, "Unsworth talks trash to Franklin College students," Franklin College Canadian Studies Newsletter Vol. 1, no. 1 (Winter 2006): 1 & 2.

MSU Class Lectures
"Canadian Trash In Michigan"

• General Business & Business Law GBL 395H (Mar. 27, 2006 & Mar. 19, 2007)
• General Business & Business Law GBL 460 (Mar. 22, 2005, Mar. 27, 2006, & Mar. 19, 2007)
• Integrative Studies in the Social Sciences ISS 310 (Feb. 14, 2005, Apr. 13, 2006, & Nov. 13, 2007)
• Journalism JRN 408 (Sept. 8, 2005)

Awards
2005-06 Canadian Embassy Research Grant for "Ontario's Ongoing Struggle To Handle Its Municipal Solid Waste "