Canadian Association for Graduate Studies

Killam Lectures

The Killam Lectures are delivered during CAGS Annual Conference. Their primary objective is to stimulate public support for university research.

Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Improving the Lives and Health of Children and Young People: How Research from Listening to their Voices should Inform Politics, Policies, Practices and Public Attitudes,
2009 Killam Lecture

David W. Schindler, The Role of Science in Making Sound Environmental Policy, 2008 Killam Lecture

Peter J.M. Nicholson, More Data but Less Insight – The New Imperative of Quantative Literacy, 2007 Killam Lecture

Bartha Knoppers, Biotechnology: The Human as Biological Resource? 2006 Killam Lecture

Kenneth Prewitt, Investing in Higher Education: The Responsibility of the University,
Bob Rae, Convincing the Public and Government to do more: The Case of Higher Education, 2005 Killam Lectures

W.A. Cochrane, The Challenges of Educating the Next Generation of the Professoriate, 2004 Killam Lecture

Shirley M. Tilghman, The Challenges of Educating the Next Generation of the Professoriate, 2003 Killam Lecture

Martha C. Piper, Building a Civil Society: A New Role for the Human Sciences, 2002 Killam Lecture

John R. Evans C.C., Higher Education in the Higher Education Economy: Towards a Public Research Contract, 2001 Killam Lecture

J. Robert S. Prichard, Federal Support for Higher Education and Research in Canada: the New Paradigm, 2000 Killam Lecture