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2008 Annual Conference Toronto, Canada
Plenary Recording and Photos Now Available
Click on links below to view digital captures (video, audio, PowerPoint) of all plenaries. You may be prompted to download and install a Silverlight plug-in necessary to view the recordings.
Larry Boland's photographs of the conference
2008 Annual Conference At-A-Glance
Participants
Click here for a list of participants, institutions and emails.
About York Univesity
If you refer to the map above, there is a small shopping mall on campus, just across the Common from the Seymour Schulich Building (SSB) where the conference occurs. York Lanes (building 24) has restaurants, convenience stores, bookstore, bank, pharmacy, etc.
The bus stops for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) that will get you to the Downsview subway station (and to downtown hotels and attractions) are located in front of York Lanes (building 24). You will use routes 196 (Express; preferred if available) or 106 (Local).
Registration
We were unable to arrange direct online payment, so you must regster by downloading and printing the registration form, filling it out with VISA or Mastercard account information (or enclose a cheque in Canadian dollars drawn on a Canadian bank), signing it, and sending it the old-fashioned way, by snail mail or fax to:
Sheila Ferreira
University Events and Community Relations (UECR)
S324 Ross Building
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 CANADA
Fax: (416) 736-5648 Phone: (416) 736-5020
Direct all questions and correspondence to:
Deborah Groves, HES 2008 Conference Coordinator
Economics, 1041 Vari Hall
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 CANADA
Fax: (416) 736-5987
2008hes@gmail.com
You may also, using Acrobat Reader, enter the appropriate amounts in the boxes, and the form will calculate your total. You can then print out the form, sign it, and fax or snail mail it.
Accommodations On Campus
Campus accomodations are reserved through your registration form.
There are 100 rooms (in 50 suites) available at C$ 80 / night in the new Pond Road Residence.
You will share a 2 bedroom suite comprised of 2 individually locked bedrooms which a share a kitchen consisting of a stove and a fridge and bathroom with shower/bathtub, sink and toilet.
Each bedroom is furnished with a single bed with firm mattress, desk, lamp, large wardrobe and telephone (with complimentary local calling capabilities). Long distance calls require a calling card.
Bed making service is provided daily and all guests are supplied with a hand towel, facecloth, soap and linens. For your convenience we suggest you bring your own bath towel.
There is NO internet access in any of the suites (there will be free wireless access in the conference building and elsewhere on campus). Also cooking utensils, dishes, cutlery, food and any other kitchen supplies are NOT provided.
The floor layout is
Schulich School of Business (SSB) Executive Learning Centre Hotel
There are 40 rooms available at C$ 140 / night (C$ 160 for two people) in the SSB Executive Hotel. Full buffet breakfast in the Executive Dining Room is included, as well as free internet access. These rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Accommodations Downtown
Make you reservations directly with the hotel.
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Holiday Inn Mid-Town
280 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1V8
(416) 968 0010
Near University of Toronto. Royal Ontario Museum, and right at the St. George subway stop going up to York. The conference rate is C$ 125 single/double; C$ 135 triple -- plus taxes. Parking is C$ 22 per night. You can book at the conference rate from Wednesday, 25 June to Tuesday, 1 July 2008. A block of 30 rooms will be available until they are sold or 27 May 2008, whichever comes first.
Property Code: YYZBS Group Code: HES
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Holiday Inn on King
370 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 1J9
(416) 599-4000
Reservations 1 (800) 263-6363
In the theatre and entertainment district and one block from the Spadina streetcar to the St. George subway stop going up to York. The conference rate is C$ 149 single/double plus taxes. You can also book at the conference rate 3 days before and 3 days after the conference dates. A block of 30 rooms will be available until they are sold or 27 May 2008, whichever comes first.
Code: DGJN8
Transportation
- To York:
From the airport to York University, your best option is a flat-rate limo. When you walk out of the airport, you will see signs for taxis and for limos. Take a limo – the fare to York is C$37, and you may share a car.
Map of York campus
When arriving from the airport, go to building 42 on the campus map, the Seymour Schulich Building (SSB). Instruct the driver to go into the main campus entrance off Keele, York Blvd. Go to the first stop sign at Ian MacDonald Blvd. and turn left, then turn immediately left again to double back onto York Blvd, and pull up at the SSB on the corner. Conference registration is immediately inside the doors at the corner of York Blvd. and Ian MacDonald Blvd.
If you are stating at the Executive Learning Centre Hotel (building 94 on the map), it is connected to the SSB. If you are staying at the Pond Road Residence (building 35), it is a 5 minute walk from the registration, and we will have students to help get you there if you require assistance.
If you have a car, you should park at the Student Services Parking Garage (building 84); the entrance is off of James Gilles St. Be forewarned that parking is expensive – $14/day – about the same rates as downtown Toronto!
If you are interested in a very cheap (C$2.75) but 90 –120 minute trip to York by public transit, you can take the 192 Airport Rocket (click here) to Kipling subway station, which is at the end of the Bloor line. Take the subway to St. George station, walk up to the Yonge-Univesity line and take a northbound train to Downsview station (the end of the line). Transfer to the 196 Express bus (if it is running) or 106 Local bus to York University. The bus will let you off in front of York Lanes, facing the Common, The Seymour Schulich Building, where registration and all conference activities will occur, is just across the common at the corner of York Blvd. and Ian MacDonald Blvd. This will take at least 90 minutes.
- To Downtown Hotels:
From the airport to the downtown hotels, the easiest option is also a limo. The fare is around $50.
There is also a much cheaper public transit option (C$2.75) that will take about an hour. Click here, for information on the 192 Airport Rocket, an express bus that will take you to the Kipling subway station at the end of the Bloor line. Get on the subway (only one line, only in one direction).
If you are staying at the Midtown Holiday Inn, get off at St. George station and walk half a block west on Bloor – the hotel is on the north side. If you are staying at the Holiday Inn on King, also get off at St. George station and go up to the Yonge-University subway line. Take a southbound train (it will say to Finch Station) and get off at St. Andrew station. That station is at King Street – walk a few blocks west to the hotel.
For detailed subway route and schedule information, click here.
If you are staying downtown, for Saturday, you might consider buying a TTC day pass for C$9, which gives you unlimited use of the entire transit system.
Area Attractions
- The Toronto Blue Jays are playing the Atlanta Braves in a major league baseball game on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Rogers Centre. If you take the subway, you can walk from Union Station or St. Andrews Station. For directions, click here.
- The Toronto Jazz Festival is on from June 20-29, so your Saturday night plans can include jazz if you wish.
- There is a fabulous used book store, Atticus Books within a 5 minute walk of the Holiday Inn Midtown. It is at 84 Harbord Street,
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M5S 1G5
. Selection and quality are outstanding, but prices are not cheap. Catalogue is also online.
- The Royal Ontario Museum is at Bloor and Avenue Road, a 5 minute walk from the Holiday Inn Midtown. There is a striking new façade designed by Daniel Libeskind, and a major Darwin exhibition.
- The Art Gallery of Ontario has been closed, unfortunately, for over a year for completion of the Frank Gehry (a hometown Toronto boy) designed renovation.
- The Hockey Hall of Fame (probably for Steve Medema and not many others)
is at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets, a 5 minute walk from the Union Station subway stop.
'08 Conference Contacts
Conference Organizer, Avi J. Cohen
(for academic conference-related questions)
1033 TEL Building
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 CANADA
2008hes@gmail.com
Conference Coordinator, Deborah Groves
(for administrative conference-related questions)
Economics, 1031 Vari Hall
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 CANADA
Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext. 33424
Fax: (416) 736-5987
2008hes@gmail.com
Treasurer,
History of Economics Society
(for fees and membership questions)
Neil B. Niman
Treasurer
History of Economics Society
McConnell Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
HES@orbit.unh.edu
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