Teaching Resources

Building North America into Your Course

The material presented in the collection has been designed for instructors to bring integration issues and processes into courses in a variety of disciplines.

Each Teaching Module is built around a primary text, case study or report and features a Teaching Note which highlights the main themes of the piece, offers suggestions for incorporation into courses and insight on how to instruct the material, as well as provides additional resources from the PNA Library and externally.

The Teaching Modules are organized thematically to maximize flexibility. A guide to generating North American-based units has been developed which provides sample selections of Teaching Modules by theme and course. Learn more about Building a Syllabus.

IntegrationIntegration: The Big Picture (7 resources)

The North American Free Trade Agreement and North America
By Stephen Blank (August 2009)

The State of North American Integration
By Stephen Blank and Martin Coiteux (Fall 2003)

Taking a Fresh Look at North American Integration
By Yan Cimon and Claudia Rebolledo (July 2008)

The Next Plateau in North America: What's the Big Idea?
By George Haynal (July 2004)

Building a North American Community: Report of an Independent Task Force
Council on Foreign Relations (May 2005)

The Role of Subnational Governments in the Governance of North America
By Earl Fry (July 2008)

"Three Strikes and You're Out?" The Security and Prosperity Partnership and the Future of North American Economic Integration
By Stephanie R. Golob (June 2009)



Economic and Financial Aspects (6 resources)

Monetary Convergence between Canada and the United States: A Critique of the Official View
By Martin Coiteux (September 2004)

Banking in North America
By Sergio A. Luna (September 2004)

Remittances and Retailing Finance Opportunities in North America
By Angel Maass (2006)

North American Economic Integration: Policy Options
By Earl Fry (2003)

North American Economic Integration: Opportunities and Challenges for Canada
By Someshwar Rao (2004)

Potholes and Paperwork: Improving Cross-Border Integration of the Automotive Industry
By Michael Hart (August 2009)
C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, The Border papers, No. 286

 


Energy and Environment (5 resources)

Trade and Environment in North America
By Chantal Line Carpentier (September 2004)

The Quiet Reality of North American Energy Interdependence
By Joseph M. Dukert (September 2004)

Iogen: The Ingenious Path of a Biotech Leader
By Annette Hester (2007)

Electricity Reform in Mexico: Challenges for an Integrated North American Market
By Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez (July 2009)

Transboundary Environmental Governance in Canada and the United States
By The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Occasional Paper Series of the Canada Institute (August 2009)

 


Transportation and Infrastructure
(8 resources)

Mapping the New North American Reality: The Road Sector
By Mary R. Brooks (September 2004)

Roads, Trains and Ports: Integrating North American Transport
By David W. Eaton (September 2004)

Canadian Cross-Border Trucking
By Stephen Handelman (2007)

Canadian National Railway Company (CN)
By Patrick Leblond (May 2005)

Strategic City Pairs, Gateways & Corridors
By Barry E. Prentice (2005)

North American Trade Corridors: An Initial Exploration
By Stephen Blank (July 2008)

The North American Auto Industry
By Isabel Studer (September 2004)

Freight Transportation Infrastructure Policies in Canada, Mexico & the US
By Stephen Blank, Graham Parsons, Juan Carlos Villa (August 2009)                            
North American Transportation Competitiveness Research Council Working Paper #5

 


Company Case Studies (10 resources)

Tim Hortons
By Stephen Handelman (May 2008)

Wal-Mart in the NAFTA Market
By Pradeep Gopalakrishna (2004)

Bombardier
By Stephen Handelman (2007)

Ford
By Stephen Handelman (2007)

Steel: A Rust Belt Case Study
By Stephen Handelman (2007)

Iogen: The Ingenious Path of a Biotech Leader
By Annette Hester (2007)

Canadian National Railway Company (CN)
By Patrick LeBlond (May 2005)

H-E-B Expansion into Mexico
By Angel Maass (2005)

The Rise and Fall of Vincor
By Noushi Rahman and Saima Prodhan (2006)

The Mad Science Group
By Philip Rousson (January 2006)



Society and Culture (2 resources)

Civil Society and North American Integration
By Laura Macdonald (July 2008)

Immigration: Mapping the New North American Reality
By Deborah W. Meyers and Kevin O'Neil (July 2008)