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REPORTS / RAPPORTS<br />
OF THE ICCS MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS/<br />
DES ASSOCIATIONS MEMBRES ET MEMBRES ASSOCIÉS<br />
Ottawa, Ontario – May/Mai 31, 2014<br />
Presented by / Présenté par<br />
SUSAN HODGETT<br />
ICCS / CIEC
ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES<br />
1) President / Président Dr. Kenneth Holland<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
53<br />
265<br />
www.acsus.org<br />
5) Activities / Activités<br />
1. ARCS - The American Review of Canadian Studies is a refereed,<br />
multidisciplinary, quarterly journal. Published by the Association for<br />
Canadian Studies in the United States. In 2009, ACSUS partnered with<br />
Routledge (now affiliated with the Taylor and Francis group), a<br />
distinguished publisher at the forefront of academic publishing. The<br />
partnership significantly raised the visibility and accessibility of ARCS.<br />
The global community has access to valuable research tools and<br />
resources given that the entire archive of the ARCS journal is available<br />
on-line in a digitized, searchable platform. All issues of ARCS are now<br />
available in both print and E-ditions. ARCS has continued to improve<br />
its profile in the academic community and to publish first-rate peerreviewed<br />
research in the field of Canadian Studies. It is edited by<br />
Professor David Rossiter and the editorial offices are located at<br />
Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.<br />
2. Quebec Winter Lecture - ACSUS partnered with Johns Hopkins SAIS<br />
and the Raoul Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies of<br />
UQAM to present a public lecture on November 11, 2013 by former<br />
Quebec Premier Pierre Marc Johnson. Mr. Johnson offered an<br />
assessment of the “Canada-EU Trade Treaty.” Pierre Marc Johnson,<br />
former Premier of Quebec and chief negotiator for the Government of<br />
Quebec in the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between<br />
Canada and the European Union.<br />
3. ACSUS Biennial Conference - The major activity in 2013 was the<br />
ACSUS Biennial Conference, “Canada in the Hemisphere”, held in<br />
Tampa, Florida, November 19-23. This 5 day conference featured<br />
more than one hundred roundtables, panels, and plenaries across 12<br />
disciplines, featuring the foremost experts on Canada and Canada-US<br />
relations from academia, the policy and government community, as<br />
well as esteemed writers and artists. Public officials from various levels<br />
of government, and Canada’s most recognized policy experts and<br />
cultural figures attended the event. While the biennials are<br />
multidisciplinary, the January 2014 twentieth anniversary of NAFTA<br />
encouraged us to emphasize the trilateral agreement in the 21st<br />
biennial conference. To that end, we partnered with the Association of<br />
Canadian Studies in Mexico (AMEC) and the Canadian Studies<br />
Network in Canada, as well as University of Southern Florida, to bring<br />
off a first-class conference. Approximately 280 scholars registered as<br />
participants at the meeting. As in previous years, the Government of<br />
Canada and the Governmetn of the Province of Quebec sponsored<br />
highly successful and well-attended plenary evening receptions which<br />
featured remarks by the Consul General of Canada in Miami, Madame<br />
Louise Leger, and Jean-Stéphane Bernard, Assistant Deputy Minister,<br />
Bilateral Affairs, Ministère des Relations <strong>international</strong>es, de la<br />
Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur du Québec.<br />
4. A plenary Quebec Authors’ Session featured presentations by Denise<br />
Boucher, Gaetan Brulotte, Louise Dupré, and Madeleine Monette. It<br />
was organized and moderated by then-ACSUS President Myrna<br />
Delson-Karan, Queens College/CUNY. ACSUS essay awards for
undergraduate students went to students who wrote on Quebec-related<br />
topics. The Jeanne Kissner Undergraduate Essay Award in the<br />
Humanities went to Olivia George of Georgetown University in<br />
Washington, for an essay entitled “Women's Wor(l)ds in the Quebec<br />
Novel." This paper was written entirely in French. The Martin Lubin<br />
Undergratuate Essay in the Social Sciences went to Nicholas Van<br />
Tulder of the University of Washington for a research essay entitled<br />
“Québec Total: Creating a Unifying Vision for Northern Development<br />
(Un Plan Pour Tous).”<br />
5. The Donner Medal in Canadian Studies for 2013 was awarded to past<br />
ACSUS President Dr. Patrick James of the University of Southern<br />
California. The award was presented to Dr. James by then ACSUS<br />
President Myrna Delson-Karan at the closing banquet of the Biennial<br />
conference in Tampa in November.<br />
6. The secretariat of ACSUS was moved from Washington, DC to its new<br />
home at the University at Buffalo - SUNY, effective January 1st, 2014.<br />
7. Canada-US Enders Lecture on Shale Gas: Obstacles or Opportunities?<br />
In March 2013. http://www.acsus.org/display.cfm?id=342<br />
6) Publications American Review of Canadian Studies<br />
http://www.tandfonline.com<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
1. Donner Medal<br />
2. Distinguished Dissertation prize<br />
3. Rufus Smith Prize (best article in ARCS)<br />
4. Jean Kissner prize (best undergraduate essay)<br />
8) Research / Recherches ACSUS does not award research grants.<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
Annual Meeting of the Executive Council in Las Vegas in October 2014.
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
1) President / Président Tony McCulloch<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres 150<br />
4) Web site / Site Web http://www.canadian-studies.info<br />
6 (Ulster University, Belfast; Birmingham University; Keele University; Leeds<br />
University; Nottingham University; University College London)<br />
5) Activities / Activités The British Association for Canadian Studies was ably led during the academic<br />
year 2013-14 by Dr Steve Hewitt, University of Birmingham, who retired from his<br />
three-year term as President in April 2014. The new BACS President is Dr Tony<br />
McCulloch, Senior Fellow in North American Studies at the UCL Institute of the<br />
Americas (UCL-IA). The BACS Office will be located at the UCL-IA, 51 Gordon<br />
Square, London, WC1H OPN, for the duration of his term of office and will<br />
therefore be well positioned in relation to major stake-holders such as Canada<br />
House, the Quebec Government Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,<br />
the Eccles Centre for North American Studies at the British Library, the Canada-<br />
UK Council and the Foundation for Canadian Studies, which is the main funding<br />
body for Canadian Studies in the UK.<br />
The BACS Council held three main meetings - in September 2013, January 2014<br />
and April 2014 - at Macdonald House as well as members of the Council being in<br />
regular contact via email, Skype and on the fringes of other Canada-related<br />
events. The BACS President and other Council members represented BACS and<br />
the Canadian Studies community in the UK at other Canada-related events both<br />
locally and <strong>international</strong>ly. BACS also enjoyed a very good working relationship<br />
with the main University centres of Canadian Studies within the UK at Belfast,<br />
Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Nottingham and the UCL Institute of the<br />
Americas and with regional associations such as the London Canadian Studies<br />
Association and the Yorkshire Network for Canadian Studies.<br />
The 39 th annual BACS conference was held at the British Library conference<br />
centre, Euston Road, London, on 25 and 26 April and was preceded on 24 April<br />
by a keynote speech by General John de Chastelain and a reception at the<br />
Official Residence of the Canadian High Commissioner in Grosvenor Square.<br />
The conference – which was on the theme ‘Warrior or Peacemaker: War, Peace<br />
and the Struggle for Canada’s Identity, 1914-2014’ - attracted several other<br />
distinguished plenary speakers as well as a large number of presenters from<br />
Canada, the US, the UK and the rest of Europe. Attendance was about 120,<br />
many of whom were postgraduate students or early career scholars. The BACS<br />
Council is grateful to the Foundation for its support in funding the conference and<br />
to Professor Phil Davies of the Eccles Centre in North American Studies for<br />
agreeing to host it.<br />
6) Publications The BJCS was edited by Dr Danielle Fuller (Birmingham University) and Dr Ceri<br />
Morgan (Keele University) in this period and produced two issues – Vol. 26.1, a<br />
general issue edited by Danielle Fuller and Ceri Morgan, and Vol. 26.2, a themed<br />
issue entitled Canadian Literary Studies in the 21 st Century, guest edited by<br />
Fiona Tolan, Catherine Bates and Gillian Roberts. The BJCS contract with<br />
Liverpool University Press was renewed in April 2013 for 5 years. BJCS is now<br />
included in the Project Muse collection of journals which is a leading provider of<br />
digital humanities and social science content. This should significantly increase<br />
the visibility of the journal. Another very positive development is an agreement<br />
that LUP has established with the Canadian Historical Association which will offer<br />
individuals a subscription to BJCS when they take up or renew their membership<br />
with the CHA.
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
The Michael J Hellyer prize for the best paper by a student or early career<br />
scholar at the conference was awarded to Tyler Turek from Western University<br />
for his paper on the period between the First and Second World Wars. The Prix<br />
du Québec for faculty was awarded to Dr Ceri Morgan (Keele University) and, for<br />
students, to Gillian Lacey (University of Northumbria). An Eccles Visiting<br />
Fellowship at the British Library was awarded to Dr Martin Thornton (University of<br />
Leeds).<br />
8) Research / Recherches Much of the research activity involving BACS members – including those who are<br />
members of the Council – is undertaken via the various Specialist Groups such<br />
as those concerned with Business, History and Politics, Indigenous Studies,<br />
Francophone Studies, Law and Literature. For example, the BACS History and<br />
Politics Group holds an annual summer conference which in July 2014 will take<br />
place at the UCL Institute of the Americas from Thursday 10 to Saturday 12 July<br />
and will be devoted to ‘New Voices on Canada’. There will be 22 presentations<br />
from students, post-doctoral researchers and junior faculty from all over Europe<br />
and a selection of the best papers will be published as a special issue of the<br />
BJCS in September 2015, co-edited by Dr Chris Kirkey of SUNY (Plattsburgh)<br />
and Dr Tony McCulloch of the UCL Institute of the Americas whose organisations<br />
are also sponsoring the event.<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
The 40 th anniversary BACS conference will be held at the British Library<br />
conference centre, Euston Road, London from 23 to 25 April 2015.
ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE D’ÉTUDES CANADIENNES<br />
1) President / Président Pr. Hélène Harter<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
16<br />
400 environ<br />
www.afec33.asso.fr<br />
5) Activities / Activités<br />
- 41e colloque annuel <strong>international</strong> de l’AFEC, Mémoire(s)<br />
canadienne(s) organisé par le Centre d’Études Canadiennes de<br />
l’université Rennes 2-Haute Bretagne (CEC) en partenariat avec le Centre<br />
d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong> de l’université d’Angers (CERPECA) et l’Institut<br />
d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong> de l’université d’Ottawa<br />
- 42 e colloque annuel <strong>international</strong> de l’AFEC : Revisiter le Canada par<br />
la recherche doctorale : nouvelles thématiques, nouvelles sources,<br />
nouvelles méthodologies ? (Poitiers, 21 mars 2014)<br />
- Renouvellement du conseil d’administration de l’AFEC<br />
(http://www.afec33.asso.fr/bureau) le 21 mars 2014<br />
- L’AFEC a participé au Study Tour 2013<br />
- L’AFEC a participé aux activités de l’Association de préfiguration pour la<br />
création de la Fondation France-Canada pour la jeunesse (FFCJ) dont elle<br />
est co-fondateur<br />
- Accueil par les universités de Poitiers, La Rochelle et Limoges, en lien<br />
avec l’Institut des Amériques et l’AFEC des fonds de la bibliothèque du<br />
Centre culturel canadien de Paris<br />
- Dans les centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong> (sélection de colloques)<br />
- CEC de Bordeaux, 17-18 octobre 2013, colloque sur Le Canada,<br />
passages multiples<br />
- Ressources minières dans les Amériques : mutations d’un continent,<br />
Grenoble, 11-13 juin 2013. Colloque organisé par le CEMRA (EA3016,<br />
Université Grenoble Alpes), l’ILCEA (EA613, Université Grenoble Alpes) et<br />
PACTE (UMR5194, CNRS-Université Grenoble Alpes), avec la<br />
collaboration du Centre d’Etudes Canadiennes de<br />
Grenoble: http://canadatogether.hypotheses.org/1350<br />
- « Contrôle et sécurisation des zones frontalières : Pratiques et<br />
discours en France et au Canada », Journée d’étude du Centre d’études<br />
linguistiques de l’Université Jean Moulin- Lyon III, en partenariat avec le<br />
Centre de recherche de l’Ecole des officiers de la Gendarmerie nationale, 5<br />
février 2014.<br />
- Colloque <strong>international</strong>, «Amérindianités et savoirs », Université de<br />
Poitiers, 19-21 mars 2014. Colloque Organisé par le MIMMOC et le<br />
CRLA, centres de recherche de l’Université de Poitiers, avec la<br />
collaboration du CRHIA et du CECIB, en partenariat avec l’IEAQ et la<br />
chaire Pres Limousin-Poitou-Charentes d’Études sur le Canada.<br />
6) Publications - Etudes Canadiennes/Canadian Studies (revue <strong>international</strong>e à comité de<br />
lecture) : n°74 et 75. Le numéro 74 réunit une première série d’articles<br />
issus du colloque de Rennes de 2013, ceux portant sur la littérature. Un<br />
second volume issu du colloque est en cours de réalisation et devrait<br />
paraître aux Presses Universitaires de Rennes. Un numéro 75 autour de la<br />
thématique du Canada et le Commonwealth. Il témoigne de notre volonté<br />
de désormais publier aussi des numéros thématiques.<br />
- FeuilleAFEC (électronique) : n° 53 à 59.
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
- Prix de thèse de l’AFEC. Les récipiendaire 2014 sont: Pierre-Alexandre<br />
BEYLIER (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III) : La frontière Canada-<br />
Etats-Unis depuis le 11 septembre 2001 : continuité et mutations (une<br />
thèse de civilisation nord-américaine) et Céline MÉLISSON (Université de<br />
Tours) : Procurer la paix, le repos et l'abondance: les officiers de Plume de<br />
l'Amérique française de 1669 à 1765 (une thèse d’histoire)<br />
- Jacques Palard (Sciences Po Bordeaux), Prix <strong>international</strong> du<br />
Gouverneur général en études <strong>canadiennes</strong> 2013<br />
- Claire Houmard prix de la meilleure thèse 2013 du CIEC pour un travail<br />
en préhistoire et archéologie intitulé Caractérisation chrono-culturelle et<br />
évolution du Paléoesquimau dans le Golfe de Foxe (Canada). Étude<br />
typologique et technologique de l'industrie en matières dures d'origine<br />
animale. La thèse a été réalisée en cotutelle à l’université de Paris Ouest<br />
Nanterre-La Défense et à l’université Laval<br />
- Jean-Michel Lacroix, president honoraire de l’AFEC s’est vu remettre le 15<br />
juin 2013 un doctorat Honoris Causa de l'Université York à Glendon<br />
College<br />
- Agata Helena TROCIUK, de l’Université de Limoges (France) et Université<br />
de Montréal (Canada) a obtenu une bourse de rédaction de thèse du CIEC<br />
en 2014 pour une thèse intitulée “Pour une approche linguistique des<br />
recherches identitaires dans le roman québécois contemporain”<br />
8) Research / Recherches<br />
- Recherches collectives du réseau (cf. Egalement la rubrique activités)<br />
- chaire PRES Limousin-Poitou-Charentes d’Études sur le Canada<br />
- contribution aux activités scientifiques de l’Institut des Amériques<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
- 43 e colloque annuel de l’AFEC, autour de la thématique du Canada et<br />
l’Europe, Nantes, juin 2015<br />
- Accueil de la revue Etudes <strong>canadiennes</strong> dans le bouquet de revues<br />
électroniques revues.org
ITALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
1) President / Président Oriana Palusci<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
6<br />
www.aiscan.unior.it<br />
5) Activities / Activités<br />
AISC members regularly receive a newsletter by e-mail providing the latest<br />
information on Canadian Studies, publications, events, seminars, deadlines,<br />
guest lectures in Italy, etc. AISC posts important information on the AISC website<br />
on a regular basis and keeps in touch with Canadian Studies Centers in Italy, in<br />
order to exchange information and to cooperate. AISC updates members,<br />
through its website and newletter, about the European Network of Canadian<br />
Studies. Events and conferences are advertised through posters and leaflets<br />
which are also sent to the press.<br />
A. Teaching, University courses taught by AISC members:<br />
--Elena Lamberti taught a Master Program in Historical Communication on<br />
“Modelli di comunicazione storica nel Nord America” at the University of Bologna;<br />
--Carlo Pagetti organised a “Laboratorio Canada”, a 20-hour module for<br />
Graduate students (October -Dicember 2013);<br />
-- Elena Ceccherini taught a course on Comparative Public Law, dedicating a<br />
substantial section on the Canadian judicial system in the a.a. 2013-14 at the<br />
University of Genova.<br />
-- Biancamaria Rizzardi<br />
A. a. Graduate and Ph.D. thesis on Canadian Studies were supervised by AISC<br />
members O. Palusci, B. Rizzardi, C. Pagetti, E. Lamberti, D. Gavinelli.<br />
B. Conferences and Seminars<br />
--International Conference on Canada, The Urban Multiverse/Il multi verso<br />
urbano/Le multiverse urbain, held at the Centre for Excellence of the University<br />
of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, located on the Island of Procida (29-31 May 2013).<br />
Papers by Canadian and Italian scholars from different disciplinary fields<br />
(literature, linguistics, geography, architecture, cultural studies, history, law) were<br />
juxtaposed to Workshops for graduate and Ph.D students with an interest in<br />
Canadian Studies.<br />
-- Eleonora Ceccherini organised a Seminar at the University of Genoa (21-22<br />
May 2013) on “L’ordinamento costituzionale canadese”, Canadian guest, Prof.<br />
Francesca Astengo, Concordia University, Montréal.<br />
-- George Ellenbogen, poet and creative writer, presented his recent memoir set<br />
in Montreal, "Stone In My Shoe: In Search Of Neighborhood" respectively at the<br />
University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, at University of Bologna and at the University<br />
of Udine.<br />
C. Other cultural activities<br />
Live Performance: “Musica tra le muse”<br />
Featuring Dominc Mancuso Group (Toronto) at the Museo Civico Archeologico,<br />
Bologna, Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, in collaboration with the Department of<br />
Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Bologna. The Group<br />
comprised some of Canada’s finest musicians: Chendy Leon percussion | Jerry<br />
Caringi piano & accordion | Paco Luviano bass |Tony Zorzi electric guitar |<br />
Dominic Mancuso vocals & acoustic Guitar.
6) Publications<br />
--Palusci, O., B. Rizzardi, eds., The Crossing of Borders:Variation on a Theme in<br />
Canadian Studies, Pisa, ETS, 2014<br />
--Ceccherini, E., (ed.), A trent’anni dalla Patriation canadese. Riflessioni della<br />
dottrina italiana, Genova, Genova University Press, 2013<br />
--Ceccherini E., “Territorio, storia e diritti delle popolazioni aborigene”, in G. Rolla<br />
(a cura di), Regimi giuridici speciali di autonomia delle comunità territoriali. Profili<br />
di diritto comparato, Milano, Giuffrè, 2013, pp. 33-57<br />
--Ceccherini, E., “Il modello giuridico – scientifico – e legislativo italiano fuori<br />
dall’Europa – Canada”, in P. Sirena, S. Lanni (a cura di), Napoli, E.S.I., 2013, pp.<br />
95-113;<br />
--Lamberti, E., “Introduction” to Writing Our Way Home, Edited by Licia Canton<br />
and Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni, With an Introduction by Elena Lamberti,<br />
Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2013.<br />
--Lamberti, E., “Betrayals and Smells: On the Italian (Mis)Interpretation of<br />
Understanding Media”, in Journal of Visual Culture, Special Issue Understanding<br />
Media @ 50, edited by Raiford Guins, 13:1, April 2014.<br />
--Palusci, O., “Anne Michaels e le ferite del linguaggio”, Altre Modernità, aprile<br />
2014, pp. 186-199 [ISSN 2035-7680].<br />
--Palusci, O., "Translating Home", in Licia Canton, Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni,<br />
eds., Writing Our Way Home, Toronto, Guernica, 2013, pp. 21-35 [ISBN:<br />
9781550718027].<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
8) Research / Recherches<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
No grants were awarded by the Association.<br />
Dr Elena Lamberti is the coordinator of the EU Project PERFORMIGRATIONS:<br />
PEOPLE ARE THE TERRITORY, selected for funding by EACEA, Strand 1.3.5 -<br />
Special Measures: Cooperation with Third Countries (Canada), Culture<br />
Programme 2013. It is one of the 12 successful proposals selected among 120<br />
applications received by the the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive<br />
Agency of the European Commission.<br />
Performigrations investigates the societal themes of ‘mobility’ (both cultural and<br />
technological), and ‘immigration and identity’ through a multi-layered network<br />
project involving world renown Canadian and European Institutions and<br />
Organizations. The project, coordinated by the University of Bologna, brings<br />
together an experienced <strong>international</strong> team of 6 European co-organisers,<br />
representing Italy, Greece, Portugal and Austria, and 5 partners representing the<br />
three largest Canadian cities, in the three most populated provinces (Ontario,<br />
Québec, British Columbia); as well as, 5 associate partners in the United<br />
Kingdom and Malta.<br />
From April 2014 to March 2016, across Europe and Canada Performigrations will<br />
organise 8 major cultural events, 7 art-installations, 4 main workshops and will<br />
involve a variety of target audiences. To learn more on Performigrations People<br />
Are the Territory: www.performigrations.eu.<br />
2-4 October 2014, AISC International Conference on « Alice Munro and the<br />
Anatomy of the Short Story/Alice Munro et l’anatomie de la nouvelle » University<br />
of Naples ‘L’Orientale’.
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
1) President / Président Yuki Shimomura<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
4 Canadian Studies Centres (Institute of Canadian Studies at Meiji University,<br />
Institute of American and Canadian Studies at Sophia University, Center for<br />
International Education and Cooperation at Kwansei Gakuin University, Institute<br />
of Regional Studies at Kagoshima International University) and one Canada<br />
Program at Ritsumeikan University)<br />
340<br />
http://jacs.jp<br />
5) Activities / Activités a) the 38th JACS Annual Conference, Sep. 21~22, 2013 at Kanda University of<br />
Foreign Studies in Chiba.<br />
+ Guest Speaker: Professor J. K. Chambers (Toronto University).<br />
+ Special Session Speaker: Laird Hindle (First Secretary, Embassy of Canada to<br />
Japan).<br />
+ Symposium on “How can Canadian Studies Survive?”<br />
b) Public Symposiums:<br />
+ Dr. Claude-Yves Charron (Quebec General Delegate, Quebec Government<br />
Office) June 15, 2013 at Osaka Gakuin University.<br />
+ John Liston (Kings University College of Western University) December 7,<br />
2013 at Osaka Gakuin University.<br />
+ Sapporo Symposium on “Career and Vocational Education in High School” by<br />
Dr. Bonnie Watt-Malcolm (University of Alberta) et al. at Sapporo Otani<br />
University.<br />
c) Open Lecture:<br />
+Ambassador Mackenzie Clugston (co-sponsored by Japan Canada Kai) June<br />
12, 2013 at Kobe International Center for Cooperation and Communication.<br />
d) Regional Academic Conferences:<br />
+Each Regional Office sponsors at least two mini-conferences a year, inviting<br />
speakers and researchers in Canadian Studies.<br />
6) Publications a) Journal: The Annual Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, Sep. 21, 2013<br />
b-1) Books: Yutaka Takenaka Quebec and Canada: The Pleasure of Area<br />
Studies, Keiryusha, 2014.<br />
Michihisa Hosokawa Hakujin Shihai no Kanada-shi (White Ruled<br />
Canadian History), Keiryusha, 2013.<br />
Taku Niwa et. al. (trans.) Marutinashonarizumu: Kebekku to<br />
Kanada, (Alan Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino, Federalism, Citizenship and<br />
Quebec: Debating Multinationalism), Keiryusha, 2012.<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
a) International Travel Grants: the Selection Committee on International Travel<br />
Grants awarded<br />
8) Research / Recherches<br />
Active interdisciplinary research unit: Canadian education<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir
GESELLSCHAFT FÜR KANADA-STUDIEN E.V. (GKS)<br />
ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES<br />
1) President / Président<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
Prof. Dr. Ursula Lehmkuhl (Term Mandate: February 2013-2015)<br />
Universität Trier, Fachbereich III – Geschichte, 54286 Trier<br />
E-Mail: lehmkuhl@uni-trier.de<br />
19<br />
550<br />
www.kanada-studien.org<br />
www.facebook.com/kanadastudien<br />
2014<br />
5) Activities / Activités Annual conference Indigenous Knowledge and Academic Discourses held<br />
at Grainau between February 14 and 16, 2014. Further information are available<br />
at: http://www.kanada-studien.org/jahrestagung<br />
Annual conference of GKS’ Young Scholars’ Forum Understanding Canada<br />
held at Trier between July 4 and 6, 2013. The program and further information<br />
are available at: http://www.nachwuchsforum.net/index.php?/archives/11-10TH-<br />
GRADUATE-STUDENT-CONFERENCE-IN-CANADIAN-STUDIES-IN-<br />
TRIER.html<br />
GKS furthermore disseminates information and knowledge about<br />
Canada/Canadian Studies by means of:<br />
• A monthly newsletter that contains calls for papers/calls for<br />
contributions, recent publications on topics pertaining to<br />
Canada/Canadian Studies, and other noteworthy aspects such as<br />
news from ICCS and ENCS.<br />
• An annual status report that lists all publications, lectures, lecture<br />
series, conferences, information about ongoing and finished research<br />
projects, as well as about courses offered during the academic year. It<br />
is also available for non-members at www.kanadastudien.org/publikationen/mitteilungsheft<br />
• A trilingual website that is frequently updated in order to inform<br />
members and non-members about GKS’ activities as well as about<br />
activities in Canadian Studies by partner organizations and nonmembers.<br />
The website is available in English, French, and German so<br />
that it now caters to a more <strong>international</strong> audience.<br />
The websites of the Young Scholars’ Forum and the Teachers’ Forum. These<br />
websites contain general information like calls for papers but also special<br />
material catering specifically to teachers and young scholars:<br />
www.nachwuchsforum.net / www.education-canada.de<br />
6) Publications Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien (Journal of Canadian Studies, peer-reviewed):<br />
http://www.kanada-studien.org/publikationen/zks<br />
Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien. 34 (2014). Ed. Katja Sarkowsky, Martin Thunert,<br />
Doris G. Eibl. Augsburg: Wißner.<br />
Mitteilungsheft (see above: annual newsletter), edited by Ursula Bader<br />
Apart from these publications there are numerous book publications, journals etc.<br />
that would be too numerous to list here. See: www.kanadastudien.org/publications/mitteilungsheft
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
"GKS-Förderpreise" (Awards of the GKS/Prix de la GKS). Eligible are<br />
undergraduate, graduate and PhD-students working on a project with Canadian<br />
content (€ 1.000 per award).<br />
Recipient 2014: Felix Haase (Jena)<br />
"Prix d'Excellence du Québec". This award is funded by the Government of<br />
Quebec in recognition of an outstanding contribution to Québec Studies (CAD$<br />
3.000).<br />
Recipients 2014: Emilie Notard (Berlin), Julia Hohensinner (Graz)<br />
"Jürgen-Sasse-Preis". Eligible are undergraduate, graduate and PhD-students<br />
(€ 1.000).<br />
Recipient 2014: Jessica Janßen (Kiel)<br />
"Förderpreise der Stiftung für Kanada-Studien" (Awards of the Stiftung für<br />
Kanada-Studien).<br />
Recipients 2014: Hilde van Meegdenburg (Berlin), Jara Rossenbach (Aachen),<br />
Ulduz Maschaykh (Hamilton)<br />
8) Research / Recherches Traditionally, GKS is a multi- and interdisciplinary institution, uniting scientists<br />
from various disciplines and academic backgrounds. Given the importance of<br />
Canada in the German high-school system (Canada being the country of<br />
reference for the A-level exams) one rather recent trend is the increasing<br />
inclusion of teacher-training research.<br />
At present, there are a number of Canadianist projects. Please see the<br />
Mitteilungsheft: www.kanada-studien.org/publications/mitteilungsheft (also for<br />
PhD dissertations and postdoctoral degrees)<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
Between July 4 and 6, 2014, the annual conference of the Young Scholars will<br />
take place in Kiel. The overall theme of the conference will be (Re-)Imagining<br />
Canada.<br />
Between February 6 and 8, 2015, the annual conference will take place. The<br />
overall theme of the conference will be: Majorities and Minorities in Canada<br />
and Quebec
ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND<br />
1) President / Président Dr Robyn Morris. Vice-President: Dr Robert Joseph<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres 140<br />
4) Web site / Site Web www.acsanz.org<br />
2<br />
5) Activities / Activités<br />
Shane Rhodes<br />
award-winning Canadian Poet,<br />
Poetry Seminar at UOW<br />
ACSANZ supported a range of exciting events and initiatives in 2013 including<br />
hosting visiting scholars from Canada in both Australia and New Zealand. The<br />
calendar of events is disseminated by regular meetings of the ACSANZ<br />
Executive, through the Association website and through emails to ACSANZ<br />
members. The Executive continue to prioritise the implementation and<br />
assessment of applications for the ACSANZ Postgraduate Travel Grant and the<br />
provision (upon application) of a small number of bursaries to support Canadian<br />
studies activities in Australia and New Zealand including workshops or visiting<br />
scholars' keynotes. Following a general meeting of the Executive in January,<br />
2014, it was decided to extend our support of Canadianist scholars to include<br />
both postgraduates and established scholars in order to encourage further<br />
research and networking within Canada.<br />
University of Waikato Public Lecture: “The Question of Genocide in Canada’s<br />
Indian Residential Schools: Prospects for Truth and Reconciliation” by Dr David<br />
McDonald<br />
David McDonald<br />
Seminar at Emmanuel College, Univ. of Queensland: ‘Securing Canada's Place<br />
in the Asia-Pacific’ by Marie-Louise Hannan, Consul and Senior Trade<br />
Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada in Sydney<br />
University of Waikato Public lecture: "From Territorial Ambiguity to<br />
Jurisdictional Clarity: Overlapping Territorial Claims and the BC Treaty<br />
Process, Canada" by Chris Turner<br />
Chris Turner<br />
6) Publications Australasian Canadian Studies is an <strong>international</strong>, multidisciplinary journal of<br />
Canadian studies. It is the official journal of the Association for Canadian Studies<br />
in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ). ACS has, since its founding in 1983,<br />
provided a forum for a diverse body of scholarship. ACS remains committed to<br />
mentoring established and emerging scholars in comparative Australian,<br />
Canadian and New Zealand Studies. The ACS Editorial Board provides<br />
invaluable input, critique and suggestions to Canadianists around the world. A<br />
special issue of the journal was published in Dec 2012, titled the Rebellion issue.<br />
It was guest edited by esteemed board member Dr John Carter. (Vol 29 1-2,<br />
2011). The ACS 30:1 issue is in press and a general publication. In order to<br />
increase our <strong>international</strong> base we will align future Calls for Papers (CFP) for<br />
special editions of the journal ACS in 2014 and 2015 with current DFATD<br />
priorities. We are targeting issues surrounding the Arctic (2014) and for 2015, the<br />
commemoration of key battles and other moments of WW1 (the 100 year<br />
anniversary of start of WW1is 2014 and the battle at Gallipoli, 2015).<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
Our students are gaining <strong>international</strong> acclaim and the journal's profile is being<br />
raised <strong>international</strong>ly, primarily through the networking efforts of the Editor and<br />
the Executive. We will continue to promote PG scholarship in Canadian studies<br />
with our successful Postgraduate Research Grant, and with established scholars<br />
through small bursaries to support visiting scholars or workshops. We are<br />
committed to examining new ways to link ACSANZ with academic activities in<br />
order to promote an even stronger multidisciplinary understanding of Canada
through events, workshops and visiting scholar programs.<br />
8) Research / Recherches Our member’s area of research is multidisciplinary and this is reflected in the<br />
articles published in our flagship journal Australasian Canadian Studies. Articles<br />
published more recently in ACS analysed issues have related to: issues of<br />
immigration, citizenship, gender, sexuality, Indigenous Land Rights, environment<br />
and history. Our individual members publish widely across peer-reviewed<br />
Australian and <strong>international</strong> journals on areas of Canadian and comparative<br />
Canadian, New Zealand and Australian studies.<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
ICCS Scholarship success: Darlis MOJARRIETA, was awarded a $4000<br />
scholarship by ICCS. Darlis is completing a PhD at the University of Sydney,<br />
Australia. His thesis research project is titled, or “A Comparative Study of<br />
Selection Methods for Permanent Economic Migration.”<br />
ACSANZ Patron page: We are pleased to announce the ACSANZ Patron page<br />
with endorsement by Caroline Chrétien, High Commissioner of Canada to New<br />
Zealand and Michael Small, High Commissioner for Canada to Australia.<br />
Please visit: http://www.acsanz.org.au/wordpress/?page_id=358
ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES IN IRELAND<br />
1) President / Président Elizabeth Tilley<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres 100<br />
1 at Queen’s University Belfast<br />
4) Web site / Site Web www.canadianstudiesireland.com<br />
5) Activities / Activités ACSI’s 17 th Biennial Conference was held in Galway from the 9-11 May 2014<br />
(Plenary Speakers: Professor Robin Elliott, Univ of Toronto, Professor Godfrey<br />
Baldacchino, Univ of PEI, Professor Jean Marcel Paquet, Emeritus, Laval,<br />
Professor Louise Dupre, Univ du Quebec a Montreal).<br />
Yves Navarre : Une vie à écrire / a life(time) to write<br />
International Conference, NUI, Galway, 25-26 September 2014<br />
Flags, Loyalists and Nationalists: The Canadian Experience, March 7, 2013,<br />
Queen’s University, Belfast.<br />
The Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland also helped host a number of<br />
cultural events including the appearance of Patrick deWitt at the Cúirt<br />
International Festival of Literature in April of 2014<br />
Our members have been involved in postgraduate supervision, publications, and<br />
conference organizing on topics of interest to Canadianists.<br />
6) Publications The following is a selection of publications from members:<br />
Majury N (2013) 'Trusting the numbers': mineral prospecting, raising finance and<br />
the governance of knowledge,Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers<br />
Elliott, S.M., Roe, H.M., Patterson, R.T. (2012) Testate amoebae as indicators of<br />
hydroseral change: an 8,500 year record from Mer Bleue Bog, eastern Ontario,<br />
Canada. Quaternary International. DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.08.020<br />
Brophy, M (2013) “L’essai ou le portrait détaillé d’une conscience” in Hélène<br />
Dorion, Sous l’arche du temps, essai suivi d’entretiens, Montreal, Typo, 2013,<br />
p.105-117<br />
Papers:<br />
Michael Brophy, “On the function of poetry in the work of Louise Dupré”,<br />
Research Day, UCD School of Languages and Literatures, Friday 25 April<br />
Michael Brophy, “ ‘Placer Auschwitz et Birkenau dans un vers’: Apocalyptic<br />
Space and the Possibility of Poetry in Louise Dupré’s Plus haut que les<br />
flammes”, ACSI Conference, Galway, 10 May.<br />
David L. Parris, ‘Avec Naïm Kattan dans le dédale des théories entourant les<br />
marginalités contemporaines : une lecture de L’Écrivain migrant (2001)’, ACSI
Conference, Galway, 10 May.<br />
David L. Parris, ‘À la recherche du Bagdad perdu’ Les Francophonies<br />
postcoloniales : textes, contexts, Department of Germanic and Romance<br />
Studies, University of Delhi, 7th November 2013.<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
Dr Julie Rodgers, National University of Ireland, Maynooth : Prix du<br />
Quebec (presented M. Stephen Paquet, agent-general of the Delegation<br />
du Quebec at ACSI’s conference in May of 2014)<br />
8) Research / Recherches Theses:<br />
MA Completed (September 2013) in French at the National University of Ireland,<br />
Galway : L'influence de la Révolution Tranquille sur la littérature québécoise :<br />
Marie-Claire Blais et Michel Tremblay. By Pauline PETIT.<br />
Supervisor : Dr Máire Aine Ní Mhainnín<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
The Eaton Lecture 2013/14, October 11, 2014
1) President / Président<br />
NORDIC ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES/<br />
ASSOCIATION NORDIQUE D’ÉTUDES CANADIENNES<br />
Peter Bakker<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
2 (Aarhus, Stockholm)<br />
295<br />
www.nacs-anec.org<br />
5) Activities / Activités NACS sponsored the Canadian keynote in the biennial Maple Leaf and Eagle<br />
conference, 12-16 May 2014, University of Helsinki. Laura Peers, University of<br />
Oxford was the speaker.<br />
NACS co-sponsored visits by Rita Mestokosho and Dany Laferrière in Sweden<br />
(Stockholm, Falun, Umeå): workshops / readings in March 2014.<br />
NACS co-organised with ASANOR (The American Studies Association of<br />
Norway) the three-day conference Constitutive Texts in North American Studies,<br />
Oslo, 25-27 October 2013. The invited Canadian keynote was Patricia<br />
Sutherland.<br />
NACS co-sponsored the conference Heritage and Change in the Arctic where<br />
several Canadian scholars presented, 11-14 October, University of Greenland,<br />
Nuuk, organised by CIRCLA, (Centre for Innovation and Research in Culture and<br />
Learning in the Arctic, Aalborg University).<br />
NACS co-sponsored with other European associations for Canadian Studies,<br />
The European Network for Canadian Studies and The European Commission the<br />
Thinking Canada: EU-Canada Study Tour (two Nordic participants) in September<br />
2013.<br />
Long-term initiative for co-operation (research, conference organisation etc) with<br />
the newly established John Morton Center for North American Studies at the<br />
University of Turku, Finland. The John Morton Center aims to be a leading<br />
national center in Finland with an <strong>international</strong> research profile.<br />
6) Publications<br />
selection :<br />
Bakker, Peter. 2013. Diachrony and typology in the history of Cree (Algonquian,<br />
Algic). In: Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Verbs, edited by Folke<br />
Josephson and Ingmar Söhrman. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins. 223-259.<br />
Bakker, Peter. 2013. Michif. In: The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language<br />
Structures (APiCS) , edited by Susanne Michaelis, Philippe Maurer, Martin<br />
Haspelmath, and Magnus Huber (Oxford University Press, 2013). 158-165.<br />
Bakker, Peter. Interview Deaftv.dk on Plains Indian Sign Language. March 2014.<br />
Bakker, Peter. 2013. Michif: Grace Zoldy in Camperville:<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0C4cODsSyE&feature=plcp<br />
Korkka, Janne. 2013. Ethical Encounters: Spaces and Selves in the Writings of<br />
Rudy Wiebe. Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi.<br />
Mattisson, Jane. 2014. Ranam recherches anglaises et nord américaines. A<br />
review of Ranam journal, University of Strasbourg, France. CanText: The<br />
Newsletter of the BACS Literature Group 16:1, April 2014.<br />
McDonald-Rissanen, Mary. 2014. In the Interval of the Wave: Prince Edward<br />
Island Women's Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Life Writing. Montreal<br />
& Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.<br />
Saari, Paula. 2014. Portraying Orderly Wilderness: Canadian National Parks<br />
Branch and the Construction of the National Park Ideal in Early Tourist<br />
Brochures. In Andersson, Rani-Henrik & Saara Kekki (eds). North American
Studies Crossroads: An Anthology of Finnish Perspectives. Helsinki: University of<br />
Helsinki. 261-281.<br />
Saari, Paula. 2014. Selling the Scenery or Preserving the Wilderness : Canadian<br />
Members of Parliament and their Views on the Purpose of National Parks, 1945–<br />
64. International Journal of Canadian Studies 49. 253-284.<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
NACS continues to offer MA student travel scholarships (€ 1,200) for research<br />
trips to Canada, but none were funded in the period between June 2013-May<br />
2014.<br />
8) Research / Recherches Ongoing research in political science, linguistics, literature, social sciences,<br />
strategic studies, gender studies, history, indigenous studies, sociology,<br />
education, Arctic Studies, etc.<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
Plans for NACS triennial conference to be held in one of the Nordic countries in<br />
Summer 2015 are underway; location and details to be confirmed as soon as<br />
possible. The conference aims to draw together up to a hundred speakers as<br />
well as other participants particularly from the Nordic countries, Europe and<br />
Canada.
ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES IN CHINA
ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES IN THE NETHERLANDS<br />
1) President / Président<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
Dr. Cornelius Remie<br />
One, at Groningen University<br />
116 individual members<br />
http://www.acsn.nl/<br />
2014<br />
5) Activities / Activités<br />
As announced in the annual report for the reporting period 2012-2013, the<br />
ACSN was forced to downscale its activities drastically. The size of the<br />
Executive Board was reduced to 3 members and the number of board<br />
meetings was restricted. ACSN continued its support of the EU-Canada<br />
Study Tour and Internship Programme, "Thinking Canada". This is in line<br />
with the highest priority given by ACSN to the support of student exchange<br />
now that DFAIT scholarship programs do not exist anymore.<br />
As a result of lack of funds for administrative and organizational<br />
undertakings, activities during the 2013-2014 reporting year were therefore<br />
extremely limited and restricted to :<br />
• 3 executive board meetings<br />
• financial support of the EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship<br />
Programme 2013, "Thinking Canada"<br />
• Participation in the EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme<br />
2013, "Thinking Canada", 1-29 September 2013: Mrs. Jantine Bresser<br />
(Radboud University, Nijmegen).<br />
• Collaboration with the Netherlands Department of Foreign Affairs i.e.<br />
participation (dr. C. Remie) in the briefing of the new Dutch<br />
Ambassador to Canada, His Excellency Cees Kole who replaced<br />
former ambassador Wim Geerts in September 2013<br />
• Preparation of visit to the new Dutch ambassador in Ottawa, Cees<br />
Kole, by ICCS vice-president Development Danny Ben Natan for<br />
purposes of sponsorship.<br />
• Participation (dr. C. Remie) in the Workshop “From Pole to Pole” held<br />
at the State Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, March 15, 2014. Meeting<br />
with Mrs. Louise Flaherty, Director Inuit Language & Culture Programs<br />
of the Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut, to explore future<br />
cooperation.<br />
• Participation in the 38 th meeting of the European Network for Canada<br />
Studies in Brussels (dr. C. Remie, drs. I. Salverda)<br />
• Regular consultation with representatives of the Canadian Embassy at<br />
the Hague.<br />
• Regular updating of the ACSN website (drs. I. Salverda)<br />
6) Publications<br />
N.A. (publication series Canada Cahiers was discontinued due to lack of<br />
funds)
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards &<br />
prizes received by members / Bourses offertes par<br />
l’association. Prix reçus par les membres de<br />
l’association<br />
8) Research / Recherches<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
During the reporting year 2013-2014 ACSN Student Research Awards were<br />
granted to:<br />
• Florian Langstraat (University of Amsterdam) for his project: "Instruments<br />
for Transition? The Impact of Future Visions of Urban Mobility in Canada<br />
and the Netherlands", project to be carried out during his stay at the<br />
University of Toronto<br />
• Tim Donkers (Wageningen University) for his project "Challenges and<br />
Opportunityies of Conjunctive Water Management in Alberta", project to<br />
be carried out during his internship at the Netherlands Trade Office in<br />
Edmonton and at the Department of Environment and Sustainable<br />
Resource Development of the government of Alberta<br />
• Anne Nijland and Floortje Goossens (Wageningen University) for their<br />
project “Sustainable landscape system for the environment and society<br />
of the oil sands industry in Alberta, Canada”, project to be carried out at<br />
Fort McMurray, Alberta<br />
During the reporting year 2013-2014 ACSN Student Networking Awards<br />
were granted to:<br />
• Lisanne Overweg (University of Amsterdam) for following M.A. courses<br />
at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC.<br />
Major areas of research by ACSN members continue to be in the realm of<br />
sustainability, political systems and economics, as well as issues regarding<br />
first nations peoples, and English and French Canadian Literature.<br />
Participation in projects (under discussion with the Canadian embassy in The<br />
Hague) related to commemorate 75 years of diplomatic relations between<br />
Canada and the Netherlands, as well as the commemoration of 70 years of<br />
liberation.<br />
Further activities will be mainly restricted to the support of student exchanges.
INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES
ISRAEL ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
1) President / Président Daniel Ben-Natan<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web www.iacs.org.il<br />
5) Activities / Activités 14 th International Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies - Canada and<br />
Israel in a Changing World: New Trends and Directions<br />
The 14 th I'ntl Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies, sponsored by the<br />
Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies and the Israel Association for Canadian<br />
Studies took place May 20-22, 2013 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,<br />
Maiersdorf Faculty Club (Mt. Scopus):<br />
Public Lecture Series<br />
The Israel Association for Canadian Studies and the Halbert Centre public<br />
lecture series addresses Canadian topics and issues before an Israeli academic<br />
audience and the general public.<br />
• On June 10, 2013, Prof. Josip Novakovich, of the Concordia<br />
University English department, gave a public lecture on “Found in<br />
Translation: A Literary Voyage from Croatia to Canada.” During his<br />
lecture, Prof. Novakovich read excerpts from his book Apricots from<br />
Chernobyl and took questions from the audience about his work and<br />
creative writing. Prof. Shuli Barzilai, of the Hebrew University’s English<br />
department, chaired the event, which was attended by Croatian<br />
ambassador to Israel Pjer Šimunović.<br />
• On March 12, 2014, Prof. Robert A. Kenedy, from the Department of<br />
Sociology, York University, gave a public lecture on "Diasporic<br />
Liminality from France to HContexts". The Halbert Centre was<br />
invited to participate in the lecture along with the Institute of<br />
Contemporary Jewry. Prof. Rehav Rubin, Chair of the Halbert Centre's<br />
Academic Committee, welcomed the lecture attendants.<br />
• On March 26 th , 2014, Dr. Alain Beaudet, the Bullock Chair recipient,<br />
gave a public lecture on "Health Research for the 21st Century:<br />
Opportunities and Challenges". Prof. Isaiah Arkin, Vice President for<br />
Research and Development, Chaired the event.<br />
6) Publications<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
2013 Israel Association for Canadian Studies and the Halbert Centre Peter<br />
Lougheed Fellowship Recipients<br />
The Fellowships in Canadian Studies assist Israeli MA and PhD students<br />
working on a dissertation or thesis that has significant Canadian content.<br />
Recipients receive funding to collect data in Canada, meet Canadian experts in<br />
their field, and/or take advanced courses at Canadian universities.<br />
The 2013-2014 recipient was Amit Tubi, from the Department of Geography, for<br />
his research proposal: “Vulnerability and Adaptation to Floods in Canada’s<br />
Largest City: Conflict, Cooperation and Institutional Capacity.”<br />
The 2014-2015 fellowship was awarded to two recipients. Eran Ben-Ari, from
the School of Business Administration, for his research proposal: "The<br />
Translation of Online Technology – The Case of Google Analytics". Gidon Jakar,<br />
from the Department of Geography, for his research proposal: " Hamilton's Race<br />
for an NHL Team: A Canadian Perspective on Professional Sports and Local<br />
Development".<br />
Arie Shachar Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Canadian Studies at the<br />
Hebrew University<br />
The fellowship is co-sponsored by the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew<br />
University, the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies and the Israel Association for<br />
Canadian Studies. It enables recent PhDs recipients of the Hebrew University<br />
working on post-doctoral projects with significant Canadian content to carry out<br />
their research at any university in Canada.<br />
The 2013–14 fellowship was awarded to Alexander Rosenblatt, from the<br />
department of musicology, for his proposed work on “Music of Indigenous<br />
Anglicans in British Columbia, Canada: Codes of Cultural Identity.”<br />
The 2014-2015 fellowship was awarded to Ronit Levine-Schnur, from the<br />
Faculty of Law, for her proposed work on "Property Rights, the Passage of Time,<br />
and Considerations of Justice in Canada and in Israel".<br />
8) Research / Recherches<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
14th International Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies -<br />
Canada and Israel in a Changing World
RUSSIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES
BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES
VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
We regret to inform the ICCS that the VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN STUDIES- R.E.V.E.C.<br />
does not have any activities to report during 2013-2104.<br />
Dr Diego Zambrabo and Dra. Emperatriz Arreaza-Camero<br />
Past and Current President of the VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN STUDIES- R.E.V.E.C
THE KOREAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
1) President / Président Alex Moon<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres 168<br />
4) Web site / Site Web www.kacs.kr<br />
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5) Activities / Activités The year 2013 marked the 50 th anniversary of the beginning of the diplomatic ties<br />
between Canada and Korea. There were many activities to celebrate the<br />
anniversary, including the “Canadian Cultural Festival” held at Sookmyung<br />
Women’s University from May 21 to July 19, complete with exhibitions of<br />
Canadian photographs and books; Korea-Canada Energy Industry Cooperation<br />
Forum, October 8; and Canada-Korea Science and Technology Workshop,<br />
November 28-29.<br />
6) Publications<br />
Asian Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1 & 2, June and December 2013<br />
e-newsletters (March, June, and November)<br />
Selected article jounals on Canada published by members of KACS:<br />
Moosung Lee, Hyung Min Kim, and David L. Rousseau. 2013. “The Bilateral<br />
Cooperation between South Korea and Canada: Norms in Reality in<br />
Environmental Politics.” Korea Observer 44(1): 113-141.<br />
Miu Chung Yan and Andrew Eungi Kim. 2013. “Civic and Judicial Multiculturalism<br />
of Canada: A Critical Assessment of the Canadian<br />
Model of Diversity for South Korea.” Korea Observer 44(1): 87-112.<br />
Eun Gee Yun. 2013. “A Comparative Analysis of Corruption in Canada and<br />
South Korea: Focusing the Effect of Corruption on Societal Development and<br />
Social Capital.” Korea Observer 44(1): 143-165.<br />
Sungwook Yoon. 2013. “South Korea’s Free Trade Agreement<br />
Roadmap and Canada: A Case of Promise and Betrayal.” Korea Observer 44(1):<br />
167-198.<br />
Jongtae Kim. 2013. “The Contextual Understanding of Korean Multiculture - A<br />
Comparison with the Canadian Case.” Asiatic Research 56(2): 293-327 (in<br />
Korean).<br />
Jiil Tak. 2013. “American and Canadian Churches’ Understanding of the Korean<br />
War.” Korean Christianity and History Vol. 39: 281-305 (in Korean).<br />
Hyeongi Shin. 2013. “Study on Canadian Municipal Police System.” Police<br />
Studies 6(3): 3-23 (in Korean).<br />
Hyun Jung Kim. 2013. “Analysis on the Resilience of Canadian Banks during the<br />
Global Financial Crisis of 2008-10.” Korean Economic Journal 52(1): 73-117 (in<br />
Korean).<br />
Sun Young Oh. 2013. “Analysis on WTO Adjudication of Canada -Renewable<br />
Energy, and Its Implication on the Renewable Energy Policies in Korea.”<br />
Kyungsang Law Studies 21(4): 363-382 (in Korean).<br />
Gyeong Mi Jeong. 2013. “Minority Education in Elementary School Social<br />
Studies in Canada: with Focus on Ontario.” Elementary Curriculum Studies Vol.
17: 89-112 (in Korean).<br />
Ha Yoon Jung. 2013. “Party System and Regional Party- The Case of the Rise of<br />
Bloc Quebecois in the 1993 Canadian Federal Election.”<br />
International Area Studies Research 17(2): 29-48 (in Korean).<br />
In Won Lee. 2013. “Exploring the Role of Local Governments in Implementation<br />
of Multicultural Policy: Lesson from Canada Cases.” Social Science Studies<br />
39(1): 97-123 (in Korean).<br />
Yeon-Ok Seong. 2013. “A Comparative Study of Multiculturalism in the United<br />
States, Canada and Australia.” Business Management Consulting Review 4(2):<br />
23-44 (in Korean).<br />
Misun Kim, Minsung Sohn, and Mangyu Choi. 2013. “Current State and<br />
Characteristics of Military Survey in Developed Countries: Focused on the<br />
Surveys of United States, Australia, and Canada.” Digital Policy Research<br />
11(12): 537-549 (in Korean).<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
8) Research / Recherches<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
A conference is planned on the theme of “Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement:<br />
Challenges and Prospects” in October.
MEXICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
AMEC reported that they will have a call for nominations for a new Executive this year and will<br />
probably change the Host Institution.
ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES IN ARGENTINA
CENTRAL EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
1) President / Président<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
Diana Yankova<br />
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5) Activities / Activités Academic conferences<br />
• 11th Conference of the Hungarian Society for the Study of English<br />
(HUSSE), January 24-26, 2013 at Eötvös Loránd University,<br />
Budapest; a special Canadian session.<br />
• 3rd Student Conference on Inter-American Studies, February 15-16,<br />
2013, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia<br />
• 6th International Conference of the Serbian Association for Canadian<br />
Studies, April 20-22, 2013, Belgrade, Serbia<br />
• 5th International Unconventional Conference of Young Canadianists,<br />
September 19-21, 2013, Baia Mare Centre of the Technical University<br />
of Cluj-Napoca, Romania<br />
• International conference on Crossing Boundaries in Culture and<br />
Communication, organized by the Department of Foreign Languages<br />
of the Romanian-American University, Bucharest, November 1-2,<br />
2013, panels dedicated to Canadian Studies.<br />
In 2013 CEACS members presented over 100 papers at academic conferences<br />
in the Central European region and in scholarly events in Canada, France,<br />
Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Turkey and the<br />
UK.<br />
Outreach has been a priority for the association. Some activities include:<br />
interviews with Central European Canadianists on national radio or television<br />
(Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia); interview with D. Yankova as the newly<br />
elected CEACS President by Bulgarian Horizons, published in Toronto;<br />
collaborative activities between universities (Dimitrie Cantemir University,<br />
Romania and University of Athens, Greece); training of secondary-school<br />
teachers, presentations for their students (the Czech Republic, Hungary).<br />
Cultural activities. In 2013 Canadian Centers in the region organized about 40<br />
cultural events, often in collaboration with the local Canadian missions, among<br />
them an exhibition and literary reading of Alice Munro’s stories at Maribor<br />
University and an Alice Munroe interview on national television (Slovenia);<br />
Romanian-Canadian Cultural Diversity concert (Bucharest); screenings of<br />
Canadian films (Belgrade Film Festival, Zagreb, Prague); Francophonie concert<br />
(Montenegro); Journées de la Francophonie (Iasi, Romania; Hradec Kralové,<br />
Czech Republic); Canada Days (Skopje); Inuit Day (Budapest), presentation of<br />
the book L'âme du minotaure by the author Dominike Audet (Prague). The<br />
exhibition “Images of Canadian Slovenians” by Dr. Urska Strle (Slovenia) was<br />
held at the City Hall, Toronto.<br />
Young Canadianists. CEACS members supervise many MA or PhD theses<br />
being written on Canadian topics by young Canadianists, 39 of whom are also<br />
members of the CEACS. It has given them grants to participate in academic<br />
conferences and do research in Brno at the Canadian Studies Centre at<br />
Masaryk University, which houses the largest collection of Canada-related<br />
books in the Central European region (around 5,500 titles). The centre<br />
welcomes researchers and scans materials for members, academics as well as<br />
students.
New Courses. Several new courses were launched at the universities of the<br />
CEACS countries in 2013: three courses at Masaryk University, Czech<br />
Republic: Identité et culture dans les zones francophones, Traductions<br />
tchèques de la littérature québécoise, North American Cross-cultural Narratives;<br />
one course at the University of Szeged, Hungary: Introduction à la culture et<br />
littérature québécoise, and Aboriginal Peoples' Rights at Baia Mare University,<br />
Romania.<br />
CEACS members lecturing outside home university: CEACS members have<br />
travelled abroad to give lectures and teach courses in countries within the<br />
region – the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary – as well as in Austria,<br />
Germany, Finland, Poland, Spain and Turkey.<br />
Visiting lecturers. Danielle Forget (University of Ottawa) at the University of<br />
Pecs, Hungary; Ross Braes (Vancouver School of Music) at Karoli Gaspar<br />
University and Debrecen University, Hungary; playwright Sheldon Rosen at<br />
Bucharest University, Romania; Konrad Gross (University of Kiel) at Bucharest<br />
University, Romania; Eva Darias-Beautell (University of La Laguna, Tenerife,<br />
Spain) at Masaryk University, Czech Republic; Serge Guilbaut (University of<br />
Vancouver) at Masaryk University, Czech Republic.<br />
4th EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme “Thinking Canada”.<br />
The CEACS continued to act as grant recipient for this European Commission<br />
financed programme, with D. Sparling (Czech Republic) serving as Executive<br />
Director. The study tour, which took place September 1-29, included 32<br />
students from 23 EU Member States. Cities visited: Brussels, Ottawa, Québec,<br />
Montréal, Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver.<br />
6) Publications The CEACS continued to publish its own journal – the Central European Journal<br />
of Canadian Studies – which is annotated in a number of academic databases.<br />
CEACS members penned over 80 publications – monographs, articles, reviews<br />
and translations - which appeared in scholarly journals and books within the<br />
region and in Canada, Germany and the UK.<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
The CEACS awarded eight Travel Grants to its members to attend conferences<br />
as well as six grants to do research at the Canadian Studies Centre at Masaryk<br />
University, Brno.<br />
CEACS past-President Janos Kenyeres was awarded the ICCS Certificate of<br />
Merit.<br />
8) Research / Recherches<br />
CEACS Translation Research Project. Annual updating of the project<br />
database, for the purpose of ongoing research.<br />
University projects<br />
English Language Writing in Quebec (University of Debrecen)<br />
Canada in the English classroom III (Karoli Gasper University, Budapest)<br />
International Project on Gender Studies (University of Nis)<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
One-day Canadianist conference in Zagreb, preparation for the CEACS triennial<br />
conference in Zagreb in October 2015; Canadian Multiculturalism Thematic<br />
Day, Budapest; 3rd Annual Student Conference on Inter-American Studies,<br />
Bratislava.
1) President / Président<br />
POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
Dr. Marcin Gabryś<br />
2014<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
5) Activities / Activités<br />
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Colloque: Le 6 e Congrès des Canadianistes Polonais – Le Royaume<br />
paisible? Relations entre les communautés culturelles et linguistiques du<br />
Canada et l’application de la loi (l’Université Adam Mickiewicz, Poznań, 5-7<br />
avril 2013)<br />
Colloque: Atelier francophone 2013: Francophonie vis-à-vis ses « maux<br />
» et ses mots (Université Nicolas Copernic, Toruń, 20 mars 2013)<br />
La 3ème Journée du Canada, l’Université Adam Mickiewicz (Poznań, 8<br />
avril 2013)<br />
The Arctic Science Summit Week, Kraków, 13-18 April 2013<br />
Conference: Transformations / Metamorphoses: The Notion of Change<br />
in Contemporary North American Literature and Culture (University of<br />
Łódź, 11 May 2013)<br />
Days of Canadian Culture, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec (13-15 May<br />
2013)<br />
Canada Fair Day, University of Szczecin (14 May 2013)<br />
Summary of the year 2012 in Canada, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, 5<br />
June 2013)<br />
Canada Queer Day, Warsaw (18 August 2013)<br />
Journée du Québec, Université de Silésie, Sosnowiec (17 décembre 2013)<br />
II Festival of Canadian Culture & Students’ Conference “The Arctic”,<br />
Jagiellonian University, Krakow (18-22 November 2013)<br />
Conference: Canadians and the Environment: Historical, Cultural, and<br />
Literary Perspectives, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Lublin, 12-13<br />
February 2014)<br />
Conference: Kanade, di Goldene Medine? Perspectives on Canadian-<br />
Jewish Literature and Culture, University of Łódź (2-5 April 2014)<br />
“Discover Canada” competition / knowledge quiz (śory, 16 April 2014)<br />
The following Canadian scholars, artists and writers gave guest<br />
presentations at Polish universities:<br />
Ewa Mosiniak - University of Łódź<br />
Andrew J. Borkowski - Nicolas Copernicus University, Toruń<br />
Monique Mojica - University of Silesia, Sosnowiec<br />
Myrna Kostash - University of Silesia, Sosnowiec / Szczecin University<br />
Marlene Atleo - University of Silesia, Sosnowiec<br />
Ana Rewakowicz - University of Silesia, Sosnowiec<br />
The following PACS members gave guest presentations at universities<br />
outside of Poland:<br />
Hartmut Lutz - University of Bamberg (Germany), University of British<br />
Columbia, University of Northern British Columbia<br />
Józef Kwaterko - l’Université Bordeaux-3 (France); Saarbrücken<br />
(Germany)<br />
Krzysztof Majer - Ege Üniversitesi, Izmir, Turkey
6) Publications<br />
Anna Reczyńska, Braterstwo a bagaŜ narodowy. Relacje etniczne w<br />
Kościele katolickim na ziemiach kanadyjskich do I wojny światowej.<br />
Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2013.<br />
Anna Branach-Kallas (ed.), Niuanse wyobcowania. Diaspora i tematyka<br />
polska w Kanadzie. Wyd. Naukowe UMK, Toruń, 2014.<br />
Jonathan Locke Hart, Oddech i pył. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu<br />
Łódzkiego, Łódź, 2013.<br />
Michael Crumney, Dostatek, Wyd. Wiatr od Morza, Gdańska, 2013.<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
Until May 2012 PACS offered programs allowing support for research trips<br />
within Poland and abroad, and for conference participation. The programs,<br />
however, were suspended due to Canadian government’s decision to cease<br />
financial support of Understanding Canada Program (incl. financial<br />
contribution to PACS budget). The list of suspended programs:<br />
Conference grants - allow to cover travel expenses for Canadianists<br />
(PACS members) who attend conferences outside Poland or do their<br />
research in European libraries. The grants are offered yearly in two rounds.<br />
Library grants - allow a partial cover of travel expenses and<br />
accommodation for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students as<br />
well as for other scholars (PACS members) who plan to do their research in<br />
the libraries of Canadian Studies Centres in Poland.<br />
Lecture tours by Polish and foreign professors, and invited Canadian<br />
artists. All tours are co-financed by receiving universities and PACS. One of<br />
the objectives is to enable Polish students studying Canadian topics to<br />
participate in lectures of Canadian scholars.<br />
The only grant we offer on a regular yearly basis is:<br />
Nancy Burke Best M.A. Thesis Award – This PACS Award is designed to<br />
promote each year an outstanding M.A. thesis on a Canadian topic written<br />
in Poland (in either Polish, French or English), and which contributes to a<br />
better understanding of Canada in Poland. The award is consistent with the<br />
ICCS's strategy of fostering a new generation of Canadianists.<br />
Sylwia Bezak (Jagiellonian University) - Nancy Burke Best M.A. Thesis<br />
Award; Inuici kanadyjskiego rejonu Arktyki wobec postępującej zmiany<br />
klimatu i środowiska naturalnego na początku XXI wieku [The Inuit of<br />
Canadian Arctic: Their attitude towards progressive climate and<br />
environmental chanches at the beginning of the 21st century].<br />
Michał Wiącek (Université de Wrocław) & Alina Grygierczyk (University of<br />
Silesia, Sosnowiec) – participation in EU-Canada Study Tour & Internship<br />
Programme « Thinking Canada »<br />
Jagoda Tuz (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin) & Mateusz Krycki<br />
(Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, University, Warsaw) – participation in EU-<br />
Canada Study Tour & Internship Programme « Thinking Canada »<br />
Iwona Wrońska (The Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce) – Seconddegree<br />
Prize of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education,<br />
Warsaw, 2013.<br />
Piotr Sadkowski (Université Nicolas Copernic) – Prix du Recteur de<br />
l’Université Nicolas Copernic de Toruń pour sa thèse d’habilitation<br />
Récits odysséens. Le thème du retour d’exil dans l’écriture migrante au<br />
Québec et en France (publiée en 2011), Toruń, 2013.<br />
Agata Trociuk (Université de Limoges, France, Université de Montréal,<br />
Canada) - Bourse d’exemption des droits supplémentaires de scolarité<br />
pour étudiants internationaux, Université de Montréal, 2013.
8) Research / Recherches<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
Literature is the dominant discipline. History and social sciences are also<br />
well-represented. Among PACS members one can find experts in Canadian<br />
theatre, cinema and media, Native issues (history, culture, literature, etc.),<br />
environmental issues, Canadian history and literature (both French and<br />
English), political sciences, linguistics, sociology, culture and identity<br />
studies, gender and immigration studies. PACS members are not only<br />
established scholars, but also PhD and graduate students, who constitute a<br />
majority of Polish Canadianists. Some members come from other countries<br />
like Ukraine, Romania, France or Canada. Due to PACS’s status as a nonprofit<br />
association, the possibilities of financial development are quite limited.<br />
The annual grant received from Foreign Affairs Canada allowed PACS to<br />
support the majority of its activities, which had to be suspended due to the<br />
budget cuts introduced by the Canadian government in May 2012. The<br />
whole budget now comes from the membership fees, which allows for<br />
running a strictly limited number of PACS own programs (see point 7<br />
above). PACS also promotes grants and programs offered by ICCS-CIEC<br />
(Postdoctoral Fellowships, Graduate Student Scholarships). Despite the<br />
limited budget, within a few months the seventh issue of Polish Journal of<br />
Canadian Studies TransCanadiana will be published. We are planning to<br />
work on the further diversification of PACS activities and encourage new<br />
members and disciplines.<br />
Conference: Music in Literature, Literature in Music: North American<br />
Intermedial Exchanges (University of Łódź, 17 May 2014)<br />
International Conference: The aesthetics and politics of contemporary<br />
women's life-writing in Canada and the US: multicultural perspectives<br />
(Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 7 March 2015)<br />
Students’ conference: Multiculturalism, the Final Frontier?<br />
Representations of Diversity in Canadian Mass Media and Popular<br />
Culture (University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, 14 May 2014)<br />
Conference: Re-Imagining the First World War: (Hi)stories, Myths, and<br />
Propaganda in Anglophone Literature and Culture (Nicolaus Copernicus<br />
University, Toruń, 25-26 September 2014)<br />
Congress of Polish-Canadians, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University<br />
(Warsaw, 7-8 November 2014)
AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR QUÉBEC STUDIES
CATEDRA DE ESTUDIOS SOBRE CANADA, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA HABANA (CUBA)<br />
1) President / Président<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres/<br />
Beatriz Díaz<br />
4) Web site / Site Web<br />
http://www.flacso.uh.cu; http://www.wefla.org<br />
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5) Activities / Activités<br />
HE Yves Gagnon at the Canadian Students Centre in Havana<br />
Dr. John Camerron presenting at the Canadian Studies<br />
Conference<br />
1- Conference on the 20 th Anniversary of the University of Havana Canadian<br />
Studies Centre: “Canada-Cuba Academic Cooperation” (March 18/20,<br />
2014)<br />
Inaugurated by HE Yves Gagnon, Canadian Ambassador in Havana and<br />
Mr. Elio Rodriguez, Director of the Europe and Canada Department,<br />
Cuban Ministry of External Relations.<br />
Keynote speaker: Dr. John Cameron, Director, International Development<br />
Studies, Dalhousie University<br />
Special presentation by Ms. Danielle Mingay, Representative,<br />
Cooperation Section, Embassy of Canada<br />
In 7 panels 24 papers were presented by scholars from 12 universities<br />
and researches centers.<br />
90 participants daily, 20 of them students.<br />
2- University of Holguin VIII International Seminar on Canadian Studies<br />
(April 23/25, 2014)<br />
Participants: 46 Canadian Academics coming from 31 universities and<br />
other institutions, as well of a quite representative group of Cuban<br />
Canadianists coming from 6 Cuban Universities.<br />
Papers presented : 49<br />
3- University of Oriente special lectures by Hal Klepak and Sandra Rein<br />
(April 2014), 70 participants, more than 50% of them students.<br />
4- Visit of HE Yves Gagnon, Canadian Ambassador in Havana to the<br />
Canadian Studies Centres University of Havana (January 23 th , 2014) and<br />
University of Holguin (April 2 nd , 2014).<br />
5- Visit of the Canadian Vice Minister David Morrison to the Canadian<br />
Studies Centre, University of Havana (March 12, 2014)<br />
6- Student Exchanges: Canadian students from several Canadian<br />
universities took courses at the universities of Havana, Holguin and<br />
Oriente.<br />
All Canadian universities give the credits to the students for the courses<br />
taken in Cuba.<br />
Special presentation by Ms. Danielle Mingay<br />
6) Publications Proceedings of the VIII International Seminar on Canadian Studies: Canada:<br />
Managing Social and Cultural Diversity. ISBN 978-959-16-2282-2<br />
http://www.wefla.org<br />
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members /<br />
University of Oriente “Canada Day Student´s Contest 2013”, 220 participants, 3<br />
awards granted.<br />
8) Research / Recherches Canada’s Foreign Policy, Democracy and Rule of Law, Economic Development,<br />
Environment, Managing Diversity, North American Partnership, Peace and<br />
Security, Interdisciplinary Studies on Canada,<br />
Canadian Culture, Literary Studies, Canadian History, Quebec<br />
Studies<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
Canadian Studies Conferences :<br />
University of Havana (March 16/18, 2015)<br />
University of Holguin (April 27/297, 2015)<br />
University of Oriente (March 19/20, 2015)
CHILEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES<br />
Sergio Stange has responded that the ACHECA is practically paralyzed, however they have not dissolved the<br />
Association and they still have the legal status. Without the financial support that they used to receive from Canada is<br />
very difficult to survive.
CANADIAN STUDIES CENTRE IN PARAGUAY (CPEP)
CANADIAN STUDIES NETWORK – RÉSEAU D’ÉTUDES CANADIENNES<br />
2014<br />
1) President / Président Professor Colin Coates<br />
2) # of Canadian Studies Centres /<br />
# des Centres d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong><br />
3) # of Members / # des Membres 183<br />
4) Web site / Site Web www.csn-rec.ca<br />
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5) Activities / Activités<br />
Conference and CSN-RÉC annual general meeting: Meeting Places: An<br />
International Canadian Studies Conference<br />
Sept 18-21, 2013. St. Mary’s University, Halifax and Mount Allison<br />
University, Sackville, New Brunswick www.smu.ca/events/meetingplaces/.<br />
CSN/RÉC contacts and consults its members primarily through our listserv and<br />
website. In 2012-2013 we completely revised our website and have introduced<br />
online membership acquisition and renewal. Notre site web contient de plus en<br />
plus de textes dans les deux langues. Karli Whitmore continues to work as a<br />
part-time administrator and membership coordinator and has been very<br />
successful in increasing our membership.<br />
Delegates of the Meeting Places conference at<br />
Glooscap Heritage Centre and Mi’kmaw Museum<br />
Many Canadian Studies activities occur throughout Canada sponsored by<br />
Centres, programmes and individual members. Here are some examples:<br />
• Endangered Languages Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON,<br />
Oct. 1-4, 2013<br />
• 27th Annual Two Days of Canada: Educating [in] Canada: Inequalities,<br />
Controversies, Debates, Possibilities. Brock University, St. Catharines,<br />
ON, Nov. 7-8, 2013.<br />
• The North at Trent 2013 lecture series, Jan-Feb, 2013.<br />
• The Crisis in Democracy, Elizabeth May, Annual Mallory Lecture,<br />
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Mar. 7, 2014.<br />
• Graduate Student Conference “Canada: Place, Space and the Politics<br />
of Identity” Robarts Centre, York University. Apr. 4, 2014.<br />
More information on activities at Canadian Studies centres can be found on their<br />
websites:<br />
Delegates of the Meeting Places conference at<br />
Fort Beauséjour.<br />
• Mount Allison Centre for Canadian Studies:<br />
www.mta.ca/faculty/arts-letters/canadian_studies/index.html<br />
• Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies at Trent<br />
University: www.trentu.ca/frostcentre/<br />
• Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York University:<br />
robarts.info.yorku.ca/<br />
• UBC Centre for Canadian Studies: www.canadianstudies.ubc.ca<br />
• McGill Institute for the Study of Canada: www.mcgill.ca/misc/<br />
6) Publications Canada-based scholars produce a wealth of publications related to Canada. Les<br />
membres du RÉC-CSN ont publié les livres suivants:<br />
• Dimitry Anastakis, Autonomous State: The Epic Struggle for a<br />
Canadian Car Industry from OPEC to Free Trade (Toronto: University<br />
of Toronto Press, 2013)<br />
• Eric Ball, Archibald Lapman: Memory, Nature, Progress (Montreal:<br />
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013)<br />
• Thomas R. Klassen, Retirement in Canada (Toronto: Oxford University<br />
Press, 2013)<br />
• Julia Harrison, A Timeless Place: The Ontario Cottage (Vancouver.<br />
UBC Press, 2013)
7) Grants awarded by the association. Awards<br />
& prizes received by members / Bourses<br />
offertes par l’association. Prix reçus par les<br />
membres de l’association<br />
• Geoffrey Ewen et Colin Coates, dirs. Introduction aux etudes<br />
<strong>canadiennes</strong> : histoires, identités et cultures (Ottawa, Presses de<br />
l'Université d'Ottawa, 2012)<br />
• Claire Campbell, ed. A Century of Parks Canada 1911-2011 (Calgary:<br />
University of Calgary Press, 2011)<br />
• Christl Verduyn and Jane Koustas, eds. Canadian Studies: Past,<br />
Present, Praxis (Halifax: Fernwood Press. 2012)<br />
• Kirsty Johnston, Stage Turns: Canadian Disability Theatre (Montreal:<br />
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012)<br />
• Eli MacLaren, Dominion and Agency: Copyright and the Structuring of<br />
the Canadian Book Trade, 1867-1918 (Toronto. University of Toronto<br />
Press, 2012)<br />
• Gregory Betts, Avant-Garde Canadian Literature: The Early<br />
Manifestations (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012)<br />
• Lynda Mannik, Photography, Memory, and Refugee Identity: The<br />
Voyage of the SS Walnut, 1948 (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013)<br />
• Martin Pâquet and Marcel Martel, Speaking Up. A History of Language<br />
and Politics in Canadian and Quebec (Toronto Between the Lines,<br />
2012)<br />
• Veronica Strong-Boag, Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History<br />
of Childhood Disadvantage (Waterloo: Wilfrid Lauier University Press,<br />
2011)<br />
Interdisciplinary Canadian Studies journals published in Canada include the<br />
Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études <strong>canadiennes</strong>, Topia, and Globe:<br />
Revue <strong>international</strong>e des études québécoises. Other Canadian discipline-based<br />
journals publish a wealth of material related to Canada.<br />
• Winner of the 2013 CSN-RÉC Book Prize: Kathryn Magee Labelle,<br />
Dispersed, But Not Destroyed: A History of the Seventeenth-Century<br />
Wendat People (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013). This award recognises<br />
an outstanding scholarly book on a Canadian subject and that best<br />
advances our knowledge and understanding of Canada and Canadian<br />
Studies.<br />
• Winner of the 2013 CSN-RÉC PhD Dissertation Prize: Jaime Yard,<br />
Working Natures: An Ethnography of Love, Labour, and Accumulation<br />
on the British Columbian Coast (2012, Anthropology Department, York<br />
University.) This award recognises dissertations on a Canadian subject<br />
that transcend disciplinary boundaries and demonstrate innovation in<br />
thought and/or methodology.<br />
• Competitions for the 2013 outstanding Masters thesis and<br />
Undergraduate Essay on a Canadian subject that transcend<br />
disciplinary boundaries and demonstrate innovation in thought and/or<br />
methodology are currently in process.<br />
8) Research / Recherches Les membres individuels poursuivent leurs propres activités de recherche dans<br />
tous les champs reliés aux études <strong>canadiennes</strong>. Among the many research<br />
areas covered by members of the association are the following: history;<br />
politics/policy; literature; museums; tourism; Indigenous peoples; visual<br />
culture/art; drama; health; religion; environment; immigration and<br />
multiculturalism; media/communications.<br />
9) Up-coming activities & events /<br />
Activités & événements à venir<br />
Conference and CSN-RÉC annual general meeting: Our AGM will<br />
be held this year in conjunction with the Versions of Canada<br />
Conference to be held in Charlottetown, September 25-27, 2014.<br />
The conference is organized by the Canadian Studies<br />
Programme, UPEI.