The International Canadianist

International Council for Canadian Studies March 2008 A Word from the President

The year 2007 has been an eventful one for the ICCS. be taken into account and attempts will be made to link traditional fields of study to Without any exaggeration one can say that the study of these priorities. is at something of a crossroad. Although the Treasury Board’s decision to discontinue funding of As for teaching, the new global setting is undergoing fundamental changes, notably Canada’s international academic relations was in the fields of electronic or virtual resources. Whereas in the past accessibility to revoked, ICCS was certainly not out of the woods. traditional resource materials for the study of Canada has been difficult due to high Major budget cuts were looming. Much depended upon costs, language barriers and distance, ICCS activities will now not only focus on the status ascribed to the international Canadian facilitating access to resource material, but also on the identification, production, Studies Program within the Department of Foreign and dissemination of this material. Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and on the perceived potential of that program to act in support of Attracting new students and new faculty to the study of Canada will be of major the priorities of the Canadian government. In this importance in the next years. Various strategies are being developed to prevent a Teaching and Research in Cornelius Remie context, the forum on continuity problem in the study of Canada from arising as a result of the aging Canadian Studies in the Changing Academic World, ICCS President faculty population which will retire before long. Among the many plans to rejuvenate held 24 May 2007 in Edmonton in conjunction with the the ranks of Canadianists is the proposal to establish an ICCS Young Scholars ICCS annual general meeting, was of utmost importance. Research Seminar, which will bring together bright young students who are in the process of finishing or who have recently finished a Ph.D. thesis on a Canadian The forum focused on four topic areas: research, teaching, rejuvenation and subject. The purpose of the seminar is not only academic: it also aims at outreach. The main challenges and objectives of these areas were discussed, as communicating international insights on Canada to a wider Canadian audience. well as the strategies to meet these challenges and the resources needed to Meetings with leading people from the public sector, the business community and implement the strategies. The Edmonton Forum generated a great number of the media in Canada will be part of the program. recommendations (see page 3 for a list of them) that assisted the staff of the Academic Relations Division of DFAIT in redefining its program, which will Last but not least, the 2008-2013 Strategic Plan develops an entirely new henceforth be called Understanding Canada. The new program will become communications strategy which will assist ICCS in conveying the results of effective as of 1 April 2008. The new title is symbolic in that it stands for a new research and teaching and its significance for Canada, to a wider, primarily approach to international academic relations that should be viewed in the context of Canadian, audience. the Government’s Advantage Canada agenda and DFAIT’s more strategic approach to public diplomacy. Understanding Canada will be more relevant to The ICCS is looking forward to its upcoming conference Canada Exposed/Le government and departmental priorities while continuing to respect academic Canada à Découvert that will be held in , 27-29 May 2008. The conference, freedom. Moreover, it will take into account changes in post-secondary education in which features over 60 Canadianists (60 % are from outside Canada, and over Canada and abroad, and a growing emphasis on comparative studies and 50 % are young scholars), will focus on little known or studied aspects of Canada. research. Although Understanding Canada is open to all disciplines and issues, The opening keynote address will be delivered by Graham Fraser, Canada’s and although academic merit will remain the main criterion for evaluation, Commissioner of Official Languages. More information on the conference can be proposals related to the following issues will be given priority: peace and security; found on the ICCS website http://www.iccs-ciec.ca. North American partnership; economic development and competitiveness; democracy and rule of law; human rights; the management of diversity; Getting ready to set sail for new horizons has put quite some strain on the ICCS environmental and energy issues. At the local or regional level there are themes Executive Committee and the ICCS Secretariat. I take great pride in the work done directly related to Canadian missions’ strategic priorities. Like my predecessor by my colleagues Christopher Rolfe and Martin Howard, who, notwithstanding all Christopher Rolfe, I firmly believe that Canadianists all over the world can meet the the ups and downs, keep spirits high and act and react with great resilience and an challenges presented by the new program and respond meaningfully and creatively excellent sense of humor. But above all I would like to recognize here the work of all to its requirements. members of the ICCS Secretariat. Thanks to their dedication and sense of purpose ICCS is now better prepared to face to challenges of the future. I firmly believe that The Edmonton Forum was not only supportive of the redefinition of DFAIT’s the new Understanding Canada program and the 2008-2013 Strategic Plan present Canadian Studies Program, it also provided the building blocks for the drafting of a unique chance to renew and redeploy the study of Canada. You, Canadianists the 2008-2013 strategic plan that will be discussed at the upcoming annual general from all around the world, have the unique opportunity to participate in this renewal. meeting of ICCS in Ottawa in May 2008. The plan sets new objectives for research, Let’s therefore pool our intellectual resources to reshape the study of Canada. teaching, rejuvenation and outreach. With respect to research activities, the plan Together we can learn to know Canada better! aims at the development of long-term research projects that are regional (multinational and multi-university) in scope and comparative and non-traditional in Cornelius Remie nature. In developing such research projects Government of Canada priorities will ICCS President 2

The New Understanding Canada Program : A Brief America and the Caribbean (including Mexico), Asia and Europe. The Overview Doctoral Student Research Award will now be open to all.

On April 1st, 2008, the new program “Understanding Canada” will replace As for the Canadian Studies traveling book display, the organizers of a the Canadian Studies Program. It derives from the “Advantage Canada” major event will submit a list of publications related to the theme of their initiative and favours a more strategic approach towards open diplomacy event. The books up to a maximum of $1,000CAN will be sent to them and and a greater relevance in regards to Government priorities while they will be entitled to keep them after the event. maintaining Canadianists’ academic freedom. It includes the following elements: Funding of Canadian Studies Centres will be based on competitions either at the national or regional levels, according to the competitions’ definition • Canada Conference Grant Program, theme conferences abroad to given above, except for Mexico that will have its own competition. diversify participation; Beginning in 2008-2009, other institutions and organizations will be • Doctoral Student Research Award, to support research on issues of encouraged to participate in competitions. strategic regional interest; Finally, the funding of the Associations for Canadian Studies will be more • Canadian Leadership Program, which replaces the Cultural competitive. They will be able to continue to apply for core funding as Personalities Exchange Program (CPEP) and allows Canadian determined by analysis from DFAIT in cooperation with missions. Funding experts specialized in key issues to participate in strategic forums; of activities including conferences will competitive, as described previously. The local Canadian mission will remain the first point of contact • Student Mobility Program, designed to facilitate student exchanges, for further information, guidelines, applications forms, etc. study tours and internships in Canada and abroad; An interview with Jean Labrie on the Understanding • A fund for Innovative Strategic Projects to support new initiatives Canada Program consistent with goals and objectives of mission’s country strategies related to international education activities. The announcement of the creation and the implementation of the new programme Understanding Canada, which will replace the Canadian Although the new program considers primarily the academic merit of each Studies Program of the International Education and Youth Division at the file submitted, priority will be given to the following issues: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), has elicited interest and questioning in the international community of Peace and security in Afghanistan; • Canadianists. The International Canadianist thought it might be a good • North American partnership (including key Canada-U.S.-Mexico idea to go to the source to ask a few questions regarding the impact of this bilateral issues); change to Mr. Jean Labrie, Deputy Director, International Academic programs, in charge of the Canadian Studies Program at DFAIT. • Economic development and prosperity; What are the main elements of the new Understanding Canada • Managing Diversity; Program? • Environment/Energy; After consulting with various partners, including the international community of Canadianists and our colleagues abroad, we wanted to offer • Theme(s) directly related to mission’s strategic priorities in the region. a program whose objectives would be better defined and more relevant to the needs of the numerous stakeholders, both at the academic and the administrative levels. Our first concern was to maintain the principle of Following consultations by ICCS including the Forum on the Future of academic freedom. The success and more importantly the long-standing Canadian Studies, the following program’s components will not change: credibility of the program rest on this principle. Of course, changes often bring uncertainty, and thus we wanted to ensure that these changes would • Canada-Asia-Pacific Awards in Canadian Studies; not discourage researchers in the community. The most important • Canada-Latin America Caribbean Awards in Canadian Studies; changes are that some priorities have been clearly identified and that most of the components of the program are now competitive and open to • Canada-Europe Awards; organisations outside of the established Canadian Studies network. The most popular components of the program have been maintained. New • Program for International Research Linkages; ones have been implemented to reach as quickly as possible our stated objectives, and those of our stakeholders. • Library Support Program. What are the key elements to the Understanding Canada Program? For the Faculty Enrichment and Faculty Research programs, national competitions will be held for Argentina, Brazil, China, France, India, Israel, As mentioned, academic freedom, the consolidation of the achievements Italy, United Kingdom and Russia and one multinational competition for of the past 30 years, and, we hope, a greater impact and better , Austria and Switzerland. As for countries that have not been understanding of the usefulness of the program for Canada. mentioned previously, three regional competitions will be held in Latin 3

Can you explain what motivated these changes to DFAIT’s Canadian excellence of the proposals, Canadian content and the stated results. In my Studies Program? opinion, it would both ill-conceived and detrimental to the program to select Albeit the program’s success over the past 30 years, its redesign has been a low-quality project, simply because it is relevant to a priority issue. the result of changes in the environments we are evolving. First and foremost are the changes in the academic environment: the declining Will the roles of the mission abroad change with the implemenation of popularity of area studies, new administrative constraints within academic the new program? institutions, the Bologna process, etc. are but a few of these catalysts. Of Their role will remain essentially the same, that is, to continue to promote note is that these changes had been foreseen by Canadianists themselves the program, to receive the candidate files, etc. As they have always, who had initiated their own reflection on the future of the program. There is missions must make scholars aware of Canadian policies and their also the governmental environment. Even if the Program generates three objectives with respect to each country. It is however at the organisational times the revenues that the Canadian government invests, this investment level where the most changes will occur. is taxpayer’s money nonetheless. This money must be spent wisely and the investment must achieve clear and tangible returns. The new Program, For example, a number of competitions will be national, others will be while respecting academic freedom, will, therefore, be more relevant with regional. Furthermore, in order to meet the requirements with regard to regard to Canadian foreign policy and its priorities. reporting, missions will be asked to play a greater role in monitoring progress. Unfortunately, this requirement comes at a time when resources, What are some of the most obvious benefits from changes to the financial and human, are becoming more and more scarce. But, happily, on program? the other hand we have always been able to count on the professionalism Not only will it better respond to the concerns of Canada, but it will facilitate and the extraordinary dedication of our colleagues at home and abroad. the identification and recruitment of new experts on various issues of For many, Canadian Studies are much more than an extremely useful tool interest to Canada. It will also improve cooperation between Canadian and in Canadian foreign policy, it is a passion. international academic institutions. Finally, it will create a greater synergy between the programs of the various divisions of DFAIT, other Edmonton Forum Recommendations departments and other non governmental organisations. For the reader’s information, below is the list of the recommendations made following the Edmonton Forum : What will be the impact of these changes to Canadianists in all parts of the world? • Respect academic freedom in such a way that it can co-exist with It is normal for Canadianists to feel some apprehensions given the government areas of priority. Develop special targeted funding for importance of the changes, even if many of them foresaw the need to research and teaching in those priority areas as additional funding review the program. It is why we undertook a consultation process before projects. finalising the program and proceeded to inform them fully before the • Maintain or increase the following DFAIT Canadian Studies programs, implementation of the program on April 1, 2008. Faculty Research Program; Faculty Enrichment Program, CAPA, CLACA, IRP, IRL, Library Support Program, and the Conference The great majority of Canadianists we have spoken to are ready to accept Travel Assistance Program. this new approach, and that is all we ask. Of course, we expect to and will Make the DFAIT Doctoral Research Awards available to all countries, fine tune components as we begin to implement the program. There will be • and reinstate the Canadian Studies Youth Internship project. an adjustment period, which may create uncertainty. But I think that most Canadianists will be satisfied and happy that their work will be better known • Collect and analyze relevant Canadian Studies data, and better outside the regular Canadian Studies network, that they will be joined by communicate the state of research and teaching to its membership, to new experts, and that they will benefit from added partnerships with the academic community and to the Canadian Government. To this Canadian counterparts. end, develop a new communication strategy. • Facilitate entry and participation of students and young scholars into the With the new priorities put in place by DFAIT, that is Peace and field of Canadian Studies by the various means included in the specific Security; North American Partnership (including key Canada-US- recommendations of the four moderators, and more specifically by Mexico issues); Economic Development and Competitiveness; promoting the introduction of doctoral “cotutelle” (a system whereby a Democracy, Rule of Law, Human Rights; Managing Diversity; and the student from abroad would spend part of his (her) studies in Canada, Environment / Energy, how will the international community of working under the supervision of a Canadian supervisor, leading to a researchers dedicated to the study of Canada be guaranteed that double diploma: a Ph.D. in the home country and a Canadian Ph.D.—a there will be an fair representation of all the disciplines in the field of reciprocal system could be set up for Canadian students spending part Canadian Studies? of their Ph.D. studies abroad); by increasing student mobility I do not think it is relevant to talk about fair representation. As we have opportunities and other relevant funding opportunities (e.g. make FEP stated all through the consultation and implementation stages, we do not accessible to young scholars); and by inviting students to sit on the intend to overlook or forget any discipline. We will not either count the board of Canadian Studies Associations. number of Canadianists in a discipline before making a decision. Priority Continued on page 4. does not mean exclusion. If a project is not related to priority issues, it does not mean that it will not be retained. The primary criteria are academic 4

• Endeavour to take into consideration government priorities and Hans-Ludwig Blohm’s exhibit and speaking tour in the summer of 2006. directives within research and teaching activities and projects, keeping The exhibit contained copies of Ipellie’s ink pen drawings, as well as some in mind that changes in government priorities and directives occur original works and photos of the artist. more often and more rapidly than research can adjust to, and that, as a consequence, the two cannot be completely compatible. The exhibition was held from mid-November to mid-December 2007, at the sociocultural Centre St. Spiritus in Greifswald. The opening started with an • Enhance international exchanges in Canadian Studies by increasing introductory note by the centre’s director Mrs. Schöpf. This was followed mobility (student and faculty), by organizing state of the art by short presentations on Alootook Ipellie’s biography, his drawings and international/regional conferences, and through developing bilateral written works. During the opening, each student spoke, some about institutional agreements. Alootook’s writings or his artwork, others read some of his poems in • Encourage the diversification of disciplines in the field of Canadian English and in their own German translations, starting with the poem Studies, by supporting major collaborative projects, by making “Walking both sides of an invisible border”. Professor Hartmut Lutz talked program eligibility conditions (e.g. FEP/FRP) more flexible within about his friendship with Alootook. Fifty people attended the opening. certain countries, and by opening conferences to wider audiences. Press releases (in German) were sent to the media, an article on the exhibit was featured in the local paper, and the opening was documented by an • Render electronic resources more easily available, for example by editor of the university magazine, The Moritz. creating an ICCS webpage with links to free relevant databases and resources, or offering a pay-per-view electronic library such as the The opening also include a small reception (the students had made salads Canadian Electronic Library. and sandwiches). All this work was done without expecting credit or • Pool international intellectual resources and develop virtual Canadian recognition, it was done simply to commemorate an artist/writer they Studies materials that can be used in an E-learning context. respected and wanted to remember and honor. • Seek and develop the diversification of funding opportunities and partnerships, internationally and in Canada. Canadian and Italian University Links • Establish long-term international, institutional linkages and cooperation, The University of Alberta School opened the ninth edition of its Cortona such as long-term research leaves, Canadian Studies Chairs, (Tuscany) program on January 11, 2008 with an inaugural ceremony. theme-based research projects, visiting professorships. Minister Counsellor Jean-Michel Roy and Academic Relations Officer Nicoletta Barbarito addressed local authorities, faculty and students Establish a World Student Seminar in Canadian Studies that enables • on the role of the embassy, on Canada-Italy relations and on the Working brilliant young people to come together on a biennial basis to discuss Holidays Program. Mr. Roy stressed the benefits of broadening the major issues confronting Canada and its international relations. The University of Alberta’s involvement in Italy by entering into bilateral ICCS can organize such a seminar to alternate with its biennial research agreements with leading Italian universities in strategic fields international conference. such as life and health sciences, information and communications, surface A full report on the Forum on Canadian Studies “Teaching and Research in transport technologies, nanotechnology, environmental and alternative Canadian Studies in the Changing Academic World” is available from the energy. ICCS Secretariat. The City of Cortona was originally chosen by the University of Alberta to Dynamic Young Canadianists create an archaeology program at a Roman villa in nearby Ossaia. Three rooms in the nationally famous Cortona Archaeological Museum exhibit After hearing of the passing away of Artist Alootook Ipellie, seven findings of the University of Alberta teams. The University of Alberta young German students enrolled in the Canadian Studies Program at the Cortona program has traditionally consisted of a regular term (54 students University of Greifswald decided to organise an exhibition featuring some attended this year), plus a summer Adult Education program. For the first of his drawings in view of honouring and commemorating this extraordinary time, in 2008, a second term will be put in place in the autumn, focussing on artist. Young Canadianists Juliana Babing, Catherine Armbruster, modern languages (French, English, Spanish and German), making Mareike Dittmer, Anja Götze, Michaela Zeaiter, Karolina Cortona the centre of the University of Alberta’s modern languages Kolodziejczyk and Erik Fiedler remembered Alootook from his and program in Europe. Town authorities are most cooperative, providing impressive venues at a minimal rent. Cortona high school students are encouraged to go study English in Alberta, and do go. Benefits go both ways, of course. In this framework, the Working Holidays program, which offers a 6-month work permit in Canada, is viewed as an exciting new opportunity for local people between 18 and 35.

Other Canadian university programs in Italy are also held with the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Rome; the College of Arts and Design program in Florence; and the University of New Brunswick summer program in Rome. Exhibit on the life and work of Inuit artist Alootook Ipellie, held in Greifswald, Germany 5

Former FRP Recipient Participates in Civil Security cooperation with Dr. Hartmut Lutz and other members of Greifswald Seminar Canadian Studies Program.

Although Canadian Studies has the reputation of being mainly focussed This project is the result of a long time collaboration between Greifswald on traditional disciplines and subjects related Social Sciences and the Canadianists and Métis and Aboriginal scholars and teachers in Canada. Humanities, it has been in touch for a long time with lesser known topics The relationship began in 1992 when with the help of the Department of such as civil security. A one-day seminar entitled, “Models of Police Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), the Canadian Embassy Reform in Latin America: the International Experience,” was held on and the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries, October 23, 2007, in front of an audience of more than 200 members of Dr. Anette Brauer organized an international conference aptly titled Peoples the police, military, civil service and academics. The seminar was in Contact. Since then, cooperation between scholars and Métis and organized by the Secretariat of Carabineros (Police) of Chile, in Aboriginal institutions have never faltered and received constant support collaboration with the urban security program of the University of Alberto from the Canadian population along with Métis and Aboriginal artists and Hurtado and the support of the Embassy of Canada in Chile. educators.

The purpose of the event was to allow participants to analyze the role of ICCS Fellowship Goes a Long Way the police and its impact on citizen security, good governance and the strengthening of democracy in the region. The agenda also included a A Postdoctoral Fellowship award granted by ICCS to a foreign scholar has discussion of the reform process and modernization of the various police allowed Canada to realize a significant acquisition, that is a fully qualified corps. Remarks during the opening ceremony were given by the university professor. The ICCS award enabled Ms. Elke Winter, a German Secretary of Chile’s Carabineros, Mrs. Javiera Blanco, the commanding university researcher, to come to Canada in order to pursue her research General of the Carabineros, Mr. Eduardo Gordon, the Ambassador of within the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Project (EDG). At the end Canada to Chile, Mr. Norbert Kalisch, and the Rector of the University of of her award, Ms Winter decided to stay in Canada and take the position of Alberto Hurtado, Rev. Fernando Monte. During his presentation, Assistant Professor for the Sociology Department at the University of Ambassador Kalisch mentioned Canada’s support for liberty, democracy, Ottawa. This is an important gain given the excellence of her academic file. the rule of law and human rights. He also underlined the importance of collaboration among national and international institutions to maintain the The EDG project to which Ms. Winter collaborated is an international quality of life and security of citizens. research and cooperation project that studies the empirical sources of ethnic politics, the normative ideals that should guide state responses to Mr. Yves Charette, Director of Strategy for the Montreal Police, gave the diversity and the ways ethnic diversity can be governed. This project was keynote speech on the community police model that has been in use in chaired by Professor Bruce Berman and based at Queen’s University in Montreal since 1997, emphasizing the importance of collaborating with Kingston. Previously, Ms. Winter held postdoctoral fellowships at civil society. The high level of satisfaction of the city’s denizens and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Universiteit van Amsterdam and low crime rates achieved surprised members of the audience, who were Queen’s University. She received a $10,000 grant from ICCS to help her highly interested in the Montreal model. Of note, Franz Vanderschueren, complete her research on the last decade of the 20th century, the last one of Program Director of Urban Security of the University of Alberto Hurtado the “differentialist turn”, and that ended abruptly on September 11th, 2001. and past recipient of a Faculty Research Program scholarship in Her research allowed her to contact an extensive literature review and study Canadian Studies, also participated in the seminar, giving a presentation the resulting concerns and discourses. The results of her research have on the role of the police and of security in modern democracies. Mr. Hugo been included in many presentations and publications. They also lead to the Frühling, Director of the Center for Study of Citizen Security at the preparation and inclusion of comparative research proposals (Europe/ University of Chile, offered a summary of the various processes of police Canada) on multiculturalism. Ms. Winter also presented three papers at modernization in Latin America. Representatives of the police forces of three different events: the Conference on Immigration, Minorities and Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Haiti also presented their own Multiculturalism in Democracies, held in Montreal on October 25-27th, 2007; perspectives on the police modernization processes in their respective the “400 Jahre Kanada : Klischee und Wirklichkeit”, on November 7th, 2007, countries. and finally during the EDG Speakers’ series at Queen’s University, on November 22nd, 2007. German High-School Teacher Training on Canada Ms. Winter also submitted two articles for publication in international From October 26-29th, 2007, the Greifswald Canadian Studies Program at reviews and prepared a report for Canadian Heritage for roundtables at the the University of Greifswald, Germany hosted a conference titled “The above mentioned conference in Montreal, on October 25-27th, 2007. She Métis, An Aboriginal Canadian Nation: An ELT Project for German also initiated several collaborative research projects with the University of Secondary Schools”, which attracted scholars, teachers, specialists, Bristol, Carleton University and Queen’s University. Finally, she is working university students and experts from Germany, Poland, Switzerland, on a book on Canadian multiculturalism. When her postdoctoral fellowship Finland and Canada. This two day event along with visit from Métis ended, Ms. Winter accepted the position as Assistant Professor at the educator Rene Inkster from Mission, BC, presented the capstone of a University of Ottawa, because her new affiliation would allow her to maintain Métis school project in local high schools, which has been developed and and deepen her contacts in Canada and use her integration into the taught by teachers, students and graduates from the Institute of British European Studies network to further develop transatlantic comparisons on and North American Studies under the supervision of Dr. Hans Enter,in multiculturalism and the governance of ethnic diversity. 6 Conferences in the Canadian Studies Network

Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland XIVth International Conference Multiculturalism and Integration: Diversity or Assimilation. The Current Irish Experience and the Experience of Canada May 15 -17, 2008, Dublin, Ireland

Israel Association for Canadian Studies 12th Biennial Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies Responding to the Challenge of Diversity: Canada, Israel, and Beyond June 16-19, 2008, Jerusalem, Israel

Association Française d’Études Canadiennes (AFEC) Le Québec, « laboratoire » culturel et politique : Quel renouvellement depuis la Révolution tranquille ? June 19-21, 2008, Bordeaux, France

Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand Canada in the Asia-Pacific July 1-3, 2008, Brisbane, Australia

Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS) 9th Trienial Nordic Conference in Canadian Studies Canada and Northern Diversities August 6-9, 2008, Tromso, Norway

Russian Association for Canadian Studies (RACS) 9th Biennial International Conference Russia and Canada: Promoting Security and Development September 25-27, 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia

Mexican Associatio-n for Canadian Studies (AMEC) XIIIth Conference 2008 Canada Facing Emergent Multipolar Geopolitics Challenges October 8-10, 2008, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Association for Canadian Studies in China (ACSC) 13th Biennial Conference Harmonious Development of Canadian Economy, Society and Politics Canada Exposed November 9-11, 2008, Nanjing, China ICCS International Conference May 27-29, 2008, Ottawa Association for Canadian Studies in The Netherlands (ACSN) Annual Conference May 27 – 6:00 to 9:00 pm November 2008 Opening Ceremony, University of Ottawa Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Offical Languages American Council for Québec Studies (ACQS) Keynote Speaker Québec et les autres - Four Hundred Years of Interactions November 12-16, 2008, Québec, Québec May 28 — Carleton University Coral Ann Howells (University of Reading, UK) and Eva Marie Association for Canadian Studies in The United States (ACSUS) Kröller (University of British Columbia) — Guest Speakers « ACSUS in Canada » Conference November 12-16, 2008, Québec, Québec May 29 – University of Ottawa Danielle Schaub (Israel) — Guest Speaker

The International Canadianist (ISSN 0847-5792) is published three times a year by the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) as a service to Canadian government, universities, business, foundations, the media and the international community of Canadianists. This Winter issue has a circulation of over 7000. Editor: Guy Leclair. For more information, contact the ICCS, 250 City Centre, S-303, Ottawa K1R 6K7. Tel.: (613) 789-7834. Fax: (613) 789-7830. E-mail: [email protected].