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  • Voices Across the Border – Decolonization: where we are and where we are going

    Friday, March 05, 2021 | By

    April 8  1:30-2:50 EST  Virtually on MS Teams

    This is a 3-event series of panels with experts discussing specific issues affecting Canada and the U.S. cohosted by Brock’s Centre for Canadian Studies, Bridgewater State University, and Niagara University.

    In North America, decolonization is an essential part of reconciliation between non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples.  How do we reckon with the past and build a world where colonial ideologies are dismantled and Indigenous ways of knowing are valued and reinforced?  This panel addresses three questions about the present and future of decolonization: Where are we?  Where do we want to be? How do we get there?

    Register for this event on Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-across-the-border-decolonization-tickets-144643834603

    Attendees MUST register on Eventbrite to receive an e-ticket and a link via email to the event on MS Teams approximately 30 minutes prior to the event starting.

    You can also receive CWC credit with Experience BU by attending.

    Brought to you by the Centre for Canadian Studies, Brock University

     

  • Voices Across the Border – Women’s Rights and Historical Memory in Canada and the United States

    Tuesday, February 23, 2021 | By

    Click here to register on Eventbrite and receive your Zoom link via email 30 minutes prior to the event.

  • Brock Talks: Controlling the Essentials by St. Catharines Public Library

    Monday, February 22, 2021 | By

    Professor Dan Malleck will explore the history of liquor regulation and the problems associated with prohibition.
    Wednesday February 24 from 7-8 p.m.

    About this Event

    Many concerned citizens have questioned why, during the shutdowns necessitated by the current pandemic, liquor and cannabis stores have been deemed essential services. Surely there is no right to consume intoxicants! This may be the case, but the history of government attempts to strictly regulate and even prohibit alcohol can help us to understand the problems with restriction and the logic behind making sure such services remain in operation. Professor Dan Malleck will explore the reactions to strict government regulation of that perennially popular but problematic product, alcohol, and suggest that various attempts at prohibition resulted in bigger problems than the solution was intended to solve.

    Click here to register on Eventbrite.

  • CARLETON UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN NORTHERN STUDIES – applications now open

    Wednesday, February 03, 2021 | By

     

    The interdisciplinary Northern Studies graduate program at Carleton emphasizes northern environments and societies, and the policies that are developed to govern them.

    There are four pathways for graduate students: MA and MSc degrees and Graduate Diplomas (Type 2 or 3) for current graduate students or working professionals. All of the programs are designed

    to give interdisciplinary training and experience in Northern studies and all students are required to begin their studies with a field course of about one week. This is a residential field course that will take place too far from Ottawa for daily commuting.

    The introductory field course is a prerequisite for the core courses that are integral to the degrees and diplomas. Students in the degree program are required to take a work placement in Ottawa or the North, a second field course in northern Canada, and a comprehensive examination.

    Both master’s programs are three full-time terms (one year) while the diplomas are two terms.

    The Northern Studies program is a collaboration of six departments: Biology, Earth Sciences, Geography and Environmental Studies, the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, the School of Public Policy and Administration and Sociology and Anthropology.  This collaboration allows for a variety of faculty research interests which can be viewed on the

    Northern Studies website. https://carleton.ca/northernstudies/

    DEGREES OFFERED

    MA, MSc, Graduate Diplomas

    CAREER OPTIONS

    The program aims to assist students and northern professionals who need further academic experience to advance their career ambitions. Career possibilities range from government to private business and non-profit organizations.

    APPLICATION DEADLINES

    June 1 (final deadline)

    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

    MA, MSC AND GRADUATE DIPLOMA (TYPE 3): An honours degree (or four-year degree) with B+ standing. Customarily, applicants will have degrees in the environmental sciences, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, geography, or a related field.

    Applicants with degrees in other disciplines, or without an honours degree, must demonstrate equivalent experience that may have prepared them for the program.

    GRADUATE DIPLOMA (TYPE 2): Enrolment in a master’s or doctoral program; letter of support from your supervisor; and a 500-word letter outlining the reasons you want to enrol in the program

    https://carleton.ca/northernstudies/

  • Deadline EXTENDED to Feb 8: Canadian Studies call for papers: WSSA Virtual Conference 2021

    Thursday, January 28, 2021 | By

    WSSA’s 63rd Annual Conference
    held virtually, due to COVID-19 restrictions
    April 12 – 25, 2021
    The conference will accept proposals for:
    ♦ Live ZOOM sessions (paper presentations, roundtables, workshops)
    ♦ Recorded sessions (paper presentations, roundtables, workshops)
    ♦ Hybrid sessions (Recorded sessions, with a scheduled online Q&A session during 2nd week)
    ♦ Document-only papers (not attached to any other format)
    Proposals must be submitted through the website, at the link below, by
    January 29, 2021 Extended to February 8, 2021
    For more information and a list of the 34 Sections and Section Coordinators,
    see the WSSA website at:
    link : http://www.WSSAweb.com/sections
    Questions about individual sections can be answered by the Section Coordinators;
    their contact information is included in the Section descriptions.
    Further information about the conference can be found at
    https://www.wssaweb.com/conference-overview.html and at
    https://www.wssaweb.com/conference-registration.html.
    Program Chair:
    Dr. Anthony Amato
    Southwest Minnesota State University
    Department of Geography
    E-mail: Anthony.Amato@smsu.edu
    WSSA is pleased to offer a number of competitive awards,
    including student paper competitions,
    the John Wicks Dissertation Paper Award,
    and the Bill L. and Gerre D. Andrist Prize for Best Paper/Presentation for Women.
    For a full list and descriptions,
    of both the WSSA awards and awards offered by individual sections,
    please go to:
    http://www.wssaweb.com/competitions-and-awards.html

    Click here for conference flyer

  • Voices Across the Border – Crime, Policing, and Anti-Black Racism in Canada and the United States

    Monday, January 25, 2021 | By

    Click here to download event poster

     

  • Literature Matters – 2021 Annual Lecture Series – January 30 – Wayde Compton and Stephen Collis (free event)

    Monday, January 18, 2021 | By

    Literature Matters the 2021 Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature lecture series is pleased to present Wayde Compton, Three Riots: A Biotext for Watts, Rodney King, and George Floyd & Stephen Collis, Common Entanglements: The Human, Nonhuman, and the Necessity of Movement. Followed by a dialogue with each other hosted and moderated by Smaro Kamboureli, the Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature Department of English University of Toronto.

    Via Zoom Webinar
    Saturday, January 30
    7 PM EST

    To attend, please register (free of charge)
    https://literature-matters-2021.eventbrite.ca

    Click here for event information

  • CFP – Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)

    Wednesday, January 13, 2021 | By

    Call for Proposals ACSUS 2021 26th Biennial Conference Canada:  Near and Far 

    October 21-24, 2021 – Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, DC

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), the Association will host its 26th biennial conference, October 21-24, 2021, in Washington, DC. The conference is open to all proposals with a significant Canadian focus. We welcome papers and panel proposals from graduate students, professors, independent scholars, and practitioners on all diverse and critical perspectives related to the theme, ‘Canada: Near and Far’. ACSUS encourages panels and papers addressing subjects in the following categories:

    ● Border Issues, Integration, Trade, and Economics

    ● Communication and Media Studies

    ● Critical Cultural Studies

    ● Energy and the Environment

    ● Foreign Policy and Defense

    ● Gender, Identities, Minorities, and Diversity

    ● History

    ● Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies

    ● International Relations

    ● Law, the Constitution, and Land Claims

    ● Literature, Film, Music and the Arts in English

    ● Literature, Film, Music and the Arts in French

    ● Philosophy

    ● Politics and Public Policy

    ● Quebec Studies and the Francophone Presence in North America

    ● Teaching of Canada and Education Through Diverse Perspectives

    ● The North and Arctic Studies Through Diverse Perspectives

    CLICK HERE FOR CALL FOR PAPERS

     

  • The U.S., Canada, Quebec and the Problem of the Border – A Virtual Undergraduate Research Conference

    Thursday, January 07, 2021 | By

     

    The Canadian Studies Program and American Studies Program at Bridgewater State University (Bridgewater, MA, USA)

    present

    The U.S., Canada, Quebec and the Problem of the Border, A Virtual Undergraduate Research Conference

    Friday, April 2, 2021      8:30 am – 4:30 pm

    CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

    The Canadian Studies and American Studies programs at Bridgewater State University invite submissions for their rescheduled interdisciplinary student research conference on the subject “United States, Canada, Quebec and the Problem of the Border” to be held live in virtual format on Friday, April 2, 2021. Proposals from undergraduate university students in the United States and Canada on all subjects are welcome, but especially encouraged are proposals that focus on: 1) Real and Imaginary Borders; 2) Immigration;  3) Border Security; 4) Trade and Economy; 5) Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation; 6) Environment and Ecology; and 7) Canada-U.S. Relations in the Age of Pandemic.

    Presentations can focus individually on the U.S., Canada, or Quebec; or they can be comparative. Presentations will be limited to 12-15 minutes. The virtual symposium will take place on the ForagerOne conference platform (https://symposium.foragerone.com).

    The revised deadline for proposals is Monday, February 15, 2021. Acceptance notifications will be sent by Friday, February 19, 2021. Students should send a Word file containing name, title, abstract (up to 250-words), and university affiliation to:

    Dr. Andrew Holman, Director, BSU Canadian Studies at a2holman@bridgew.edu, or Dr. Simone Poliandri, Coordinator, BSU American Studies at spoliandri@bridgew.edu

    Click here to download CFP

  • You’re invited to a Brock Model UN Event

    Friday, December 18, 2020 | By

    Although we are at home, Brock Model United Nations is continuing to engage with our members and the Brock community.

    On January 14th, 2021,  Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York City Richard Arbeiter will be speaking to our club members, and all are invited to attend.

    There is no cost to attend this event, but you must register using your @brocku.ca email address using this link: https://forms.gle/x9UWw7bV6gCG7C6W6

    If you have any questions, please reach out to Brock Model UN at munbrock@gmail.com, or on Instagram or Facebook.

    From Global Affairs Canada: Richard Arbeiter  (BA [North American Studies], McGill University, 1998; MA [International Affairs, Conflict Analysis], Carleton University, 2000) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2001. Mr. Arbeiter has contributed to Canada’s engagement on a broad range of international peace and security and global economic issues, including as director of the Policy and Advocacy Division of the Afghanistan Task Force, G7/G20 sherpa assistant and director of the International Economic Relations and Summits Division, director general of the Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion and director general of the International Security Policy Bureau. Mr. Arbeiter has also served abroad at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, in New York City, and at the embassy to Chile.

     
    We hope to see you at this event! 

     

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