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Upcoming...
Tuesday, October 14th
Watch Canadian Election Returns at
Canadian-American Center 154 College Ave. 8:00pm on
A Club Canada Event. For more information contact the club Prime Minister, Matthew Mulkern
 Canada Week October 27-31, 2008
Monday, October 27th:
Canada-in-the-Classroom Afterschool Workshop
For K-12 in-service and pre-service teachers
"Geography Action! Mapping the Americas"
Featured Presenter: Maine Geography Action coordinator Marsha Newick, 7th grade Yarmouth social studies teacher
Woolley Room, Doris Twitchell Allen Village
3:30-6:00
Refreshments, CDs, Posters, Teaching materials
Wednesday, Oct 29th:
Dr. Jerry Bannister
Professor of History, Dalhousie University
"The Loyal Atlantic: Canada as Counter-Revolution"
Professor Bannister is author of the award winning book, The Rule of the Admirals: Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832. 3:30-5:00pm
Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union
Refreshments served.
Thursday, Oct 30th:
Alice R. Stewart Lecture Series
Three Canadian Studies Graduate Students
from the Department of History
present a synopsis of their research:
Robert Gee; Edward Martin; Stefano Tijerina 12:15-1:30pm
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
Box Lunch available
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Canadian Studies Courses...
Canadian courses offered this Fall...
For a complete list Click Here
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In the News...
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Border Travel Update - as of Sept, 2008
Until May 31, 2009: Travel by Land or Sea into the U.S: if a U.S. citizen does not have a passport or a copy of a birth certificate, the following may be accepted as proof of citizenship: a U.S. state or federal government-issued birth record or naturalization paper.
On June 1, 2009: all U.S. and Canadian citizens who are 16 and older traveling between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda by land or sea (including ferries), will be required to present a valid passport or other alternative documents as determined by the Department of Homeland Security.
For more info: http://www.cbp.gov/
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Professional Development for Teachers
Ten times the Canadian content than
in any previous U.S.teachers' conference!
Conference: November 13-18, 2008
National Council for the Social Studies
With a $22,000 grant from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Canadian Studies education outreach coordinators from the four university National Resources Centers on Canada will host 12 Canadian teachers from provinces across Canada will present workshops on Canadian topics at this U.S. teachers conference.
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Can-Am Center produced Maps...
Maps to Download produced by the Can-Am Center Cartography Laboratory. Click here or on Map icon.
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Explanatory Map of St. Croix & Acadia
Map illustrations and content online here.
For more information or to receive copies, contact: (207) 581 - 4220.
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Archive Items...
TRAVELOG: Quebec's James Bay Region
Mike Hermann, UMaine cartographer, and Hans Carlson, recent graduate of UMaine's Canadian Studies/History program and currently a Canadian Studies lecturer at SUNY-Plattsburgh, drove round trip 3500 miles to visit Cree communities in a region of Quebec the size of Germany.
Photos, itinerary, and comments posted here.
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Office of Canadian Studies Outreach featured as cover story in Teaching Canada Magazine.
See page 17 for article.
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Oh! Canada?
There's much to learn from - and about - our northern neighbor. Click here to link article.
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Canadian Studies
Teaching, Research, and Outreach
25 years as a Federally Designated National Resource Center on Canada
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Note Worthy Events
Canadian Studies Student Receives Prestigious FULBRIGHT Award
UMaine PhD Candidate Shannon Risk has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship to study history in Canada for this academic year.
Canadian Fulbrights are competitive. Ms. Risk is the eighth UMaine graduate student to receive this award since 1992. She will conduct research at the University of New Brunswick to examine how citizenship and the rights of citizenship were perceived in rural Maine and New Brunswick during the suffrage movement.
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Killam Canadian Fund's
First Recipient
Charity Harmon, a Canadian citizen from Ludec, Alberta received the Killam Canadian Fund's first award. Ms. Harmon, a UMaine senior majoring in Music Education, was selected because of her high academic standing.
The Killam Canadian Fund, recently established with an anonymous donation of $25,000 will provide support to UMaine undergraduates whose home country is Canada, or provide assistance to UMaine students who plan to study for a semester or a year at a Canadian university.
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Club Canada
Club Canada UMaine Students interested in Canada-related social club meet in the fall to plan their year of Canadian activities. For more information, contact the Can-Am Center at 581-4220
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Honors & Awards
Canadian-American Center Receives largest Canadian Embassy grant awarded to any applicant
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada through its Canadian Embassy grant program awarded the Can-Am Center over $17,000 for program enhancement. This grant represents the largest single grant awarded by the Embassy in this fiscal year. Funds will be used to produce conferences, provide speakers, and strengthen the Canadian Studies program at UMaine.
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Can-Am Center receives Continued Designation as a National Resource Center for Canada
The Canadian-American Center received notification of its continued designation as a National Resource Center for Canada by the United States Department of Education under the Title VI program for the next 4 years. Funding for 2006-2007 is set at $225,307 and $901,228 over the four-year grant cycle. The award was made to the Northeast Consortium which consists of The University of Maine and Plattsburgh State University of New York.
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Can-Am Center will continue to offer FLAS Awards
The Canadian-American Center received notification of continued support from Title VI, Department of Education to make FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Awards to graduate students for academic year support of their research in Canadian Studies and for summer awards to study French intensively. The amount of the award is $94,000 for 2006-2007 and $376,000 over the next four years.
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Dr. Bowen
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Bowen Scholarship in Canadian History
Dr. Dawn S. Bowen, who earned her Master's degree in History with a concentration on Canada from UMaine in 1990, recently gave UM Foundation an endowment of over $54,000 to establish a scholarship in Canadian History. |
"The supportive environment at UMaine that existed in the History Department and the Canadian-American Center convinced me to choose a career in academics." In recognition of those faculty who encouraged her interest in Canadian Studies, Dr. Bowen has established this scholarship to enable other students to pursue historical research on Canadian topics. Bowen continued her studies at Queen's University in ON, earning her Ph.D. in Historical Geography, and now teaches at Mary Washington College in VA where she is Assoc. Professor of Geography.
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