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Canadian Studies Courses...
Canadian courses offered this Fall...
For a complete list Click Here
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Professional Development for Teachers...
 Summer Institute for Teachers of French
June 22, 2008 - July 2, 2008
"Samuel de Champlain: Fondateur de la ville de Québec et explorateur de la Nouvelle-France"
Click for more information!
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 Summer Institute for K-12 Professionals
Quebec 1608-2008
July 6, 2008 - July11, 2008
"Samuel de Champlain and the
Meeting of Two Worlds: 1601-1701"
Click for registration details and itinerary!
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In the News...
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Canadian Studies History graduate student Micah Pawling (left) receives a Maine Legislative Sentiment, presented June 18th by Representative Donald G. Soctomah, at the State House launch of Pawling's book Wabanaki Homeland and the New State of Maine: The 1820 Journal and Plans of Survey of Joseph Treat, published by University of Massachusetts Press, June 2007. Click for article. |
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Border Travel Update - June 6, 2007
For the remainder of 2007, Canadians and Americans do not need a passport to travel back and forth between Canada and the U.S. by land, sea, or fresh water. A passport is needed only for air travel between Canada and the U.S., currently.
See this website for up-to-date information:
http://www.meetmeattheborder.com/
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 Sign in Radisson, QC
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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NEW BOOK RELEASE!
THE ARCHAIC OF THE FAR NORTHEAST
A New Book by Canadian Studies Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, David Sanger.
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Recently, a large amount of archaeological information has been discovered that has finally begun to provide information on the peoples, and their social patterns, that ived in the areas of Maine, Newfoundland, Labrador and Quebec from 6,000 BC to 1,000 BC. Dr. Stephen Hornsby, Director af the Canadian-American Center, assisted in several aspects of this new book, including securing funding for publication costs.
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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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Maps...
Explanatory Map of St. Croix & Acadia
For more information or to receive copies, contact: (207) 581 - 4229. Map illustrations and content can also be accessed online.
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Maps to Download produced by the Can-Am Center Cartography Laboratory. Click here or on Map icon.
Upcoming...
Ten times the Canadian content than
in any previous U.S.teachers' conference!
National Council for the Social Studies
Annual Conference, November 13-18, 2008
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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
Students of FRE 307 French for Buisness pictured in front of the entrance to SIAL Montreal, an international exposition of food producers. (Stephanie Peer, Rica Breton, Josh Bolduc, Jessica Sirois, Jordan Schroder)
Chuck Deshaies, Gary Kring, Mathew Mulken, members of the UMaine Canada Club Curling Team, pictured at the Belfast Curling Club
Honors & Awards
Canadian-American Center Recieves Outreach Grant
Foreign Affaires Canada granted $13,000 o the Canadian-American Center to be used in Canadian studies K-12 outreach. Outreach coordinator Betsy Arntzen will use this grant to provide Canadian studies professional development opportunities for teachers, such as after school workshops and curriculum writing seminars. It will also be used to support the purchase of resource materials for the Teacher Resource Library.
Associate Director and ACQS President Raymond J. Pelletier with Québec's Minister of International Relations Monique Gagnon-Tremblay and Québec Delegate in Boston France Dionne at the 15th biennial meeting of the American Council for Quebec Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. See ACQS website for more info.
www.acqs.org/biennial_conf/program.html
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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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Killam Canadian Fund
established at UMaine
UM Foundation has recently established a new fund with an anonymous donation of $25,000, to be named the Killam Canadian Fund. This fund will provide support to UMaine undergraduates whose home country is Canada, or to students who plan to study for a semester or a year at a Canadian university.
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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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