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 Border Travel Update...
U.S. Border Crossing Requirements Are Changing June 1, 2009
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requires U.S., Canadian and Mexican travelers to present a passport or other document denoting identity and citizenship when entering the U.S. For more information: www.getyouhome.gov
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Upcoming...
FACULTY French Immersion Program
UMaine and SUNY Plattsburgh faculty from any discipline are eligible to apply by April 1st. The program is
May 31st to June 6th in Chicoutimi, QC
Information Flyer
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ACADEMIC CONFERENCE: "Loyalism and the Revolutionary Atlantic World", June 4-7, 2009. Bringing together specialists from British, Canadian, U.S., and Australian universities who employ trans-national perspectives, this conference examines opposition to the American Revolution and its broader significance throughout the Atlantic World. More information...
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Summer Teachers Institute:
July 5-11, 2009
“Lake Champlain: Charting a New North America ” 400 years of history, culture, and geography in the Lake Champlain - Richelieu River Watershed
> Registration form
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New Map Chronicles Champlain's 13 Years of Exploration in the St. Lawrence River Valley
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The nearly 40-inch by 60-inch bilingual map, titled "They Would Not Take Me There: People, Places, and Stories from Champlain's Travels in Canada, 1603-1616," was developed by Michael Hermann, senior |
cartographer at the Canadian American Center, and Margaret Pearce, assistant professor of geography at Ohio University. UMaine professor of French Raymond Pelletier, associate director of the Canadian American Center, provided translation. |
For more information: Map Website
To order:
printable order form / printable invoice
or contact Betsy Arntzen
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Professional Development for Teachers
"Loyalism and the Revolution in Maine "
A two-part history series in three Maine locations:
1) Thursday Evening Public Lecture
followed by
2) Friday Teacher Workshop
Bangor: February 5-6, Bangor Public Library
Belfast: March 12-13, Hutchinson Center
Portland: April 9-10, Maine Historical Society
> Information and Registration
> Maine Rev Flyer
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Summer Teachers Institute:
July 5-11, 2009
“Lake Champlain: Charting a New North America ”
400 years of history, culture, and geography in the Lake Champlain - Richelieu River Watershed
> Registration form
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Canadian Studies Courses...
Canadian courses offered this semester...
For a complete list Click Here
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In the News...
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Can-Am Center produced Maps...
They Would Not Take Me There: People, Places, and Stories from Champlain's Travels in Canada, 1603-1616
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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. _________
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
30 years as a Federally Designated National Resource Center on Canada
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Note Worthy Events
Associate Director Receives
Lifetime Achievement Award
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Ray Pelletier, Associate Professor of French and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics has received the first annual Richard Williamson Award for Leadership in Modern and Classical Languages, a prestigious statewide award bestowed annually to an individual who has advanced modern and classical languages.
More information.....
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Pulitzer Prize winning author
David Hackett Fischer was the Distinguished Canadian Studies Lecturer April 15, 2009. He spoke about his new book, Champlain's Dream: the European Founding of North America. For more information... |
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UMaine's Club Canada and friends
depart for 3 days in Montreal, where they will attend a conference, visit museums, and tour the city.
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 Nadine Bismuth, a new and important voice in Quebec literature lectured at UMaine Wednesday on her new book and collections of short stories as part of La Semaine de la Francophonie 2009, a March 23-27 celebration throughout New England.
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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
Second Recipient
Brenna Walsh, a Canadian citizen from Dartmouth, NS, received the Killam Canadian Fund's second award. Ms. Walsh, a UMaine junior enrolled in Chemistry, was selected because of her high academic standing.
Charity Harmon, a Music Education major from Ludec, Alberta received the first award.
The Killam Canadian Fund, established with an anonymous donation of $25,000 will provide support to UMaine undergraduates whose home country is Canada.
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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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