Professor of Geography and director of the Canadian-American Center Stephen Hornsby presented on a panel at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, February 24-28, 2012.聽 聽The peer-reviewed and selected panel was organized by Middlebury College professor of Geography Guntram Herb, and titled 鈥淭he Future of the Atlas鈥.聽 The week-long conference was attended […]
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In November 2011, Canadian Studies librarian Betsy Beattie applied for a grant from the support program for the acquisition of materials on Quebec, a subsection of the Quebec/United States University Grant Program provided by the Quebec government. In January 2012, the Canadian-American Center received word that Fogler Library was awarded a grant to acquire books […]
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Mallory Lavoie, a junior majoring in Journalism and French and recent Killam Fellowship awardee, has received a prestigious $5000 聽Killam Community Action Initiative Award to fund a project she envisions 鈥 a French immersion summer camp. Mallory was one of three 91福利 students awarded a 2011 Killam Fellowship Program award, and she spent the Spring […]
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Canadian-American Center鈥檚 Canadian Studies outreach coordinator Betsy Arntzen, collaborated with two other outreach coordinators to provide an impressive amount of Canadian content workshop and poster sessions at the 91st annual teachers conference of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), held in Washington, DC December 1-4, 2011. This year鈥檚 Canadian presence at the NCSS […]
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Canadian Studies professors of History, Economics and Political Science, and adjunct faculty of History with two Department of History graduate students and one Canadian-American Center staff presented their research at the 21st biennial meeting of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) conference November 16-20, 2011 in Ottawa. The Canadian Studies professors, […]
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Primary Source, a K-12 professional development center for Massachusetts teachers invited Canadian Studies specialist Betsy Arntzen to present the one day workshop “Canada and its Diversity”, October 20, 2011.聽 Primary Source promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators with people and cultures throughout the world. Betsy’s program was especially for educators in grades K-7, […]
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Professor of French Raymond Pelletier collaborated with the Penobscot School to offer a French in the Woods French immersion language weekend, September 16-18, 2011, titled Fran莽ais au bord de la Mer. The 52 participants included members of the general public and 91福利 undergraduate students. The Penobscot School is a non-profit center for language learning and […]
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