EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme 2012 – “Thinking Canada”
“Thinking Canada” is a joint initiative of the European Network for Canadian Studies and the European Commission – a four-week study tour to Canada for European students that will take place from 2 - 30 September 2012, followed by two-month internships for selected participants. The tour to Canada commences with three days of briefings in Brussels on the EU and EU-Canada relations.
The aim of the study tour is to offer its participants a unique in-depth experience of Canada through an intensive programme of visits to major private and public institutions, government bodies, think tanks and NGOs. At each place, the students will receive briefings and have the opportunity to exchange views with representatives of these bodies, many of them leading experts in their fields. The tour will begin in Brussels, and travel to Ottawa, Québec, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria.
This immersion in Canada will offer a unique opportunity for an academic experience in a non-academic setting. The tour is focused on a number of themes, in particular cultural diversity (including the English/French relationship, the First Nations and multiculturalism), political issues (federalism, regionalism, the role of government), the environment (including Arctic issues), urban issues and economic topics (business, finance, trade). EU-Canada relations will also be covered and provide a recurring backdrop to the discussions. Academic advisors will be accompanying the tour to serve as resource persons and provide feedback.
In addition to the tour, nine two-month internships will be offered to participants immediately following the end of the tour.
For further information on the tour, its programme, internships, cost and how to apply, see the tour’s website at www.thinking-canada.eu.
Deadline for applications: Monday 30 April 2012
Nominees for the ICCS awards
Please find here the press releases announcing the nominees for the ICCS awards, which are the Best Doctoral Thesis in Canadian Studies, the Jean-Michel Lacroix Award and the Pierre Savard Awards for the categories Book written in French or English and Book written in language other than French or English.
- Best Thesis 2012. For more information click here.
- Jean-Michel-Lacroix Award designed to highlight an outstanding scholarly article published in the International Journal of Canadian Studies. For more information click here.
- Pierre Savard Award (Book written in French or English), bestowed each year to authors of scholarly monographs in the field of Canadian Studies. For more information click here.
- Pierre Savard Award (Book written in language other than French or English), bestowed each year to an author of a scholarly monograph on a Canadian topic. For more information click here.
'Rocky Mountain Express' in the Omniversum, The Hague
Omniversum will be launching the new IMAX movie Rocky Mountain Express. IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems.
Rocky Mountain Express propels audiences on a steam train journey through the breathtaking vistas of the Canadian Rockies and relates the epic adventure of building the nation’s first transcontinental railway. Witness the remarkable story of how the nation’s first transcontinental railway was built against next-to-impossible odds. Re-live the age of steam, discover locomotive 2816 and retrace the original route the Canadian Pacific Railway carved out of the wilderness more than a century ago. Embark on a picturesque adventure through towering snow-peaked mountains, roaring river gorges and a daunting and vertical landscape, showing the beauty of the true golden age of rail transportation. Learn how the steel wheels of this powerful locomotive, carrying thousands of tons of load, barely touched the tracks, making it possible to transport merchandise with a level of efficiency unheard of with other technologies. Discover the near magical efficiency of rail: a technology born in the age of steam and more vital than ever in an era of increasing energy constraints. See the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pFocxpM524
Wednesday April 18th, the Canadian Embassy together with the Netherlands Canadian Chamber of Commerce (NCCC) will host an exclusive evening for Embassy contacts, employees, NCCC members and their guests, to experience the breathtaking film.
Programme:
- 19.00 hours: registration desk open
- 19.30-22.15 hours: film starts, followed by drinks and hors d'oeuvres and information market.
Air Canada, Incento, Travel Alberta and other sponsors will provide information on Canada as a tourist destination, with a focus on Canadian train vacations.
Please register before April 12 by sending an e-mail to info@canada.nl, mentioning “Rocky Mountain Express”, your name and amount of tickets you wish to purchase. If seats are still available you will receive a confirmation.
Looking forward to seeing you at the Omniversum.
Canada talks lecture series: Literature
time and date: Wednesday 11 April 2012 14.30
Location: Classroom 8, Eleanor Building
“Canada talks” is a multidisciplinary lecture series organized by the Roosevelt Academy in partnership with the Association for Canadian Studies in the Netherlands (ACSN).
Dr. Hilde Staels, Associate Professor of English literature Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) will speak on
“Silenced voices that clamour to be heard in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale"
All are welcome.
Online Research Guide
The R.P. Bell Library and the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University wish to inform you about a web-based research guide on Canadian political life and government. The purpose of this guide is to introduce students, researchers, and others interested in Canadian government and politics to the major sources of information for research in these fields. the guide provides connections to primary source and addresses such topics as:
- political party financing
- immigration
- international relations
- trade
- women in politics
-defense policy, and
- local government
Additional topics are planned. This project was made possible through the generous support of the Crabtree Foundation. The site is open to the public, students, faculty, researches and interested parties at:
www.mta.ca/library/govt&politics/main/home.html
Tulips and Maple Leaves in 2010, Perspectives on 65 years’ Dutch-Canadian Relation
By Conny Steenman-Marcusse
The 65th anniversary of the end of World War II will be celebrated in May 2010. MP Stephen Harper plans to come over with Canadian War Veterans and 2000 Canadian Highschool students. Ever since July 1, 2009 there have been talks between ACSN and Dutch Foreign Affairs in the Hague what to do to observe this important event. With the financial support of Foreign Affairs ACSN has been requested to issue a book Tulips and Maple Leaves in 2010, Perspectives on 65 years’ Dutch-Canadian Relations, to be published by Barkhuis, Groningen, full-colour, hardcover. The book comprises 10 interviews with a high level of human interest content conducted by journalist Olga van Ditzhuijzen. The interviewees have special connections with Canada and the Netherlands. Included in the book are also 10 essays supplied by students from Groningen, Nijmegen en Middelburg. Some of the topics are “NATO: The Importance of Afghanistan”, “In the Land of Lisbon: Canadian relations with the EU”, “From G8 to G20: Expanding the Global Framework” and “Copenhagen and After: Cooping with Climate Change.” The book will be presented to all Canadian guests and Dutch officials, communities and schools on May 6, 2010 in Bergen op Zoom, where a commemoration service will be held at 11.00 a.m. at the Canadian War Cemetery with 1.118 war graves.
Prepare for Studying in Canada
The Education in Canada website provides information to international students about education opportunities in Canada. Individuals interested can search for study programs, get cost estimates, learn about study permit requirements and work opportunities. For more information, visit this page.
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