About BACS
The British Association for Canadian Studies acts as a forum for Canadianists in the UK and holds an annual conference at Easter each year. BACS publishes a Newsletter twice yearly and the British Journal of Canadian Studies is produced by Liverpool University Press.
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Books for Review!
The current list of books available for review in the BJCS is available on the BACS website |
BACS E-News
The deadline for copy for the next BACS E-News is
28 September 2011
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BACS
Room SB220
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
020 7862 8687
or:
c/o 2 Ancroft Southmoor
Berwick-upon-Tweed
TD15 2TD
01289 387331
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Where is Here Now?
Canadian Literary Study in the 21st Century
BACS Literature Group symposium
12 September 2011
Eccles Centre for American Studies, British library
The programme and conference papers are available on the symposium website.
To register and receive attendance information, please contact Fiona, Catherine and Gillian.
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Identity, Diversity and Governance: Canada Perspectives
3 October 2011, 11:00 - 18:30
Jessell Room, Senate House, London
Conference Speakers:
Martin Adhl, Forum for Reforms, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (FORES)
Anne Arnot, Canadian High Commission
Michelle Aguayo, Concordia University
David Alexander Clark, Independent Researcher
Susan Hodgett, University of Ulster
Petter Hojem, Forum for Reforms, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (FORES)
This one-day event features speakers from a range of fields including international relations, sociology, media and communications, social policy and journalism.
The event will close with a wine reception hosted by the Canadian High Commission and an address by Doug Saunders, award winning Canadian journalist and author of Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World.
The event is free but spaces are limited. To register for the event please email Amy Hinterberger
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SUSTAINING CANADA
Past, Present and Future Environments
BACS 37th Annual Conference
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
2-4 April 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS
The British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) is pleased to announce that their 37th annual conference will take place on 2-4 April 2012 at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.
The environment has long been viewed as a policy priority area for Canada: once seen as a boundless resource of raw materials, the need to sustain and conserve has grown in significance along with increasing concern about environmental change. The notion of the environment remains, however, both multi-faceted and contested.
Keynote speakers include:
Professor Faye Hamill (University of Strathclyde), author of Sophistication: A Literary and Cultural History: 2012 Eccles Lecture
Doug Saunders, European Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail and author of Arrival City
Professor Laurent Lepage, University of Québec à Montreal, author of Le projet de restauration du fleuve Saint-Laurent (tbc)
We encourage contributions on any facet of the topic of Sustaining Canada within and beyond the field of Canadian Studies. Proposals for 20-minute papers, to be presented in either English or French, are invited from any single disciplinary or multidisciplinary perspective. Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and comparative panel proposals, including those from postgraduate students, are welcome.
The following aspects are indicative and not comprehensive:
The origins and growth of environmentalism in Canada - Inter-Provincial contrasts? The impact of NAFTA? The sub-prime recession? The environment of Canada and resource extraction - Long-term sustainability issues for energy and other sectors on a global level Actions to sustain the environment of Canada. - Local activism, municipal, provincial, federal dimensions The environment of Canada and the human scale - Actions towards conservation: recycling, non-motorised transport The environment of Canada: depicted, remembered, imagined - Idealised and devoid of human input? Or incomprehensible without it? The environment of Canada and policy-making - A concern only in the good times or an enduring preoccupation? The environment of Canada and the Law - Enforcement, conflict, Indigenous peoples' land rights etc The environment of Canada and ecological fragility - Threatened environments: when, where, how? The environment of Canada and the Business sector - Implications for corporate social responsibility: business costs, business practices Enquiries and proposals to: Jodie Robson, BACS Administrator Email Conference website Proposals (panel and individual) and deadline:
Email abstract(s) of 200-300 words and brief CV (please do not exceed one side of A4) which must include your title, institutional affiliation, email and mailing address by 20 November 2011. Submissions will be acknowledged by email. Postgraduate students are especially welcome to submit a proposal and there will be a concessionary conference fee for students. BACS regrets that it is unable to assist participants with travel and accommodation costs.
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 THE MULTI-LANGUAGES OF CANADIAN STUDIES
Glendon College, York University, Toronto, ON
Friday, September 30 - Saturday, October 1, 2011
The bilingual nature of Canada has long been recognised as a defining feature of the country. While the vast majority of Canadians (98%) speak one of Canada's two official languages, one-fifth of the population reports a non-official mother tongue. In various ways, Canadian multicultural policies and practices ensure, for some groups at least, access to specific government services in their maternal language. At the same time, most aboriginal languages are imperilled. Decades of official hostility to aboriginal languages have reduced the numbers of speakers dramatically, in some cases to a handful.
This conference examines how the diversity of Canadian languages contributes to the challenges and successes of the country. Scholars will discuss in panels and round-tables the various roles of language in Canadian politics, society, history, literature and culture. Papers will also explore the contact zones between different languages, raising issues of translation, communication and miscommunication.
The Annual General meeting of the Canadian Studies Network will take place during the conference.
Key-note speaker: Prof. Itesh Sachdev
Prof. Sachdev is a well-known socio-linguist, specialising in aboriginal and immigrant languages (particularly those from the Indian subcontinent). He is a former president of the British Association for Canadian Studies.
Further information and programme...
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International Polar Year 2012 Conference
Montreal, Canada
22-27 April 2012
Overview: Occurring at a pivotal time for the environment of our planet, the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference draws international attention to the Polar Regions, global change, and related environmental, social and economic issues. From Knowledge to Action will bring together over 2,000 Arctic and Antarctic researchers, policy- and decision-makers, and a broad range of interested parties from academia, industry, non-government, education and circumpolar communities including indigenous peoples. The IPY 2012 Conference will contribute to the translation of new polar scientific findings into an evidence-based agenda for action that will influence global decisions, policies and outcomes over the coming years.
The Call for papers (deadline 30 September 2011) and details of travel funding for students can be found on the conference website
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Awards News
ICCS Awards
The following programmes are run by ICCS but applications must be supported by BACS. For some awards BACS holds a preliminary round of adjudication. There is more information, including application forms, on these and other programmes on the ICCS website.
Publishing Fund
Best Doctoral Thesis
Pierre Savard Awards
Graduate Student Scholarships
The final deadlines for all applications to be received by BACS is 14 September 2011 with submission to ICCS by 24 November.
Enquiries...
Eccles Centre Visiting Professorship, Fellowships And Postgraduate Awards 2012
Applicants are invited to apply for one of several awards being offered in 2012 to help support scholars who need to visit London to use the British Library's collections relating to North America.
Research visits should take place in the period April 2012 - September 2013. Applications must be submitted by 5pm on January 31, 2012.
Details...
BACS Travel Awards
The BACS Travel Awards are small travel awards (normally up to £500) to enable suitably qualified British scholars to make academic visits to Canada.
Applications should be made well in advance of the proposed date of travel. The closing dates for applications are 1 October, 1 February and 1 May of each year.
Further information...
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NEW PHD STUDENTSHIP IN CANADIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Applications are invited for a new PhD Studentship, worth £4,000 per annum, commencing September 2012. The studentship is jointly funded by the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom and the Graduate School of Social and Political Science.
This studentship is available for British citizens and Canadian citizens who are permanent residents in the UK and wish to enter the PhD program in the Centre of Canadian Studies in September 2012.
For terms and conditions, please click here.
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