“The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) is a multi-disciplinary membership based organization committed to raising awareness and understanding of Canada and the bilateral relationship. ACSUS supports research and academic activity through its publications, conferences, and grant programs; promotes the academy through active advocacy and outreach; and positions the community by profiling the scope and diversity of research undertaken by the ACSUS membership in the humanities and social sciences.”
The School of Canadian Studies is a sponsor in this the 26th Biennial conference being held in Washington, DC, November 16th – 19th.
Director David Carment will be participating in the Enders Symposium (named for the former US Ambassador to Canada) on “The forces that shape the Canada-US Relationship: Domestic and International Determinants” as well as participating in a Roundtable on Pedagogical Issues in teaching Canadian Foreign Policy.
Richard Nimijean is a panelist on several Roundtables including on Covid-19 and its impact on Higher Education and Constructing Canadian Identity from Abroad: How Externality Influences an Understanding of Canada.
Doctoral students Victoria Pelky, Gale Franklin, and Breanna Kubat will also be travelling to Washington D.C. to attend and present at the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)’s biennial conference “Canada: Near and Far”.
Victoria, Gale, and Breanna have all been selected to present as part of the Student Colloquium, as well as in the main conference program.
Victoria Pelky will be presenting her papers entitled “Challenging Social and World Views: Carl Beam’s Indigenization of a Western Art Form as a Form of Activism” and “Constitutionally Conflicting Bilingualism in Canada: An Analysis of Three Provincial Approaches to Separate French Education Following the Implementation of the Official Languages Act”
Gale Franklin will be presenting her papers entitled “The Sounds of Whiteness: Listening to the “Freedom Convoy” Occupation of Ottawa, Canada” and “Tactical Listening amid Displacement and Resettlement: Syrian Refugees’ Musical Experiences in Edmonton, AB”
Breanna Kubat will be presenting her papers entitled “Canadian Universities in the Twenty-First Century: tensions, pressures, and responses” and “Pearsonian Nostalgia: The Utility of Nostalgia as a Political Discourse in the 2015 Rebranding of the Liberal Party of Canada”
Watch this space for updates.
RELATED: Take a look at the 2019 article by David Carment and Richard Nimijean in the American Review of Canadian Studies entitled: Canada, Nation Branding and Domestic Politics
