A Word from the President

As we move into the New Year, I would like to take this opportunity to wishmy fellow Canadianists a very successful 2005.

I am very pleased to be able to announce that twonew members have joined the ICCS since May2004: The Argentinian Association of CanadianStudies (ASAEC), as a full member and theCentral European Association for CanadianStudies, as an associate member. The Council atthe present time comprises 21 associations andfive associate members, which corresponds tothe participation of 38 countries throughout theworld. This network constitutes an exceptionalinternational forum that attracts scholars whoshare a common passion: Canadian andComparative Studies.

I would also like to report that we have accomplished a good many of theprimary objectives that I identified at the beginning of my term in May 2003:

• the creation of a new award for young Canadianists—the award for thebest doctoral thesis in Canadian Studies, written in English, French or inanother language. News of this award, approved at our Annual GeneralMeeting in Moncton last May, has already been disseminated by ourmember associations throughout the world. This award is, in onerespect, the natural corollary of one of the objectives that I first identifiedwhen I was elected president of the ICCS: to inspire young Canadianiststo get involved in the Council’s activities.

• the creation of RELEC, the Latin-American Network of CanadianStudies, modeled on the European Network for Canadian Studies.RELEC was conceived as a virtual organization whose principal aim isto energize the meetings between Canadianists from differentLatin-American countries and facilitate creation of teams of scholarsmade up of representatives from various Latin-American countries, incooperation with Canadian scholars. In November, 2004, in Caracas,Venezuela, following a series of visits and meetings that I undertook in2003 and 2004 in several Latin-American countries such as Colombia,

Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, we unanimously adopted the CaracasDeclaration creating RELEC. This declaration received the agreementof nine countries: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chili,Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela.

• the drafting of the New Strategic Plan for 2005-2010. Following thebrainstorming session held in Memramcook, New Brunswick in May2004, our Executive Director, Catherine Bastedo-Boileau, and I satdown to work on a first draft that we submitted to the ExecutiveCommittee at its meeting held in Barcelona in October 2004. The inputfrom the committee members has been added to this document, whichwill be sent to directors of the Board for their comments. The finalproduct will be submitted to the Council for approval in May 2005 at themeeting of the Board of Directors in Ottawa.

Turning to the internal affairs of the ICCS, it is with regret that I mustannounce the departure of Gaëtan Vallières, director and administrator ofCanadian Studies programs for more than twenty years. We were given theopportunity in Moncton to thank Gaëtan for his inestimable contribution tothe growth of Canadian Studies and to wish him a happy retirement. Guy

Leclair, manager of programs and publications for the ICCS, and Diane

Lefebvre, administration and financial officer, are carrying out Gaëtan’sduties with energy, enthusiasm and skill. The transition has proceededsmoothly.

The many activities undertaken at the ICCS office are carried out under theleadership of Catherine Bastedo-Boileau, whose exceptional skills ininternational relations and whose passion for Canadian Studies go farbeyond her strictly professional duties. She manages a wide range ofactivities, from the management of a staff of 12 who are in contact withacademics from 38 countries, to the administration of contracts, thedrafting of reports and submissions for funding and the organization ofconferences in partnership with Canadian universities, with all that entailsin terms of interpersonal relations and logistics. In the name of theExecutive Committee and the Council, I would like to express my gratitude.

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International Council for Canadian Studies January 2005

TheInternational

Canadianist

Inside...

� The latest on the international scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2

� From the center of the network... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 3

� To the far reaches of the international Canadian Studies network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4 and 5

� Conferences of the Canadian Studies network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6

Zilá Bernd, President

2 The latest on the international scene

ICCS President Attends JACS 25th AnniversaryConference

The Japanese Association for Canadian Studies held its conferencecommemorating the 25th anniversary of JACS on September 18 and 19,2004 at Shonan Village Center, Hayama, Zushi, Kanagawa. Theconference also marked the 75th anniversary of Canada-Japan diplomaticrelations, with many presentations focusing on issues related to foreignpolicy. Approximately 90 persons attended the event including CanadianAmbassador Robert G. Wright and Leo Yoffe from the CanadianEmbassy, Caroline Laplante from Academic Relations Division, ForeignAffairs Canada, Marc Béliveau from the General Delegation of Québec inTokyo and Zilá Bernd, President of the International Council for CanadianStudies (ICCS). Many young researchers and students acted as volunteersto assist JACS during the conference.

10th International Conference of the SpanishAssociation for Canadian Studies

The Spanish Association for Canadian Studies held its 10th annualinternational conference from in mid-October 2004 at the Faculty of Law,University of Girona on the theme “The Past in the Future: The SocialConstruction of Cultural Memory in Canada.” The conference, organizedby former ICCS president, Xavier Arbós and Francina Esteve

(Universitat de Girona), Marisa Calés (AEEC) and Matite Puig de

Morales (Universitat de Barcelona) opened in the unique setting of theSalvador Dali Museum and Theatre in the nearby town of Figueres, in thepresence of local authorities. Minister Counsellor, Russell Stubbert, ofthe Canadian Embassy welcomed the participants, and the keynoteaddress by Bruno Ramirez (Université de Montréal) on the multiculturalparadigm and the Canadian nation set the tone. Over 60 papers werepresented covering a wide spectrum of Canadian topics within theconference theme. Participants attended from Spain, Canada, France,Belgium, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, and other countries, allowing for avibrant interchange of ideas and the further development of aninternational Canadian Studies network. There was a reception in the cityHall of Girona and the relevance and importance of the conference wasreflected in the local newspapers. The Spanish Association for CanadianStudies highlighted the research of its younger generation of Canadianists.

Yoshinari Minami (In Memoriam)

The International Council for Canadian Studies regrets the sudden passingof Professor Yoshinari Minami, in Kyoto on October 1, 2004. Professor

Minami, a long timemember of JACS,recently lectured onLiterature, Dramaand Media duringthe JACS SilverJubilee SpecialProject 2004Seminars on Canada.In the words ofYutaka Takenaka:“JACS lost one of itsdistinguishedJapaneseCanadianists and agreat friend ofCanadian Studies.”

Mexican-Canadian Indigenous Fall

On November 23, 24 and 25, 2004 the Margaret Atwood/Gabrielle RoyChair in Canadian Studies at Mexico’s National University (UNAM)organized a series of conferences with Canadian and Mexican First Nationwriters. This event was part of the “Canadian Indigenous Fall” which wasinaugurated with a Valerie Burton photo exhibit at the AnthropologyMuseum and closed with the visit of the Honorable Paul Okalik, Premier ofNunavut. The delegation of Canadian writers consisted of Buffy

Sainte-Marie (Cree) a song writer, poet and artist who now dedicatesmuch of her work to educational and intellectual projects; Rita

Mestokosho, an Innu storyteller; and lawyer Patricia Monture (Mohawk).Mexican participants, led by the Association of Indigenous Writers ofMexico, included indigenous writers from several of the 62 differentlanguage groups in Mexico. The event received much media attention bythe top three national newspapers in Mexico. A memoir of the conference isplanned, as well as a project to publish selected writings in severalindigenous languages of North America.

20th Anniversary Conference of Chinese Association

The Association for Canadian Studies in China celebrated its 20th

anniversary from Oct 29 – Nov. 1, 2004 at Sichuan International StudiesUniversity in the city of Chongqing, during its 11th Biennial Conference.The week prior to the conference Sichuan International Universityorganized Canadian Week featuring Canadian films, lectures and theMaple Cup English and French Speech Contests in Southwestern ChinaRegion. Some 150 participants, along with delegates from many CanadianCenters across China attended the conference, and eight Canadians alsoattended, including Howard Pawley (University of Windsor), formerPremier of Manitoba. The Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Canada inChina, Ian Burchett, and Canadian Counselor in Chongqing, Philippe

Rheault, delivered congratulatory speeches at the opening ceremony.HAN Jinglin from Nankai University was elected president while formerpresident, CHEN Qineng of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences waselected as a senior advisor.

Photo (from left to right): Caroline Laplante, ForeignAffairs Canada, Zilá Bernd, ICCS President andProfessor Yoshinari Minami

Photo (from left to right): Mrs. Nelles; Professor Henry V. Nelles, McMasterUniversity and keynote speaker; Mr. Robert G. Wright, Ambassador of Canadato Japan; Professor Hiroaki Kato, President of JACS; Zilá Bernd, President ofICCS; and Mr. Shigefumi Matsuzawa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture

From the center of the network... 3

New ICCS Members

The ICCS welcomed two new members in May 2004: the ArgentinianAssociation of Canadian Studies (ASAEC), as a full member, and theCentral European Association for Canadian Studies, as an associatemember. The ASAEC, established in 1997, currently has 292 membersand includes seven regional centres for Canadian Studies, dating from1985. The Central European Association for Canadian Studies with 165members from eight countries, was formed in 2003 as the successor to theCentral European Steering Committe in Canadian Studies (est. 1998).

ICCS Biennial Conference “Canada from the Outside In”

On May 25 - 27, 2005, the International Council for Canadian Studies willhost its biennial multidisciplinary conference in partnership with theUniversity of Ottawa and Carleton University on the theme Canada

from the outside in: Images, Perceptions, Comparisons. The primaryaim of the conference is to stimulate research on issues faced by Canadain view of the challenges of multiculturalism and globalization. Sub-themesinclude ”Images of Canada,” “Perceptions of Canada (and its foreignpolicy)” and “Comparative viewpoints.” Approximately sixteen panels willbe organized on various topics. Guest speakers include Xavier Arbos,Jean-Michel Lacroix, Neil Bissondath and Alanis Obomsawin. In orderto encourage student participation the ICCS will cover the accommodationexpenses in Ottawa for five students who will be invited to act ascommentators and assist with the organizing during the conference.

ICCS International Summer Seminars in Canadian Studies

The eighth annual ICCS International Summer Seminar in Canadian

Studies, held from August 16th-20th, 2004 in Ottawa, brought togethertwenty-five professors and graduate students from seventeen countries.The week began with an engaging bus tour of Ottawa, led by Alex MunterOttawa Citizen columnist and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa,who also arranged for extensive media coverage of the seminar. Amongthe highlights of the week were a day at Willson House, Meech Lake withluncheon guest speaker, Rosemarie Kuptana, former president of theInuit Tapirisat of Canada, followed by a luncheon sponsored by the Walter

and Gordon Duncan Foundation of Canada and a roundtable onCanada in the World; a poetry evening with Ottawa poets Henry Beissel,Lise Careau, Cyril Dabydeen, Jacques Flamand, Susan McMaster,and Seymour Mayne; and a reception and guided tour of the CanadianMuseum of Civilization, offered by Victor Rabinovitch, President andCEO of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Chair of the ICCSFriends of the Council.

The following week the third ICCS International Western Summer

Seminar was hosted in Alberta by the University of Calgary. Anenthusiastic group of sixteen individuals experienced Western hospitalitywith a full and varied program organized by George Melnyk of theuniversity’s Canadian Studies Program. Among the highlights were a tripinto rural Alberta with a visit at the Fairview Hutterite Colony near Beiseker,visit to the Atlas Coal Mine Museum in East Coulee, and a talk about thefarming sector in Alberta by host Vern Hoff of the Sproule Heritage Placein Strathmore; readings by poet Tom Wayman and novelists Suzette

Mayr and David Albahari; and, on Friday, a trip to Banff and luncheonpresentations on Aboriginal issues sponsored by Brian Calliou, Director ofthe Aboriginal Leadership Program at the Banff Centre. The ICCS will hold

its 2005 International Summer Seminars in August in Ottawa and inVancouver. Watch for further details on the ICCS website.

Best Doctoral Thesis in Canadian Studies

This ICCS Award is designed to recognize and promote each year anoutstanding PhD thesis on a Canadian topic, written by a member (or oneof his/her students) of a Canadian Studies Association or AssociateMember, and contributing to a better understanding of Canada. The awardforms part of ICCS’s strategy aimed at fostering a new generation ofCanadianists. The first award will be presented in Ottawa in May 2005.

ICCS Collects All Theses in Canadian Studies

Since 1988 the ICCS has collected master’s level and doctoraltheses/dissertations on Canadian topics in all languages. The titles of thetheses sent to the ICCS are listed on the back page of “Collection Canada”which accompanies this newsletter. The titles are then donated to theLibrary and Archives Canada (LAC) for inclusion in the permanet collectionof LAC and listing in Canada’s national bibliography, Canadiana, and theonline bibliographical database AMICUS.

A Word from the President (continued)

I am pleased to announce the election of Christopher Rolfe ofthe University of Leicester (UK), last May, to the position ofPresident-Elect. Together, we hope to embark on a number ofprojects which we hope will have considerable impact on theinternational community of Canadianists.

In February 2005, we will be honouring Jean Pigott, past Chairof the Friends of the Council, who has done so much for ourorganization. During this event, we will be introducing the newChair of the Friends, Victor Rabinovitch, President and ChiefExecutive Officer of the Canadian Museum of Civilisation, whohas honoured us by accepting our invitation.

To conclude, I am very pleased to announce that, in May 2005,we will be holding our biennial conference — Canada from theoutside in/Le Canada vu d’ailleurs — in conjunction withCarleton University and the University of Ottawa. We aredelighted with the success of our call for papers: the ICCS hasreceived over 130 proposals, reflecting a wide variety of topicsand methodologies and representing a sampling of currenthigh-quality research in Canadian Studies. We hope that thismeeting will help us celebrate our ideals, which, while notnecessarily coinciding with the promotion of Canada, are borneout of a critical analysis of Canada’s cultural products and of acareful observation of the dynamic process, yet unfinished, ofCanada’s identity-building, a process familiar to most of thecountries from which we foreign Canadianists come.

Zilá Bernd

President

4 To the far reaches of the

Maple Leaf Autumn in Hungary

Canadian Studies were front and centre in Hungary this past October.From October 6-9, 2004 the 13th European Seminar for Graduate Studentsgathered close to 50 participants in Szeged, including academics invited tothe semi-annual meeting of the European Network for Canadian Studies,held on the margins of the Seminar. The conference, organized by Katalin

Kürtösi, Director of the Canadian Studies, with the assistance of Ph.D.students Eszter Szabó and Erika Nagy, offered an innovative platform fortwenty-five doctoral students from the UK, Hungary, Finland, France, theNetherlands, Poland, Norway, Romania, Ireland, Germany, Russia,Slovakia, and the Czech Republic to present papers in various areas. Theprogram also included two public lectures: Don Sparling, President of theCentral European Association of Canadian Studies, on “Theatre in theCultural Landscape of English Canada” and Robert Schwartzwald,Editor-in-Chief of the IJCS on “Canadian Film Art”. In addition, Danielle

Fournier from Montreal read extracts from her two latest poetrycollections. Social events included an opening reception and traditionalSzeged fish dinner hosted by the Canadian Embassy, and a trip to a nearbynational park where after a short cultural program, the participants had thechance to try Hungarian folk-dancing.

From October 21-23, the Canadian Studies Centre at the University ofDebrecen, hosted the second conference of a biennial series “Canada inthe European Mind”. Judit Molnár, Director of the Canadian StudiesCentre, opened the conference, and was followed by Ambassador Hagewho offered provocative views on Canada today, where Canada isheading, what Canada’s role is in the world and in Europe. Papers at theconference included topics in the arts, literature, sociology, urban studies,multiculturalism, geography, linguistics, and Canadian ice hockey. Ahighlight of the conference was an evening of entertainment at whichdrama students of the English-American Institute presented a fineperformance of Michel Tremblay’s, Albertine in Five Times, under thedirection of Prof. Szabolcs Szilágyi.

Inauguration of New Premises for Canadian Studies inAthens

Established in September 2000, the Canadian Studies Centre at theUniversity of Athens has finally moved to its new home at one of theUniversity’s central, downtown locations. This permanent base for theCentre and its activities, was secured by Professor Michael Spourdalakis,one of the Centre’s two Co-Directors. The inaugural event on February 19,2004 was built around the book presentation organised to draw attention tothe Centre’s new location and activities. The book, written in Greek, Social

Security Policy in Canada is the result of the visit to Canada of Angelos

Stergiou in September 2001, under the Faculty Research Program ofForeign Affairs Canada. Among the other speakers were Co-Director Mary

Koutsoudaki, Ambassador Philip Somerville, M. Dermitsakis,Vice-Rector, Financial Planning and Development; M. Tsinisizelis,Department Chair, Political Science and Public Administration, Theodore

Sakellaropoulos, Panteion University of Athens; Dionysis Gravaris,University of Crete.

First Canadian Studies conference in Morocco

An International colloquium, “Migration et Transferts culturels: Maghreb-Canada” was organized by Professor El Arbi Mrabet, Dean of the Facultyof Law, Economics and Social Sciences and Director of the Centred’Études canadiennes at the Université Mohamed 1er in Oujda (CECO)with the support of Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). The conference inNovember 25-27, 2004 attracted some 150 participants, including manystudents, and representatives from Algeria and Tunisa. Also in attendancewere Jacques-Guy Petit, President of AFEC, Serge Jaumain, Director ofthe Centre d’Études Canadiennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles andgovernment officials from Oujda. The Canadian government wasrepresented at this landmark event by Canadian Ambassador, Carmen

Sylvain, and Program Officer, Naida Lablack.

Photo: (from left to right) Professor M. Tsinisizelis, DepartmentChair, Political Science and Public Administration, ProfessorMichael Spourdalakis, Co-ordinator, Canadian Studies Centre,Ambassador Philip R.L. Somerville, Canadian Embassy,Professor Mary Koutsoudaki, Co-ordinator, Canadian StudiesCentre, Pamela O’Donnell, First Secretary, Political and PublicAffairs, Canadian Embassy.

Anniversary Congratulations

Congratulations to the following ICCS member associations celebrating an anniversary year in 2005:

30th

British Association for Canadian Studies

20th

Association for Canadian Studies in The NetherlandsIndian Association for Canadian StudiesIsrael Association for Canadian Studies

International Canadian Studies network 5

The Centre at the Université Mohamed 1er, was created November 28,2002. It is the first of this kind in Africa. Located in the Faculty of Law,Economics and Social Sciences it brings together some 73 students and21 professors interested in courses on Canada and promoting researchworks on Canada such as rights of citizens, education, languages,migrations (including Arab migrations), religions, etc. For moreinformation, contact: El Arbi Mrabet, elarbi_mrabet@yahoo.com.

British Association for Canadian Studies 29th AnnualConference

The Conference of the British Association of Canadian Studies entitled “HowWide is the Atlantic Ocean?” was held April 5-8 at Royal Holloway, Universityof London, attended by approximately 100 people, including a number ofCanadian academics and Mel Cappe, the Canadian High Commissioner.Tim Rooth gave the Presidential address on economic relations betweenBritain and Canada.

New Websites

http://www.canadian-studies.net/accesscanada/index.html

Access Canada: the UK gateway to information on Canada is compiled and maintained by the Library and Resources Group (LARG) of theBritish Association for Canadian Studies (BACS), with active support from the Academic Relations Office of the Canadian High Commission,

London. Part of a Sustained Studies project on Academic relations and new technologies in a changing world: Britain and Canada1970-2010, funded by the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom and Foreign Affairs Canada, it aims to provide a one-stop

gateway to information resources on Canada for people living and working in the UK.

http://www.canadianliterature.com.cn/ch/index.asp

Canadian Literature the first web site in China on the studies of Canadian literature has been established by the Canadian StudiesCenter at Ningbo University, Zhejiang Province. This Chinese language web site will increase the influence and prestige of Canadian

literature in China and help students learn about the topic. As well, it will serve as a platform for scholars to publicize academic essays,book reviews and translations, and to exchange views on Canadian writers and novels.

Photo (from left to right): Itesh Sachdev, President of BACS, CatherineBastedo-Boileau, Executive Director, ICCS, Tim Rooth, Past-President, BACS

Photo (from left to right): Professor El Arbi Mrabet, Dean of theFaculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences and Director ofthe Centre d’Études canadiennes at the Université Mohamed 1erde Oujda (CECO), Serge Jaumain, Director, Centre d’ÉtudesCanadiennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Carmen Sylvain,Canadian Ambassador in Morocco

Conferences in the Canadian Studies network 6

The ICCS keeps detailed and up-to-date information on these andother conferences on its Web site at

http://www.iccs-ciec.ca.

Indian Association for Canadian Studies(InACS)Society, Environment and Technology : Canada and India

21st Annual International Conference, February 24-26, 2005Hyderabad, India

Association for Canadian Studies in the German-speakingCountries / Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien (GKS)

Rethinking the Social: Global, Local, IndividualAnnual Conference, February 25-27, 2005

Grainau, Germany

Mexican Association for Canadian Studies / Asociación Mexicanade Estudios sobre Canadá (AMEC)

Challenges of Canadian Multiculturalism in the New Reality in NorthAmerica: Foreign Policy, Economy and Migration

11th Annual Conference , March 3-4, 2005Tijuana, Mexico

Seminario Internacional de Estudios Canadienses en Latinoamerica(SEMINECAL)

3rd Interuniversity Seminar, March 14 and 15 , 2005Havana, Cuba

Universidad de La Habana. Catedra de Estudios sobre Canada5th Seminario de Estudios Canadienses, March 16-18, 2005

Havana, Cuba

British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS)Small Nations, Big Neighbours

30th Annual Conference, April 11-13, 2005Canterbury, UK

Association for Canadian Studies in the Netherlands (ACSN)Building Liberty: Canada and World Peace, 1945-2005, June 2-4, 2004

Middelburg, The Netherlands

French Association for Canadian Studies / Association Françaised’Etudes canadiennes (AFEC) et

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Centre d’études canadiennes (ULB)La banlieue au Canada : principal milieu de vie au Canada

Annual conference, 9-11 June, 2005Valenciennes, France

Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS)Images of a Post/National Society, August 18-21, 2005

Turku, Finland

Japanese Association for Canadian Studies (JACS)Annual conference, mid-September 2005 [date to be determined]

Russian Association for Canadian Studies (RACS)Biennial conference, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2005

St. Petersburg, Russia

Italian Association for Canadian Studies /Assoziazione Italiana di Studi Canadesi (AISC)

Canada: le rotte della libertà 22nd Biennialconference, October 6-8, 2005, Monopoli, Italy

Brazilian Association for Canadian Studies / Associaçao Brasileirade Estudios Canadenses (ABECAN)

Canada: Visions, Landscapes and Perspectives,From the Arctic to the Antarctic

8th Biennial International Conference, November 8-11, 2005Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)18th Biennial Conference, November 16-20

St. Louis, Missouri

Did You Know...

� Olgica Marinkovic, Academic and Cultural RelationsOfficer at the Embassy of Canada in Belgrade, receivedthe Deputy Ministers’ Award for Excellence for the LocallyEngaged Staff at a ceremony in Ottawa on September 20,

2004. The award was presented by Robert Fonberg and

Marie-Lucie Morin .

� The inaugural meeting of the Croatian Chapter of theCentral European Association for Canadian Studies was

held at the University of Zagreb with Ivo Josipovic of theLaw Faculty unanimously elected as President.

� Jean-Michel Lacroix (Rector de l’Académied’Orléans-Tours and a Past President of AFEC andICCS) received an honorary doctorate from Wilfrid LaurierUniversity in Waterloo, Ontario.

� Christiane Harzig (University of Erfurt) has beenawarded John G. Diefenbaker Award by the CanadaCouncil for the Arts to study Canadian immigration policyat the University of Winnipeg.

� Geogre Melnyk (Canadian Studies Program, University

of Calgary) and Raul Rodriguez Gonzalez (BibliotecaLuis Fimbres Moreno,CETYS Universidad, Tijuana,Mexico) met at the ICCS Western Summer Seminar inCalgary in 2003. They have recently signed a bilateralagreement to establish the 1000-volume “University ofCalgary Canadian Collection.” During the five-yearagreement the Canadian Studies Program at theUniversity of Calgary will donate books collected fromlocal professors.

The International Canadianist (ISSN 0847-5792) is published three times a year by the International Councilfor Canadian Studies (ICCS) as a service to Canadian government, universities, business, foundations, themedia and the international community of Canadianists. This January 2005 issue has a circulation of over 7000.Editor: Linda M. Jones. For more information, contact the ICCS, 75 Albert St., S-908, Ottawa K1P 5E7. Tel.:(613) 789-7834. Fax: (613) 789-7830. E-mail: reception@iccs-ciec.ca.