"Canadian Studies: On the Edge"

When: 10.09.2009
Location: SOS B-40
An Interdisciplinary Symposium sponsored by the Western Canadian Studies Association with assistance from the Government of Canada

Symposium: 10-5pm, Room SOS B-40
Reception: 5pm, University Club Pub Room

AGENDA

Morning session
10:00 meeting and mingling
10:15 Welcome, Patrick James, USC
Welcome , Rita Ross, WCSA President

10:30 - 12:30 paper session

Patrick Coleman, UCLA, "Symbolic Capital: The Role of Paris in the Early Careers of Hubert Aquin and Mordecai Richler"
Nadine Kozak, UC San Diego, "One of the Most Brilliant Government Innovations: Overcoming the Digital Divide in Alberta, Canada"
Bryan McDonald, UC Irvine, "Food Security and Global Environmental Change: Improving U.S. and Canadian Cooperation in the Face of Shared Threats and Vulnerabilities"
Ruth Jones, UCLA, "Historical Violence: Gerard Etienne's Un Ambassadeur macoute a Montreal and Radical Historiography"

12:30 - 1:30 networking lunch

1:30 - 3:00 paper session
George Fujii, UC Santa Barbara, "Postscript to Bretton Woods: The 1945-1946 Anglo-American and Anglo-Canadian Financial Agreements"
Rita Ross, UC Berkeley, "Evangeline in Literature and Folklore"
Patrick James, USC, "Constitutional Politics in Canada After the Charter"

3:15-4:15 " Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny," a film made by the Inuit that turns the table on outside researchers.

4:30 Synthesis: Rita Ross, Canadian Studies, UC Berkeley

5:00 Reception hosted by Canadians Abroad
Guest speaker: Daryl Copeland, Canadian analyst, author and educator.
Location: University Club, Pub Room


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