In This Issue:

News from Berkeley

• Berkeley Public Health alumnus Madhukar Pai named chair of new Department of Global and Public Health at McGill University

Upcoming Events

• 6th Annual Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner
• Book talk: Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: The Making of a Pan-African North America
• Workshop: “North American Cities in Changing Times: Rethinking the Urban Core for the City of the Future”

External Events

• Canadian films at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival
• Canada Seminar: “Who Has Better Access to (Primary) Healthcare, Canadians or Americans?”
• Canadian Heritage Night: Sharks vs. Canucks

NEWS FROM BERKELEY

Berkeley Public Health Alumnus Madhukar Pai Named Chair of New Department of Global and Public Health at McGill University

The UC Berkeley School of Public Health is pleased to announce that alumnus Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the Department of Global and Public Health in the School of Population and Global Health at McGill University in Montreal.

Dr. Pai was born in India, and completed his medical training and residency there. He earned a PhD in epidemiology at UC Berkeley in 2004, and subsequently held a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF.

Dr. Pai is a specialist in tuberculosis, with a focus on diagnosis and treatment in high-burden countries like India and South Africa. He has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization, and has received research funding from organizations such as the Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Pai is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

UPCOMING EVENTS

 LAST CHANCE TO GET THANKSGIVING TICKETS! 

6th Annual Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner

Sunday, Oct. 8 | 4:30 pm | Alumni House | Buy tickets

Canadian Studies is proud to partner with the Digital Moose Lounge for our sixth annual Canadian Thanksgiving! Join your fellow Bay Area Canadians for this annual Thanksgiving tradition. Share a delicious turkey dinner as you connect with friends old and new.

Tickets may be purchased through the Digital Moose Lounge. Sales will close this Thursday, October 5, so make sure to get your today!

Book Talk: Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: The Making of a Pan-African North America

Tues., Oct. 17 | 12:30 pm | 223 Philosophy Hall | RSVP

20th-century Black history cannot be understood without accounting for the influence of Pan-African thought. In the early 1900s, Marcus Garvey’s followers saw North America, particularly Canada, as a base from which to liberate the Black masses from colonialism. Then, after World War II, Vietnam War resisters, Black Panthers, and Caribbean students joined the throngs of cross-border migrants to denounce militarism, imperialism, and capitalism. As revolutionaries from Oakland to Toronto dreamed of an “African world”, the prospect of coalitions among the Black Power, Red Power, and Quebecois Power movements inspired U.S. and Canadian intelligence services to infiltrate and sabotage Black organizations across North America.

In his new book Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: The Making of a Pan-African North America (University of North Carolina Press, 2023), Dr. Wendell Adjetey explores how twentieth-century global Black liberation movements began within the U.S.-Canadian borderlands as cross-border, continental struggles. This work reveals the revolutionary legacies of the Underground Railroad and America’s Great Migration, and the hemispheric and transatlantic dimensions of this history.

Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey is assistant professor of post-Reconstruction U.S. and African Diaspora history at McGill University, where he holds the William Dawson Chair. A first-generation high school graduate, he earned an PhD, MPhil, and MA from Yale University in history and African American studies. He completed his BA in history and political science at the University of Toronto (University of St. Michael’s College), where he also earned an MA in political science and ethnic, immigration, and pluralism studies.

This event is cosponsored by the Center for African Studies, the Center for Race and Gender, and the Department of African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies.

UC Berkeley graduate students with a research interest in Dr. Adjetey’s work are welcome to attend a small group discussion with the speaker on Monday, October 16. For more information, please email canada@berkeley.edu.

Workshop: North American Cities in Changing Times: Rethinking the Urban Core for the City of the Future

Fri., Oct. 27 | 1:30-5:00 pm | Women’s Faculty Club Reception to follow | RSVP

The rise of remote work has upended traditional thinking about the role of the urban core and what society might need and want from urban spaces. Some cities have weathered these changes better than others by attracting new residents and investment from firms and other institutions. At the same time, cities across North America are grappling with widening inequality, soaring living costs, and uneven recovery. What might be causing these differences? How can cities take these opportunities to remake the urban core in a more just and equitable way so all residents can thrive – and what can cities learn from each other?

This workshop will bring together scholars and policy leaders from across the United States and Canada for a discussion about the future of the urban core in select North American cities. Using a comparative lens, two panels will examine how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recovery have shifted narratives around development in urban centers. We will speculate on future development possibilities, and propose possible solutions to current and potential challenges to urban revival.

Participants will include Dr. Karen Chapple (UC Berkeley/University of Toronto); Jennifer Barrett (Canadian Urban Institute); Molly Harris (London Borough and Lambeth and former Canadian Studies Hildebrand Fellow); Dr. Tom Kemeny (University of Toronto; Sujata Srivastava (SPUR, San Francisco); Egon Terplan (UC Berkeley); Andy Yan (Simon Fraser University); Dr. Gordon Douglas (San José State University); and Eric Eidlin (City of San José).

Space is limited, so please RSVP if you plan to attend in person. All attendees are welcome to attend a public reception following the workshop at 5:00 pm.

Image: Robson Square, Vancouver, BC. Author: Los Paseos on Wikimedia Commons.

EXTERNAL EVENTS

Canadian Films at the SF Dance Film Festival

Sept. 22-Oct. 15 | San Francisco, CA | Buy tickets

Four Canadian short films will be screened at this year’s 14th annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival. A highlight is Just Short of Reality, a series of interlocking shorts that show the mundane serendipities of everyday life through the genres of surrealism, silent film, and dance (Screendance 2: What’s the Story?, October 7; also on streaming). Other Canadian entries include Beyond the Off-Screen and Future Futures – Walter’s Very Bad Day (Narrative Shorts, October 5) and Branché (Raising Voices, October 8; also on streaming).

Canada Seminar: “Who Has Better Access to (Primary) Healthcare, Canadians or Americans?”

Tues., Oct. 10 | 9:00 am PT | Online | RSVP

It’s widely believed in both Canada and the United States that Canadians have been access to healthcare than Americans – but do the facts support this claim? The Weatherhead Canada Program at Harvard University will host a talk with two physicians who will walk through the myths and realities of each country’s healthcare system. Featured speakers are Dr. Marion Dove, an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University and practicing family physician, and Dr. Aaron Hoffman, Chief Clinical Innovation Engineer and a practicing family physician at Atrius Health in Boston and co-director of the Harvard Home for Family Medicine. Learn more here.

Canadian Heritage Night: Sharks vs. Canucks

Thurs., Nov. 2 | 4:30 pm | San José, CA | Buy tickets

The San José Sharks, Digital Moose Lounge, and Canadian Consulate in San Francisco are pleased to bring you a special Canadian Heritage Game Night! Join fellow hockey fans in a dedicated Canadian zone at this family-friendly event. Your VIP tickets will get you pregame lounge access, Canadian smoked meats and poutine, and a few special surprises.

Ticket sales close on Sunday, October 8, so get yours today!

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