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Canadian Studies Announcements
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In This Issue:
Program News
- Former director Irene Bloemraad to join the University of British Columbia
- Save the date: the Big Give is March 14!
Upcoming Events
- Conference on Proto-Algonquian
- Come from Away: Newfoundland and Labrador’s Food Security Dilemma
External Events
- Modest Livelihood with a Live Score by eagles with eyes closed
- Seeing It All: Changing the World One Photo at a Time
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Irene Bloemraad Appointed President’s Chair in Migration at the University of British Columbia
It is with very mixed emotions that the Canadian Studies Program announces that former program director Irene Bloemraad will be leaving Berkeley at the end of the current academic year. Professor Bloemraad has accepted a new position at the University of British Columbia. As recently announced by UBC, she has been appointed President’s Excellence Chair in Global Migration, beginning July 1, 2024.
While we are happy for Irene and the opportunities that this new position offers her, her departure will leave a hole in our Canadian Studies community here at Berkeley. Professor Bloemraad directed the Canadian Studies Program for ten years, ending her directorship just last year. During that time, she played a critical role in stabilizing and growing the Program. She oversaw a broad restructuring of the Program’s governance and finances, and implemented numerous community partnerships that continue to bear fruit today. In addition to her academic and organizational talents, she is a personal friend to many in our community, and we will miss seeing her around campus.
At UBC, Dr. Bloemraad will hold appointments in the Departments of Political Science and Sociology. She will also serve as the co-director of the Centre of Migration Studies in the Faculty of Arts and will continue to co-direct the Boundaries, Membership and Belonging program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a Canada-based global research organization.
Canadian Studies would like to thank Professor Bloemraad for her service not just to the Program, but to Berkeley as a whole. While we are certainly sad that she is leaving, we know that she will remain a committed friend. We look forward to working with her to build connections with UBC and develop further avenues for collaboration. We hope that you will join us in wishing her well in her new position! |
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Save the Date: The Big Give is March 14!
It’s that time of year again! On March 14, join our community in showing support for Canadian Studies by making a gift during the Big Give, Berkeley’s annual day of giving. Canadian Studies is a donor-supported program, and your donation goes directly to support education and research about Canada. We’ll follow up with additional information on how you can multiply the impact of a gift of any size. Until then, mark your calendars – we hope to see you on March 14! |
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| Conference on Proto-Algonquian
Saturday, March 2 | 9:30 am – 4:00 pm | 223 Philosophy Hall | RSVP
The Canadian Studies Program invites you to a one-day conference honoring the late David Pentland on the occasion of the posthumous publication of his Proto-Algonquian Dictionary. The conference will bring together scholars from across the United States and Canada to celebrate this significant milestone in Algonquian scholarship, and to celebrate Dr. Pentland’s life and career as a prominent scholar in the field of Algonquian studies.
Ever since Leonard Bloomfield published his groundbreaking 1946 sketch outlining the sound system and basic morphology of Proto-Algonquian, refinements of the details of sound change and the reconstruction of Proto-Algonquian has been a central part of Algonquian linguistics. But the close similarities among most of the languages has led to a plethora of proposed reconstructions that are often not fully consistent with one another. Pentland’s dictionary has been a long-awaited step forward, bringing a new level of rigor and consistency to the field. It will also be a springboard to a range of new questions about methodology, classification, and borrowing. And we cannot discount the window on Algonquian culture such a comprehensive work provides. Speakers at the conference will address these questions and more.
Details about the conference, including the speaker schedule, are available on our website. The conference is at no cost, but attendees must register by emailing canada@berkeley.edu. |
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Come from Away: Newfoundland and Labrador’s Food Security Dilemma
Tues., March 12 | 12:30 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall | RSVP
This presentation illuminates past and current complexities of Newfoundland and Labrador’s unique food system. Following confederation with Canada in 1949, the province’s once-abundant fisheries fed North America to the point of over-exploitation, creating both cultural and food system disruption. Currently, most food is imported into the province and transported by ferry, including produce from California’s Central Valley. Though hunting is prevalent in rural communities, high priced, pre-packaged, and processed food, rather than fish, are the dietary mainstay. Recent efforts to expand agricultural production within the province would improve local control over the food system. This would ostensibly be more expensive than most imported foods, given the province’s short growing season and relatively small, diffusely located population. Yet financially supporting such endeavors might be justifiable to facilitate a basic human right to access and produce food.
Note: The speaker will also share Newfoundland and Labrador artwork and handicrafts at the in-person presentation.
About the Speaker
Dr. Catherine Keske is a professor of management of complex systems in the School of Engineering at UC Merced. She is an agricultural economist and social scientist who studies sustainable food, energy, and waste systems. Prior to joining UC Merced in 2017, she was associate professor of environmental studies (economics) in the School of Science and the Environment at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research on food security and Newfoundland and Labrador includes an edited book, Food Futures: Growing a Sustainable Food System for Newfoundland and Labrador, and “Economic feasibility of biochar and agriculture coproduction from Canadian black spruce forest” published in Food and Energy Security.
If you require an accommodation to fully participate in an event, please let us know at least 7 days in advance. |
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Modest Livelihood with a Live Score by eagles with eyes closed
Wed., Feb. 21 | 7:30 pm | BAMPFA | Buy tickets
A screening of the silent film Modest Livelihood, by Cree artist Duane Linklater (pictured left) and Brian Jungen, is accompanied by a new score performed by a trio of UC Berkeley student musicians. The score is written by eagles with eyes closed, a musical project consisting of Duane Linklater and Tobias Linklater, exploring the generative experience of watching films together as intergenerational collaborators, father and son, and two Indigenous artists. The screening will close out the exhibit Duane Linklater: mymothersside, which ends tomorrow. Space is limited, and tickets are required. |
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Seeing It All: Changing the World One Photo at a Time
Wed., Feb. 28 | 5:30 pm | San Francisco | Buy tickets
The Commonwealth Club invites you to join three Canadian women for a conversation on the power of images to change how we see the world, raise awareness about the most urgent environmental issues, and spark action. Seeing It All: Women Photographers Expose Our Planet is the latest publication from BigPicture and the California Academy of Sciences. Featuring more than 125 photos by female BigPicture award recipients and jurors, these incredible images present new perspectives of rarely seen animals, places, and conservation around the world.
Written by Canadian Studies board member Rhonda Rubinstein (Co-founder, BigPicture Natural World Photography; Creative Director, California Academy of Sciences), Seeing It All illustrates the extraordinary complexity of the natural world and exposes how we – humans, animals, and nature – are living together now. Panelists will also include Toronto-based photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur (Founder, We Animals Media) and neuroscientist Dr. Indre Viskontas (USCF/San Francisco Conservatory of Music.) Tickets are available to attend both in-person and online; books will be available for purchase and signing. |
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Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 