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Canadian Studies Announcements
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In This Issue:
Academic Opportunities
• Canadian Studies funding available to Berkeley grads & undergrads
• Call for papers: 2025 ACSUS Conference / Emerging Scholars Colloquium
Upcoming Events
• The “Illusion” of Childcare Reform: Childcare, Taxation, and Social Policy in Post-WWII Canada
External Events
• Learn to Curl Social with the SFBACC
• Rediscovering Édouard Roditi: The 20th Century of a Dazzling Mind
• Distant Early Warning: The Arctic Under Siege | Photographs by Louie Palu |
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| Canadian Studies Funding Available to Berkeley Grads & Undergrads!
The Canadian Studies Program would like to remind subscribers that we offer generous research funding to support students engaged in Canadianist research here at Berkeley. Opportunities are available for both graduate and undergraduate students. Please forward this information to any friends, students, or colleagues who may be interested!
The Edward E. Hildebrand Graduate Research Fellowship
Amount: Up to $5,000 per semester
This fellowship funds direct travel and research costs for projects that contribute to knowledge about Canada and/or the Canadian-U.S. relationship. Applications are open to UC Berkeley graduate students in any discipline and of any citizenship.
The Rita Ross Undergraduate Prize in Canadian Studies
Amount: $300
This prize recognizes undergraduates who have written a superior research paper or other project on a Canadian topic. The competition is open to any UC Berkeley undergraduate student in good academic standing, in any college or discipline. Submissions must be an original paper or project produced in a UC Berkeley class or independent study during the 2024-2025 academic year.
Undergraduate Research Funding
Amount: Variable
Funding is available for undergraduate students interested in conducting organized research for a UC Berkeley class or as part of an independent study project. Awards are made at the director’s discretion. |
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Call for Papers: 2025 ACSUS Conference / Emerging Scholars Colloquium
Deadline: February 1
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) will host its 27th biennial conference, November 13-16, 2025, in Seattle, WA. The conference is open to all proposals with a significant Canadian focus. We welcome papers and panel proposals from students, professors, independent scholars, and practitioners on all critical perspectives related to the theme “Canada: Spaces of Change.”
How is Canada perceived and portrayed from outside its borders, and by the international community? What are the historical and present-day nuances of Canada-US relations and where are they going? How are the US and Canada changing? What role does the border have in creating or working against familiarity, or belonging? What roles do non-governmental agencies around the world play in shaping Canada’s relationships with the world? Finally, as a professional organization dedicated to the promotion of Canadian Studies, what is ACSUS’s role in these larger questions? Proposals that touch on these themes are encouraged though, as always, submissions on all subjects addressing Canada and Canadian-American relations are welcome.
Established scholars presenting papers at the conference must be ACSUS members in good standing.
Graduate and undergraduate students may submit papers to the ACSUS Emerging Scholars Colloquium. Colloquium participants will benefit from the opportunity to network with other students, as well as liaison and receive mentorship by faculty and senior scholars while attending portions of the ACSUS conference.
Emerging scholars accepted to the colloquium will receive guaranteed funding up to a maximum of $1,000 USD to help alleviate conference registration and travel costs.
To learn more about the ACSUS Conference and Emerging Scholars Colloquium, please click here. Prospective participants must submit an abstract of not more than 300 words (including a working title), along with a brief CV (2 pages maximum), no later than February 1, 2025. |
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The “Illusion” of Childcare Reform: Childcare, Taxation, and Social Policy in Post-WWII Canada
Tues., Jan. 28 | 12:30 pm | 223 Philosophy Hall | RSVP
The recent introduction of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program, known as C-WELCC, has brought renewed attention to the history of childcare policy and politics in Canada. Recognized as the culmination of decades of advocacy for universal, accessible, high-quality, and inclusive childcare, C-WELCC has been transformative for many Canadian families. The initial years of its implementation have also been tumultuous. Many ask how a “universal” program can be achieved or sustained when perplexing issues remain: what about the role of private operators? How can we ensure an adequate and qualified workforce when wages are not adequately addressed in the plan? How will capacity be created to deliver services to all who need it?
History reminds us that Canadian governments have often dealt with perplexing social policy issues by using the tax system. Indeed, critics of C-WELCC often insist that its challenges are insurmountable, and that it would be more effective to give parents more tax credits than to publicly fund a childcare system. But is it? This presentation, inspired by a need for informed debate about the future of childcare policy in Canada, looks backward to consider the relationship between the tax system and childcare policy in post-WWII Canada. It does so by focusing on the Child Care Expense Deduction (CCED), introduced in 1971. The CCED, while it is often relegated to footnotes in histories of Canadian childcare, had a significant impact on the childcare policy landscape in the decades after its introduction, and has a lot to tell us about the kind of childcare services that develop when policymakers lean on the tax system to deliver social policy objectives.
About the Speaker
Dr. Lisa Pasolli is an associate professor in the Department of History at Queen’s University, Ontario. Her research explores the history of childcare, women and gender, and social policy in 20th-century Canada. Her published works include the monograph Working Mothers and the Child Care Dilemma: A History of British Columbia’s Social Policy, published by UBC Press in 2015. She is currently one of the investigators on the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada-funded Partnership Grant “Reimagining Care/Work Policies”, a multi-year and multi-disciplinary program examining childcare policies as well as parental leave and employment policies.
If you require an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please let us know at least 7 days in advance. |
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Learn to Curl Social with SFBACC
Sat., January 25 | 3:00 pm | Oakland, CA | Buy tickets
Join our friends from the Digital Moose Lounge for a fun-filled afternoon learning one of Canada’s most iconic sports. No experience or special equipment necessary! Expert instructors from the SF Bay Area Curling Club will safely teach you the basics of the game. This 90-minute class includes a brief introduction to the sport, guided instruction, and a mini-game. Use code “DML” to register: tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students 21 and under. |
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Rediscovering Édouard Roditi: The 20th Century of a Dazzling Mind
Tues., February 4 | 5:00 pm | 4229 Dwinelle Hall
Dr. Robert Schwartzwald (Université de Montréal) and Dr. Sherry Simon (Concordia University) will discuss their recent publication, Worldwise: Édouard Roditi’s Twentieth Century. The book explores the life of critic, poet, translator, and essayist Édouard Roditi. Born in Paris, Roditi was a perceptive social analyst whose outspoken views irritated American, Soviet, and French authorities by turns. From his Jewish roots, his work as a translator for the Nuremberg Trials, French decolonization, contributions to LGBTQ culture, and essays on contemporary writers, Roditi’s writings are a unique account of a life lived at the flashpoints of history and at the margins of society, providing acute and unsparing observations of literature and political events.
This event is sponsored by the Department of French and is cosponsored by the Canadian Studies Program, the Jewish Studies Program, and the departments of English and History of Art. |
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Distant Early Warning: The Arctic Under Siege | Photographs by Louie Palu
Thurs., Feb. 6 | 6:00 pm | 121 North Gate Hall | RSVP
The Reva and David Logan Gallery of Documentary Photography proudly presents the opening reception and presentation of “Distant Early Warning: The Arctic Under Siege” by Canadian documentary photographer and filmmaker Louie Palu.
Palu has made over 40 trips to the Arctic since the early 1990’s, resulting in over 200,000 photographs, documenting the transformations taking place in this vast and isolated region. As polar ice melts, countries are scrambling to stake claims on untapped resources and new trade routes. With support from a Guggenheim Fellowship and National Geographic magazine, Palu examines the growing geopolitical tensions in the polar region and the changing life for Indigenous Inuit people amidst the warming of the planet. Read more about Palu’s challenges photographing the Arctic in GUP Magazine.
This event is sponsored by the Berkeley School of Journalism. An RSVP is required, and a suggested donation of $10 is requested from attendees. |
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Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 