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Canadian Studies Announcements
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In This Issue:
Upcoming Events
• Panel: Canada at a Crossroads: Evaluating the Carney Government’s First Nine Months
Academic Opportunities
• Call for proposals: Canada’s Peoples, Places, and Polities from Below: A View from the US
• Summer program: Study French culture and communication in Montréal
• Call for papers: Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty Conference
• Call for papers: Association for Canadian Jewish Studies 50th Anniversary Conference |
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| Panel: Canada at a Crossroads: Evaluating the Carney Government’s First Nine Months
Tues., Dec. 2 | 12:30 pm | 223 Philosophy Hall | RSVP
When Mark Carney won the 2025 Canadian Federal election, he assumed leadership of a nation facing multiple structural problems and widespread discontent. Canadians had united against threats from the United States, but major debates remained over issues such as housing costs, immigration, and Canada’s stagnant economy. During the campaign, Carney distanced the Liberal Party from its Trudeau-era platform and promised to be a steady hand to deliver urgently needed reform. Nine months on, how well is the Carney government delivering on those promises? Join our panel representing Canada’s major political parties as they debate Carney’s performance in tackling the country’s most pressing challenges.
About the Panelists
Andrew Bevan is the CEO of the strategy firm Catalyze4. He was the campaign co-director for the Liberal campaign in the 2025 federal election. With over 30 years of public service experience, he previously served as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, and Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada.
Parm Kahlon is a founding partner and strategist at Core Firm. She served as Special Assistant to Alberta premier Rachel Notley, and worked with various MLAs with the BC NDP. She has also served as managing director for UFCW 1518, one of British Columbia’s oldest and largest unions.
Jordan Paquet is the vice-president of Bluesky Strategy Group. Over the course of his nearly 20-year career, he has worked across multiple levels of Canadian government, including the Prime Minister’s Office under Stephen Harper; as Principal Secretary to Conservative Opposition leader Rona Ambrose; and most recently as the Chief of Staff in Prince Edward Island’s Government Members Office. |
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| This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Bluma Appel Fund, the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco, and The Porter O’Brien Agency.
This event will have a remote attendance option via Zoom. Please select the “virtual attendance” in the RSVP form to receive the link.
If you require an accommodation to participate fully in this event, please let us know with as much advance notice as possible by emailing canada@berkeley.edu. |
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Call for Proposals: Canada’s Peoples, Places, and Polities from Below: A View from the US
Deadline: January 31, 2026 | Learn more
ACSUS is preparing an edited volume on how US-based scholars understand Canada amid growing cross-border tension and renewed debates over Canadian identity. The UC Berkeley Canadian Studies Program is honored to cosponsor this exciting project, along with Canadian Studies programs at Western Washington, Bridgewater State, Maine, and SUNY Plattsburgh.
ACSUS invites proposals for chapters exploring how Canada’s identities, communities, and sociopolitical dynamics are studied from the United States. Work may address themes such as multiculturalism, Indigenous perspectives, regional identities, policy debates, arts and media, migration, and more. Scholars at all career stages are welcome. Please direct questions to the Center for Canadian-American Studies at WWU, canam@wwu.edu. |
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Summer Program: Study French Culture and Communication in Montréal
June 23-Aug. 31, 2026 | Learn more
Western Washington University Education Abroad is offering an exciting opportunity to learn French while experiencing the vibrancy of Montreal!
This 5-week program in both a university and urban setting focuses on place-based French language and cultural competency. Morning sessions center on improving oral fluency and how to communicate in French using real-life situations. Afternoon sessions are spent engaging in cultural activities and research that highlight the historical and contemporary significance of Francophone Canada. Weekends provide students opportunities to take optional field trips to Quebec City, Mont Tremblant, and Ottawa.
The program is designed for students at the B1 level of French. There is an additional fee for non-WWU students.
The program will be led by Christina Keppie (keppiec@wwu.edu), a professor of French and Linguistics and director of the WWU Center for Canadian-American Studies. |
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Call for Papers: Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty Conference
Deadline: January 16, 2026 | Learn more
The Centre for Canadian Studies at Brock University, in collaboration with the Departments of History, Political Science, Popular Culture, and Film, invites submissions for Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty, to be held on March 26 and 27, 2026 in St. Catharines, Ontario.
This conference, part of the Centre’s annual Two Days of Canada conference series, will bring together students, scholars, and researchers from diverse fields to address the issue of Sovereignty in Canada and of Canadian Sovereignty. While there will surely be a great deal of interest in this topic in relation to current events, as well as the future of Canada, sovereignty has always been a thorny and fascinating issue in this country, one worthy of our sustained attention. Canada is a pluralist society, and, accordingly, the issue of sovereignty has taken on a variety of forms, including Indigenous, French, British, and Canadian variations, among others.
In addition to faculty members and graduate students, we are also interested in proposals from community members and groups outside of the academic sphere. Please send any inquiries or session proposals to canadianstudies@brocku.ca. |
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Call for Papers: Association for Canadian Jewish Studies 50th Anniversary Conference
Deadline: January 16, 2026 | Learn more
The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies / l’Association d’études juives canadiennes (ACJS) invites proposals for its 2026 annual conference, “Fifty Years of Canadian Jewish Studies.” The conference will take place at York University, Toronto, from Sunday, May 31 through Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
Founded in 1976, the ACJS is the first and only scholarly organization devoted to promoting and disseminating research on the Canadian Jewish experience. To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the association is convening a conference that highlights the richness, diversity, and interdisciplinarity of Canadian Jewish studies—past, present, and future.
The conference welcomes submissions in English and French on any topic relating to Canada’s Jews, reflecting both historical depth and current cultural issues. For questions and submissions, please contact the conference co-chairs, Jonathan Slater and Matthew McKeown, at acjs@yorku.ca. |
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Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 