Columbia River Treaty Workshop

Adaptive management for an international river basin: the future of the Columbia River Treaty.

On Thursday May 9, Canadian Studies will convene a special workshop on the modernization of the 1964 Canadian-American Columbia River Treaty. First Nations leaders & scientists will examine the ways in which adaptive management can be used to better incorporate ecosystem functions as part of an updated international treaty. Seats at the workshop are extremely limited, but friends of Canadian Studies are invited to attend on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP via EventBrite.

Who: Scientists, First Nations Leaders and interested observers

What: Workshop “Adaptive management for an international river basin: the future of the Columbia River Treaty.”

When: Thursday May 9, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Where: 223 Moses Hall

RSVP: https://crtreatymay09.eventbrite.com

Irene Bloemraad chosen to co-direct 5 year/$5 million research program

Canadian Studies Chair Irene Bloemraad has been chosen to co-direct a 5 year/$5 million research program on “Boundaries, Membership and Belonging” out of theCanadian Institute for Advanced Research.

ACSUS Call For Proposals

ACSUS 2019 Biennial Conference Call for Proposals

Canada: Forces of Inclusion and Exclusion

November 13-16, 2019

Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec

Dear Colleagues,

Please be advised that the deadline for submissions to the ACSUS 2019 biennial conference is now May 15, 2019. The conference is open to all proposals with a significant Canadian focus. We welcome papers and panel proposals from graduate students, professors, independent scholars, and practitioners on any aspect of the Canadian experience, including comparative inquiries. Kindly find the call for papers attached, in English and French, to this e-mail.

On behalf of the entire ACSUS Executive Council, we look forward to seeing you in Montreal this November!

Cheers,

Chris

Christopher Kirkey, Ph.D.

ACSUS Vice-President

Director, Center for the Study of Canada & institute on Quebec Studies – SUNY Plattsburgh

News from Community Partners

Canadian Studies is pleased to share the below announcement from our friends at the San Francisco International Arts Festival

Discount Tickets Available for Québec Performance at

SF International Arts Festival

Complexe des Genres by

Compagnie Virginie Brunelle

Overwhelmed with their fears, men and women collide in a desperate attempt to validate their own existence. Their excesses lead them to the path of ruin, guided by their desperate desire to feel something, to feel alive. A physical choreography and acrobatic imprint of a remarkable visual poetry.

A 20% discount is now available to for tickets to see Quebec-based Compagnie Virginie Brunelle at the SF International Arts Festival.

Compagnie Virginie Brunelle (Canada)

Date: Thursday, May 30, 8:30pm

Location: Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd. San

Francisco, CA 94123

General Admission: $25; At the door: $28

The SF International Arts Festival encourages Friends of Canadian Studies to take advantage of the 20% Discount Code for Tickets: sfsanctuarycity

Details & Trailers: https://www.sfiaf.org/compagnie_virginie_brunelle

Tickets:

The below announcements come to us from our friends at the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco | Silicon Valley

Upcoming Performances & Exhibitions:

May 9 – July 27 – New solo exhibition from Canadian artist Abbas Akhavan at the Wattis Institute at the California College of the Arts:https://wattis.org/view?id=686

June 29, 1 -2:30 pm – Jeremy Dutcher at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: https://ybgfestival.org/event/jeremy-dutcher/

Hailing from the indigenous Wolastoq people of New Brunswick, Jeremy Dutcher is a classically-trained tenor who won Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize last year with his strikingly beautiful debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. A musicologist, performer and activist who currently lives in Toronto, Dutcher found his musical mission working in the Canadian Museum of History’s archives, painstakingly transcribing Wolastoq songs from 1907 wax cylinders. Long days at the archives turned into long nights at the piano as he created songs in deep dialogue with the voices of his ancestors. Unapologetically playful in incorporating classical influences, full of reverence for traditional songs, and pulled by the urgency of modern-day struggles, Dutcher’s music transcends boundaries of language, time and style.

New Paper Out:

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute’s new report on Canada and the Bay Area is now online. The link is here: http://bayareaeconomy.org/files/pdf/CanadaBayAreaHemisphericPartnersApril2019.pdf

Job Alert!

Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service Officer

Section: Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Services (Political, Economic and Public Affairs)

Location: Consulate General of Canada – Seattle, Washington

Starting salary: $100,893 USD plus benefits

Closing Date: May 12, 2019

The Consulate General of Canada in Seattle seeks an energetic, detail-oriented and reliable team

player with a strong interest in international affairs, advocacy and global commerce to promote,

advance, and strengthen Canada-U.S. bilateral political, economic and security interests within its

4-state territory (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska). Our employees benefit from working in a

leading-edge foreign, trade and development ministry that is both innovative and accountable. The

Consulate General is seeking someone who is dynamic, client-focused and ready to work with

colleagues to implement an innovative approach to service delivery.

Co-Sponsored Conference

Canadian Studies is pleased to co-sponsor the below upcoming conference:

China’s Growing Sharp Power:

Western, Asian, and African Perspectives

Conference/Symposium: Center for Chinese Studies: Center for Korean Studies: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies: Other Campus Events: Center for Southeast Asia Studies | April 19 | 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | David Brower Center

A group of leading experts on China and American foreign policy recently released “Chinese Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance,” a report documenting Chinese efforts to influence American society. The report examines China’s efforts to influence American institutions, including state and local governments, universities, think tanks, media, corporations, and the Chinese-American community, and differentiates between legitimate efforts–like public diplomacy–and improper interference, which demands greater awareness and a calibrated response. The report also includes perspectives from other countries, including those in Europe and the Asia-Pacific.

On Friday, April 19, contributors to the report, including co-editors Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, and outside experts will gather at UC Berkeley to compare and discuss the forms and effects of Chinese “sharp power” across Western, Asian, and African countries.

The event is co-sponsored by the Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Korean Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Institute of European Studies, Canadian Studies Program, Institute for South Asia Studies, Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and Center for African Studies.

For more information visit http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/ieas.html?event_ID=122820

Event Contact: ieas@berkeley.edu, 510-642-2809

Research Funding from Canadian Studies

Photo of Dr. & Mrs. Hildebrand courtesy of UCSF Frenso

News from Community Partners

Québec Performance at SF International Arts Festival

Complexe des Genres by

Compagnie Virginie Brunelle

Overwhelmed with their fears, men and women collide in a desperate attempt to validate their own existence. Their excesses lead them to the path of ruin, guided by their desperate desire to feel something, to feel alive. A physical choreography and acrobatic imprint of a remarkable visual poetry.

Date and Time: Thursday May 30, 8:30pm

Duration: 65 minutes, no intermission

Location: Cowell Theater

Ticket Information

Early Bird: $15

General Admission: $25

At the Door: $28

More information: https://www.sfiaf.org/compagnie_virginie_brunelle

We share the below info from our friends at the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco/Silicon Valley

HEMISPHERIC PARTNERS:

TRADE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION TIES BETWEEN THE BAY AREA & CANADA REPORT LAUNCH

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute invites you to the release of its new report, Hemispheric Partners: Trade, Technology and Innovation Ties Between the Bay Area and Canada. This is the latest in a series of analyses produced by the Institute on the distinctive ties that link the San Francisco/Silicon Valley Bay Area with its most important global partners.

Canada serves not only as one of the Bay Area’s largest trade and investment partners, but also as a major source of talent and a partner in technology development, based on deep investment in education and science. The new report documents the two-way flows that make the Bay Area’s relationship with Canada one of its most powerful.

The program will feature remarks by Canada’s Consul General Rana Sarkar, a presentation of the report’s high-level findings by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute’s Senior Director Dr. Sean Randolph, and discussion by an expert panel including Laura Buhler, Executive Director of the Canadian business leadership organization C100, and Dr. Trevin Stratton, Chief Economist of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ottawa.

EVENT DETAILS:

Bay Area Council Economic Institute

353 Sacramento Street 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111

Wednesday, April 17th 2019

4:30pm – 6:00pm

Register: https://seatrobot.com/guest/open-rsvp.html?t=ZkOkQzytnpRqUJ6U0gge&page=tickets&soc=1554849670&z=false

Canadian Authors at Berkeley Book Festival

Below is the schedule for the Canadian authors participating in the Bay Area Book festival in Berkeley, May 4 – 5. Ticket info is here:https://www.baybookfest.org/get-tickets/

Writer to Writer: Joyce Carol Oates and André Alexis

André Alexis and Joyce Carol Oates, moderated by Lise Quintana

Saturday, May 4 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM

In our Writer to Writer series, two authors who are fans of each other’s work come together for conversation. Winner of the prestigious Windham-Campbell prize for his body of work, Trinidad-born and Ottawa-raised André Alexis sits down with National Book Award and National Humanities Medal winner, and author of over 40 novels, Joyce Carol Oates. The pair will discuss genre-bending, world-building, and their shared obsession with storytelling.

Veterans Memorial Building – Auditorium

With the support of the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco/Silicon Valley and Zoetic Press

Writer to Writer: Esi Edugyan and Tayari Jones

Esi Edugyan and Tayari Jones, moderated by Caille Millner

Sunday, May 5 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

In our Writer to Writer series, two authors who are fans of each other’s work come together for conversation about writing and society today. Novelists Esi Edugyan and Tayari Jones both probe racial injustice in their work, and both women have received considerable praise. Edugyan’s sweeping, imaginative novel “Washington Black” was named a Top Ten Book of 2018 by the New York Times, and Tayari Jones’ “An American Marriage” was an Oprah’s Book Club pick for that same year. Edugyan uses magic realism to explore slavery and freedom in a stupendous tale that moves from Barbados to Nova Scotia to England. Jones weaves a devastating tapestry of a modern marriage wrenched apart by a discriminatory American justice system.

San Francisco Chronicle Stage in the Park

With the support of the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco/Silicon Valley and She Writes Press

On Not Mothering

Sheila Heti, Emilie Pine, Grace Talusan

Sunday, May 5 11:45 – 1:00 pm

Whether it’s by choice or chance, not mothering is still considered taboo. Talked about in hushed tones and regarded with pity or disdain, women who don’t mother are made to feel like failures. But what are the windows of possibility opened up by a child-free life? What other kinds of nurturing can happen in its place? Brazen in their vulnerability, Sheila Heti (“Motherhood”), Grace Talusan (“The Body Papers”), and Emilie Pine (“Notes to Self”) break the silence on not mothering, addressing the assumptions, stigmas, and surprising rewards head-on.

Hotel Shattuck Plaza – Crystal Ballroom

With the support of the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco/Silicon Valley and Culture Ireland

Not So Polite After All: Canadian Writers Challenge the Status Quo

André Alexis, Esi Edugyan, Sheila Heti

Sunday, May 5 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Three award-winning Canadian writers converge on one stage to recount their adventures in literary risk-taking and rule-breaking. Esi Edugyan’s richly spun historical epic “Washington Black” celebrates the genius of an escaped slave (not the white man who freed him). Sheila Heti’s “Motherhood” is a searingly honest rumination on whether or not to have children. André Alexis’s surreal and hallucinatory “Days By Moonlight” defies all conventions. Join these authors for a look at the leaps they took and the rewards they reaped.

Hotel Shattuck Plaza – Crystal Ballroom

Sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco/Silicon Valley