Canadian-American Center Receives $1.4 Million as a National Resource Center on Canada

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant to the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine to support a National Resource Center (NRC) on Canada and provide Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for graduate students studying North American French. The Canadian-American Center will use the NRC funds to further the study of Canada and Canada-U.S. relations by supporting outreach to American K–12 teachers and faculty, faculty teaching and research, expansion of library holdings, public lectures and academic programing, and administration of the center. NRC and FLAS programs are the U.S. government’s principal means of supporting international and foreign language education at the university level. The Canadian-American Center has been a federally designated National Resource Center on Canada since 1979. It is the lead partner in a consortium with the Center for the Study of Canada, SUNY-Plattsburgh. The University of Maine is the only state institution in New England to have a National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships.