Teaching Canada

OUTREACH: OK State Superintendent’s Social Studies & Fine Arts Conference

Location:
Date: Sat, Jan 8

K-12: OK State Superintendent’s Social Studies & Fine Arts
Conference:
Canadian Studies resources provided

ARNTZEN NERC conference session “The French in North America”

Location: NERC Social Studies Conference, Sturbridge, MA
Date: Thu, Apr 5

Presenting a session about the French in North America and proving information and resources at a table.

Outreach Coordinator Betsy Arntzen at Ohio State University

Location: Ohio State University
Date: Tue, Feb 26 – Fri, Mar 1

Presenting research at DOE Title VI Conference

Alice R. Stewart Canadian Studies Lecture Series

Location: COE Room in the Memorial Union
Date: Wed, Mar 27 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Canadian Studies Graduate Students Present their Current Research:
-Rob Gee: “Politics of the North Atlantic Fisheries”
-Annie Tock Morrisette: “July 12, 1849: Riots in York Point and Dolly’s Brae”
-Michael Perry: “Rhetoric and the Aroostook War”

FRE 390 Trip to Montreal

Location: Montreal, Canada
Date: Thu, Apr 4 – Fri, Apr 5

Associate Director Raymond Pelletier and his FRE 390 class trip to Montreal

Director Stephen Hornsby at the AAG Conference in LA

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: Sat, Apr 6 – Sat, Apr 13

Director Stephen Hornsby will be representing the University of Maine at the American Association of Geographers annual conference in Los Angeles, California.

Outreach Coordinator Betsy Arntzen at NERC 44

Location: Springfield, MA
Date: Mon, Apr 8 – Wed, Apr 10

For the Northeast Regional Council on the Social Studies Annual Conference, Outreach Coordinator Betsy Arntzen will present an information and resources table.

Canadian Studies Distinguished Lecturer: Beatrice Craig

Location: Memorial Union, Bangor Room
Date: Mon, Apr 22 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Dr. Craig will present on her current research.

Outreach Coordinator Betsy Arntzen presents at all-day teachers workshop

Location: Clark University, Worcester MA
Date: Sat, Apr 27

Massachusetts teachers will hear presentations from the Consulate General of Canada in Boston, and learn Canadian content for their Canadian unit.

Center Director gives Historical Atlas of Maine Presentation at Governor’s Mansion

Location:
Date: Fri, May 17

Canadian-American Center director and Professor of Geography Stephen Hornsby will present a session about the forthcoming Historical Atlas of Maine at the Maine Humanities Summit, Friday May 17th at the Governor’s Mansion in Augusta. This is part of the Maine Humanities Initiative’s full week of spring programming. for more information: http://umaine.edu/umhi/spring-events/

Online Course:The Geography of Canada

Location: Online Register at www.umaine.edu/teachingcanada
Date: Mon, Jun 17 – Fri, Aug 16

This online summer professional development will cover the human/cultural and physical geography of Canada. In addition, it will use the study of Canadian geography as a practical example for teaching geography thinking skills, applicable to any region or theme in geography.

Register here: https://secure.touchnet.com/C22921_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1015&SINGLESTORE=true

Summer Teacher’s Institute: Quebec Dimensions

Location: Start and end in Montreal with travel to Quebec City
Date: Sun, Jun 23 – Fri, Jun 28

Based in the birthplace of New France in North America, it will begin and end in Montreal with travel to Quebec City.

Through briefings by experts, site visits, and activities, teachers will explore themes relevant to history and geography curriculum, and specifically will explore what NAFTA means to Quebec and to Canada.

For more info and to register: www.umaine.edu/teachingcanada

Exploration de la Peninsule acadienne

Location: Maine, Nouveau-Brunswick
Date: Sun, Jun 23 – Sun, Jun 30

Un Institut pour professeurs de français. L’institut sera entièrement en français.
Orono, Fort Kent, Caraquet, Bouctouche
Pour plus d’informations:http://umaine.edu/canam/2013-summer-institute-for-teachers-of-french/

Registration Form (English): http://umaine.edu/canam/files/2013/02/Registration-ENG.pdf
Registration Form (French): http://umaine.edu/canam/files/2013/02/Inscription-FRE.pdf

ACSUS Conference in Tampa, FL

Location: Tampa, FL
Date: Tue, Nov 19 – Sat, Nov 23

CANADA IN THE HEMISPHERE, 22ND Biennial ACSUS Conference