Concordia’s Reckoning With the Pasts of Its Founding Institutions A University of Maine alumnus, Professor Graham Carr is president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. A historian by training and a long-time leader in higher education in Canada, Carr returns to his alma mater to explore the role universities can and should play […]
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A Presentation by Dr. Susan Pinette Thursday, October 12 | 3:00pm Collins Center for the Arts ~ Open to the Public Next thursday October 12th at 3pm Dr. Susan Pinette will be presenting the 14th Maine Heritage Lecture, presented by the UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dr. Pinette is a Professor of Modern […]
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This May, sponsored by the Canadian-American Center, director Frederic Rondeau and center staff took students to Quebec for a week long francophone language immersion course. Students visited important cultural sites throughout the region, including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Assemblée nationale du Québec, the Wendake indigenous site of the Huron-Wendat Nation, and […]
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When: Tuesday, March 28th 2023 from noon to 1 PM Where: Coe Room in the Memorial Union Please join the Canadian-American Center in coordination with Bridgewater State University, as we welcome Dr. Will Garrett-Petts to the University of Maine to present The Vernacular Rhetoric of Cultural Mapping: Everyday Canadian Cartographers in the Public Sphere. This […]
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Thursday March 30, 2023 Fernald APPE Space 104 Stewart Commons, University of Maine Free and Open to the public! Please join the Canadian-American Center and the UMaine English department in welcoming award-winning author, Suzette Mayr to the New Writing Series, where she’ll give a reading and engage in discussion of her works. Suzette Mayr […]
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Next weekend from February 3rd to 4th is the 2023 U.S. – Canada Lobster Town Meeting. These meetings address current issues affecting the lobstering industry in both the U.S. and Canada. Fishermen, researchers, and managers from both sides of the border come together to foster dialogue and community. There will be four main sessions at […]
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Dr. Stefano Tijernina, Canadian Studies Faculty at Maine Business School, will be conducting a field trip to Montreal, Quebec November 10-13, 2022 with students from his courses that focus on Canadian-U.S. economics and business. They will network with Concordia University’s business school and explore the business culture of Montreal via customer service, use of space, […]
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Dr. Mark McLaughlin, department of History, and professor for the Introduction to Canadian Studies course at the University of Maine recently lead a course-related, weekend field trip to Fredericton, the capital of New Brunswick, Canada. Joining Dr. McLaughlin were students from his course, Dr. Howard Cody (professor emerita), and Dr. Hollie Adams from the department […]
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Assistant Professor of Marine Policy, Joshua Stoll, of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine received funding from the Canadian American Center to participate in the Local Catch Network’s 4th Local Seafood Summit in Girdwood, Alaska. Their forum “Building a Canadian-American Research Network to Support Small-Scale Fisheries and Community-Based Seafood Systems” was […]
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The Franco American Centre, in collaboration with the Canadian-American Center invite you to a special event during the Rassemblement, a weekend-long event hosted by the Franco American Centre at the University of Maine. Event Details: (Hybrid): Friday, April 22, 7-9pm Talk, reading and Q&A with Author Tyler Leblanc Tyler Leblanc will be speaking in-person at […]
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