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Registration now open for 2016 Ocean Technology Conference!

Registration is now open for Ocean Technology in New England and Atlantic Canada, an upcoming conference co-sponsored by the Canadian-American Center and Maine International Trade Center. Keynote speeches and sessions will explore US-Canada cooperation around ocean technologies in the public and private sectors. The conference will be held on Thursday, April 28 at Wells Conference Center […]

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Summer FLAS Applications Due April 15

The Canadian-American Center will continue to accept nominations to Summer FLAS for intensive French language study in Canada until April 15.     Forward all FLAS application materials to the FLAS Coordinator: Dr. Frédéric Rondeau, Assistant Professor of French,  5742 Little Hall, Room 201 Apply by April 15, 2016! Click here to access all application materials.

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UMaine students attend Model United Nations Conference in Montreal

Students from the UMaine International Affairs Association recently traveled to Montreal, QC to participate in the Model United Nations Conference at McGill University. The Canadian-American Center contributed $500 toward their trip expenses. You can read more about the students’ experience here.

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La contre-culture au Quebec

Just published: La contre-culture au Quebec

Frederic Rondeau’s latest publication, La contre-culture au Québec, has been published by University of Montreal Press. The volume is an edited collection of texts concerning the Quebec counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Click here for more information or to order!

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The Golden Age of American Pictorial Maps

Our own director, Dr. Stephen Hornsby, has curated an exhibition of pictorial maps to be displayed at the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine. The exhibition will open on Thursday, April 7. Click here to view event details and register!

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2016-2017 Graduate Award Nominations

The Canadian-American Center is now accepting nominations for the following graduate awards: Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) Summer FLAS for intense French language study New England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Fellowships (NEAPQ) Canadian-American Center Fellowships For more details about awards and application instructions, click here. Universal graduate award instructions may be found here. The Canadian-American Center […]

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CALL FOR PAPERS – Canada: Homeland or Hostile Land?

“Graduate students are invited to submit proposals for presentations that examine themes of inequality in Canada: the goal of this two-day conference is to provide a space for discussions of inequality in Canada broadly defined; we thus encourage students from a wide variety of disciplines to interpret this theme. Potential topics may include, but are […]

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Maps: Exploring the World featured on NPR

Map: Exploring the World, which features a map published by the Canadian-American Center, has been spotlighted by NPR’s All Things Considered! Listen/read here: ‘Map’ Is An Exquisite Record Of The Miles – And The Millennia

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