‘’La littérature jeunesse en classe de français” Date : November 9, 2021 Time : 9:30 AM Where: https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtce-ppzovHdzLjXnLRsshFx8SbybDf4Ps BIO : Sarah Bertrand-Savard détient une formation universitaire en études littéraires et culturelles et enseigne depuis plus de 10 ans le français langue maternelle et le français langue seconde ou étrangère. Elle est chargée de cours à l’Université […]
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October 28 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm IMRC Stewart Commons 104 Orono, Maine 04469 Forty years ago this fall—on October 26, 1981—the phenomenal Quebec poet Marie Uguay’s life and writing were cut short by bone cancer. She was twenty-six years old. Associated with Les intimistes (The Intimists), a group of Quebecois poets who emerged in the 1980s and 90s, Uguay […]
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Join the Canadian-American Center in welcoming Dr. Janet Mancini Billson as she presents “Canada and the Global Refugee Crisis” at UMaine. This presentation explores refugee resettlement and integration challenges in Canada. Examples are based on Dr. Billson’s research in Canada with Doukhobor, Rohingya, Syrian, Kurdish, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, Liberian, and Congolese refugees. The event will take […]
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The Canadian-American Center is hiring for a work-study position. The position will aide the center’s staff with administrative and communications tasks. This position would be a great opportunity for any major interested in international affairs, business management, or marketing and communications. For the complete job description, and to apply, please visit the UMaine CareerLink website […]
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Join us for a presentation by writer Maxime Raymond Bock on October 21, 2021 from 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM. Maxime will present on “Atavismes et ses histoires 10 ans plus tard: relecture d’une écriture du Québec.” The event will be presented in French and held on Zoom. To register for the online event, […]
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Proposals from four UMaine faculty were selected for revision with course development grants: Dr. Hollie Adams (English) will redesign Canadian Literature (ENG 336) as a topics course in Canadian Literary Modernism. Karen Miller, M.A. (Anthropology) will revise Introduction to Folklore (ANT 221) and The U.S. Folklore Experience (ANT 330) to include significant Canadian content. In addition, she will assign students in […]
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This semester, the Canadian – American Center at UMaine Orono will host the following guest lectures, all of which are being held virtually. More information will follow for each event as their dates approach. October 7th: Hélène Poulin-Mignault (McGill University), “On French Language in Quebec” October 21st: Maxime Raymond-Bock (novelist), “On Atavismes” ( November 9th: […]
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Dr. Stephen Hornsby, who has been the director of the Canadian-American Center for over 30 years, has passed the torch as Director, and will focus on his role as Professor of Anthropology and Canadian Studies. Dr. Hornsby’s impact goes well beyond the Canadian-American Center and the University of Maine. He has established himself as a […]
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Nine graduate students and recent graduates will participate in the Emerging Scholars Colloquium to be held virtually on October 2, 2021. They were selected because their research includes Québec, Francophone Canada and Franco-America. This year’s participants are Philippe Halbert, Yale University, Aine McAlinden, Georgetown University, Marie-Lise Drapeau-Bisson, University of Toronto, Heidi Beckman, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Emilie Drouin, Université de Montréal, Jaclyn […]
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The Journal of Eastern Townships Studies/La Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est published issue Number 49 with articles from the 7th Annual Colloquium on Québec Studies co-organized by the Institute on Québec Studies, SUNY Plattsburgh and Eastern Townships Resource Centre, Bishop’s University. Editors-in-Chief Christopher Kirkey of SUNY Plattsburgh and Cheryl Gosslin of Bishop’s University selected articles written […]
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