“In this paper I will explore new ways of thinking about Quebec and its connections to other societies and cultures, with a particular emphasis on debates about race and the transnational circulation of people and ideas. I will begin by looking at the relationship between language and race in Quebec the 1930s and 1940s, with […]
The Canadian-American Center offers a yearly field-trip to Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. This trip is an exciting opportunity for UMaine students to travel to a foreign country and experience Canadian geography, history, culture, politics, and social identity first-hand! This year is also Canada 150 – the 150th anniversary of the founding of modern Canada. Come […]
Professor Donald Wright of University of New Brunswick will present "National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History" at our upcoming Fall CanAm Lecture. To get updates about this event, join on Facebook! This lecture is free and open to the public, and a boxed lunch is provided.
From Dr. Pearce: In this talk, I introduce cartography as a form of language and demonstrate how I’ve worked with that language to explore and express Canadian history. I present […]
LUNCH PROVIDED Lecture by Ann Little (Colorado State Univ.), “The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright: Communities of Women in the Northeast Borderlands” in the Bumps Room of the Student Union, […]
LUNCH PROVIDED. Bison decline in the Southern Plains is a famous story in American environmental history. Herds were also decimated on the Canadian prairies, but the causes were quite different. […]
About the lecture On 7 October 1825, the Miramichi region of New Brunswick experienced one of the largest forest fires in recorded history while, next door, Maine suffered the most […]
