News / Events

June 2008

GERBER RECEIVES NATIONAL U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AWARD FOR RESEARCH
How did 19th-century immigrants maintain relationships with loved ones thousands of miles away, much less preserve ties with pasts rooted in places they had left voluntarily? In his critically acclaimed book, "Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century," David A. Gerber, Ph.D., analyzes the cycle of correspondence between immigrants and their homelands to uncover the critical role played by letters in reformulating personal relationships made vulnerable by separation.

Gerber is professor and chair of the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, and his book, now considered the definitive study of American and Canadian immigrant letters, has received the 2008 Moroney Senior Award from the United States Postal Service.  Read the article: University at Buffalo News.

April 2008

UB hosted the annual "Crossing Borders" graduate and undergraduate student conference. The event was held at the Center for Tomorrow on Thursday, April 3rd and Friday, April 4th, 2008. This is a multidisciplinary conference and papers on many aspects of Canadian society, culture, politics and Canadian-American relations were presented. Approximately 80 students from institutions on both sides of the border took part in the proceedings. Keynote addresses were given by Lauren Rachlin, Esq., a lawyer who specializes in cross-border issues, and Col. Keith Swensen, USAF, Chief, Aerospace Division, NORAD-USNORTHCOM whose talk was entitled, "North American Aerospace Defense Command".

For photos see http://www.canadianstudies.buffalo.edu/crossing_borders/

 

December 2007

The Buffalo News offers some tongue in cheek curricular advice! See "Off Main Street - The Off-Beat Side of the News", 12/29/07.

November 2007 

Munroe Eagles, Director of the Canadian Studies Academic Program, answers questions on the program for The Reporter, Thursday November 8th, 2007.

The Canadian Studies Academic Program is delighted to report that Professor Jean-Jacques Thomas, Professor of Romance Studies, Literature and Linguistics and Director of Graduate Studies; French, and Director of Canadian and North American Studies at Duke University will be joining the faculty of our Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics in August, 2007. The Canadian Studies Program at Duke is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious. UB is very fortunate to have attracted a scholar with such extraordinary credentials and commitment to Canadian Studies. When he arrives at UB, Professor Thomas will serve as the "Associate Director for Quebec Affairs and Programs" in the Canadian Studies Program.

October 2007   

UB President John Simpson and the President Jack Lightstone of Brock University, St. Catharine's, Ontario, signed a wide-ranging agreement to exchange faculty, students, and to develop collaborative research projects. In addition, the agreement anticipates the formation of a joint bi-national institute focusing on Canadian, American, and North American relations.

 

October 26th, 2006 

Canada's Ambassador to the United States, the Hon. Michael Wilson, visited UB to give a public presentation on Canadian-American relations. In the speech he made reference to UB's long-standing tradition of studying Canada, saying:  "Before I conclude, I would like to emphasize the continued importance of studying our great relationship. The study of Canada and its relationship to the United States is a significant component here at the University at Buffalo. I am proud to see the various departments and programs such as: The Canadian American Studies Committee, the Canada-US Legal Studies Center, the Canada US Trade Center, the Institute for Governance & Regional Growth, and the soon to be established Graduate Certificate in Canadian Studies. An innovative project such as The Niagara Report, a public-private partnership between SES Research and the University at Buffalo, which seeks to establish longitudinal public opinion measures of the Canada-US relationship in order for us to better understand one another, is an example of the type of academic research that can only benefit our respective communities."  For a full text of the Ambassador's remarks, see "Canada’s Commitment to the Continental and Global Agenda."