News / Events
September 2009
9/23/09 - Photo of CDN 500 joint Brock/UB seminar at the Peace Bridge
Professor Munroe Eagles is elected to the ACSUS Council for a two year term.
April 7 th, 2009
Hon. Don Boudria and Dr. H. Lorraine Oak, Assoc. Dean, UB
Hon. Don Boudria, long-serving former MP for the eastern Ontario federal constituency of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, visited UB on April 7th to give a public talk on “Responsible Government – The Canadian Experience.” He served in the House of Commons between 1984 before retiring in 2006. Over that period he he served as Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie, and Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Receiver General for Canada as well as Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. Between January and March of this year he served as part of newly selected Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff’s transition team. Despite his distinguished service, however, Hon. Mr. Boudria is perhaps best remembered as a member (along with Sheila Copps, Brian Tobin, and John Nunziata) of the famous "rat pack" that hounded the government of Brian Mulroney during "question period" in the 1984-1988 period.
March 26th, 2009
Opening reception of Crossing Borders Student Conference at Brock University. A total of 12 undergraduate and graduate students from UB presented papers at the conference. UB graduate students, left to right are Jeff Cooper (AMS); Nikki Dragonne (AMS), Urszula Piasta (AMS), Paul Galdenzi (PSC); and Dylan McLean (PSC).
March 20th, 2009
Guest speaker: Professor Patrick James
Director, Center for International Studies, University of South California;
President, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS).
Constitutional Politics in Canada After the Charter
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
University at Buffalo
280 Park Hall - Amherst Campus
Free event
Download the flier for more details.
From left are: Dr. Lorraine Oak, Chair, Canadian-American Studies (UB),
Professor Patrick James, President, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, and Professors Frank Zagare and James Campbell, Department of Political Science (UB)
February 19th, 2009
Majorities in Canada and the US support greater co-operation
Welland Tribune - Welland, Ontario, Canada
A new four-year tracking study by Nanos Research and The State University of New York at Buffalo conducted between 2005 and 2008 shows that the Canada US relationship remains strong.
February 12th-14th, 2009
Professor Munroe Eagles represented Canada at UB at the meeting of Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
Below is a photo of Canadian author Alistair Macleod, and Professor Jane Koustas of Brock University. MacLeod's published works include the 1976 short story collection The Lost Salt Gift of Blood and the 1986 As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories. All of the stories in these two volumes along with his other published stories are included in MacLeod's 2000 collection Island. Among other awards, Macleod won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his 1999 novel No Great Mischief.
December 2008
Professor Eddie Friel, second from right, addressed the final meeting of the joint "Brock/UB Canadian Studies" seminar on the subject of "the arts, tourism, and economic development" with particular emphasis on the Niagara region. The seminar was hosted by Prof. Jane Koustas (plaid skirt) at Brock University on Wednesday, December 3rd. A reception was held following the seminar, and Professor Friel gave a public lecture later that evening.
November 2008
Nik Nanos of Nanos Research, a market and public opinion research firm, was a guest speaker in the Canadian Politics class (CDN 510) at UB.
Members of the Canadian Consulate General, Buffalo join Nik Nanos at lunch.
From left are: Daniel Kolundzic, Political and Economic Relations Officer,
Nik Nanos, Stephen Brereton, Consul General and Munroe Eagles (behind the camera)
October 2008
Munroe Eagles, was an invited guest speaker at the University of Maine at Orono during "Canada Week" October 27th-31st, 2008. Pictured from left to right are: Michael Hermann, Head Cartographer, Ray Pelletier, Associate Director, and Stephen Hornsby, Director, of the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine at Orono. They are displaying the proof version of a major cartographic project depicting Samuel de Champlain's explorations in central Canada in the early 1600s.
On October 10th, Munroe Eagles and Jean-Jacques Thomas hosted our special guest, Ms. Annie Le, Government Relations and Academic Affairs, Quebec International, Office of the Delegate General in NYC.
Left, clockwise: Ms. Annie Le, Government Relations and Academic Affairs, Quebec International;
Dr. Lorraine Oak, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Chair, Canadian-American Studies;
Ruth Bereson, Director, Associate Professor, Arts Management Program;
Jean-Jacques Thomas, Associate Director, Professor, Canadian Studies Academic Program.
Behind the camera is Munroe Eagles, Director, Canadian Studies Academic Program.
October 9th, Nik Nanos is interviewed on Canada's general election. Read the article in The Economist.
The inaugural issue of "Canadian Connections @ UB" is online.
Jean-Jacques Thomas, formerly of Duke University, arrives at UB. Read more about Thomas in the UB Reporter.
September 2008
On Wednesday, September 17th at the Peace Bridge Authority Board Room at 100 Queen Street, Fort Erie, Ontario, the Brock/UB 'Joint Seminar on Canadian Studies' met for the first time to discuss Seymour Martin Lipset's influential book CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. The seminar involves students from both universities and will come together four more times this semester, with a second meeting scheduled for the Peace Bridge Authority in November, one meeting at UB and two more meetings at Brock. Instructors Jane Koustas and Munroe Eagles are grateful to the Peace Bridge Authority for making their spectacular board room available to the seminar.
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.
Spring 2007
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CANADIAN STUDIES TO BE LAUNCHED
Read more about this in the Spring 2007 issue of UB International, a publication of UB's Office of International Education.
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."
