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 Course Offering In Women's Studies & Canadian Studies: Women & the Law (WMST-CAST 3962H) Winter 2012 -- a survey course on basic "legal literacy" on social inequality, gender and Canadian Law. Contact Prof. Paula Butler for more information. This course is administrated by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies. Visiting Scholar!Prof. Emilio Rodriguez Barroso visiting from the University of Matanzas, Cuba. For more information about Prof. Barroso & related events, please visit our visiting scholars page.
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Canadian Studies in the News February 07, 2012: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal Awarded to Vanier Emeritus Professor Tom Symons February 06, 2012: Trent Students Bring the North to Peterborough February 06, 2012: Curriculum Challenges Faced by Canada's Inuit Population Shared at Northern Studies Colloquium January 09, 2012: Trent University Announces 2012 Roberta Bondar Fellow in Northern and Polar Studies December 12, 2011: Trent Professor Receives Honourable Mention at the Governor General's History Awards November 18, 2011: International Workshop at Trent Explores the Environmental History of Northern Canada September 13, 2011: Trent Professor to Appear on TVO's The Agenda July 27, 2011: Trent University Alumna and Author Wins Lela Common Award for Canadian History Book June 23, 2011: Trent University Founding President Tom Symons Celebrated for A Canadian Life June 13, 2011: Trent University Professor Leonard Conolly Launches New Book and Celebrates Three New Distinguished Appointments May 25, 2011: Dr. Bryan Palmer to Receive Trent University's Distinguished Research Award May 20, 2011: Continuing the Conversations - Symposium May 20, 2011: Dr. Thomas King delivers keynote address at Canadian Studies Ph.D. 10th Anniversary Symposium May 02, 2011: Trent University Alumna Shelagh Grant Wins 2011 Dafoe Book Prize March 16, 2011: Historians Share Research during a Day in History Opportunities for Students International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada 2012 Student Employment Program will open on December 21, 2011. 20 positions available, which are located in Ottawa. The application period will be from December 21, 2011 to January 31, 2012. www.idrc.ca Parliamentary Internship Programme: Applications due Jan 31, 2012. We have some application packages in the office if students are interested. Parliamentary Guide Summer Jobs: Apply online by Friday, Jan 13, 2012. Ontario Museum Association (OMA) Discounted Student Memberships now available for $20.00 ! Juno Beach Guide Program, various job application dates: more info CBC Radio Gzowski Internships: applications due on February 10, 2012. Odyssey Language Internships: Applications due February 28, 2012. Ontario Legislature Internship Programme: applications due February 28th, 2011 Canadian Studies Events... (events in descending order) Tues Nov 2, 7:30 pm, LEC LH201: "No Lack of Ghosts: The Haunting of Canadian Culture by the Two World Wars" Weds Nov 10, 7:30 pm, Traill Bagnani Hall: "Revisiting Vimy: Representations of Vimy" Thurs Nov 18, 7:30 pm, LEC LH201: "Landscapes of Memory and the Ethics of Writing about World War II post-1977." Weds Nov 24, 7:30 pm Traill Bagnani Hall: "Standing on Guard: The Canadian North in the 21st Century" Consumption of the Political: The character and consequences of consumerism A public talk by Professor Trevor Norris. Nov 4 (time & location tba) Hosted by the Politics Department of Trent, Co-sponsored by Canadian Studies Andrew Achenbaum "Robert Butler: Aging's Visionary" Friday Oct 22, 1-3pm, Traill College SCR Sponsored by the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies; the Trent Aging Studies Collaborative and the Department of Canadian Studies. Panel Discussion: TORONTO - THE BUNKER CITY: CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF G20 Oct 14, 4-6pm Champlain College Living Learning Commons (Above Seasoned Spoon) Bryan Palmer-- Canadian Studies, Trent David McNally -- Political Studies, York Katherine Lapointe - Environmental Studies, York Presented by the Politics Department The North at Trent Lecture Series Sept 29: Shelagh Grant, Frost Centre Oct 20: Scott Hayes, Bondar PostDoc Fellow Nov 24: Sherrill Grace, Ashley Fellow All talks begin at 7:30pm in the Bagnani Lecture Hall, Traill College Reception to Follow www.trentu.ca/frostcentre for more details Robert Houle and Gerald Vizenor: Date: Tues, Feb 23, 2010, 7pm Details:
A conversation on art, post indian thought and the creation of culture. (part of the Pine Tree Lecture Series). Trent University Science Complex Room 137 in Otonabee College.
Sponsored by Carol Williams, Canada Research Chair in Feminist and Gender Studies, Trent University, the Indigenous Studies Department, and the Canadian Studies Undergraduate Department at Trent University
Lynda Jessup: Winners' History -- Exhibiting the Group of Seven Date: Thurs, Feb 11, 2010, 7pm Details: Traill College, Scott House Multi Purpose Room. Everyone Welcome! Professor Jessup's lecture is sponsored by theCanadian Studies Undergraduate Department and the Frost Centre for Canadian and Indigenous Studies. Jean-Philippe Warren: Revolution within the Quiet Revolution: Quebec Youth Activism in the 1960s. Date: Weds, Feb 3, 2010, 7:30 pm Details: Traill College, Junior Common Room, Scott House. Everyone Welcome. Co-sponsored by the Canadian Studies Undergraduate Department, the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies, and the Canadian Research Chair in Canadian Studies. Trent Temagami Weekend 2009 Dates: Sept 24 - 27, 2009 Details: This year is the 37th Annual Trent Temagami weekend, held each year at Camp Wanapitei. For more information visit the Wanapitei website, join the Facebook Group ( Trent University Temagami Trip), or check the event poster. Book Launch: Canada's 1960's -- the Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era (UTP) Date: Tues Mar 31, 7:30 pm Details: Join author & labour historian Bryan Palmer in conversation with Rick Salutin. The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W., Toronto. Fredric Gary Comeau, Maritime Performance Poet Date: Thurs Mar 26, 4pm Details: Wilson Reading Room, Kerr House, Traill College. See the following WEBSITE for more information about this speaker. http://www.electriques.ca/filles/artistes.e/c/comeau_fr.php James Barrett: "Irish Immigrants and the Making of the Multicultural City" Date: Weds Mar 25, noon Details: Champlain Senior Common Room. Sponsored by Canadian Studies & History Hon, Ken Dryden: "It's Time for Canada" Date: 16 March 2009, 2-5 PM Details: Mr. Dryden will address CAST 200 at 2 PM in Room 203 of Otonabee College. Because of the importance of this event we are opening the talk to all interested Trent students and faculty. Please come and hear Mr. Dryden, a former leadership candidate for the Liberal Party and a politician who has long been concerned with the state of education in Canada. Canadian Studies Information & Social Night Date: Weds, March 4, 2009, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Details: speakers, information about majoring, honours courses, and new courses. Free Pizza & Refreshments! Traill JCR, Scott House Guest Speaker: John Clarke: "The Harris Years were just a dress-rehearsal for what's coming" Date: Feb 26, 2009 Details: Sadlier House. Guest Speaker: Peter Rosenthal Date: Tues Feb 10, 2009, 5:00 - 7:00 pm Details: Bata Library Film Theatre. Hosted by [sic] (students interogating Canada) Accurate Lies, Contesting 'North', Artistic Nationalism, and Dodging the Draft: A Symposium on Canadian Art. Date: Friday Feb 6, 2009, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Details: Traill Junior Common Room, Scott House. For more info: jharrison@trentu.ca Murray Smith (Sociology, Brock): "The Vindication of Marx? The Causes of the Current Crisis of Global Capitalism" Date: Friday Jan 30, 2009, 2:30 - 4:30 pm |
