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Spring 2012 Canada Events!

Tuesday, April 10: 

16:00 to 17:00: TALK - DR. CLAUDIO APORTA, Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair, Canadian Studies, University of Washington: Inuit Horizons: Reflections on the Concepts of Region and Network

 Cramer Hall 41, 1721 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97201 

Traveling is still an essential aspect of people's lives in most Inuit communities of the Canadian Eastern Arctic. Inuit travel along well-known routes that belong to the individual and social memory of the people, and that are traced every year in the same general locations. This talk will present some preliminary results and ideas from a project conducted by Claudio Aporta (Carleton University) and Michael Bravo (University of Cambridge) on Inuit regional identity and geographic knowledge.

 

Thursday, May 3: 

A l'en Vert Opening Night– Lincoln Hall 75

 

Photo by Sylvie Peltier.
Red Letter Films © 


18:00 to 19:00: Opening reception and buffet in Lincoln Hall Lobby - 1620 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR 97201

1900: FILM - A l’an vert (Linda Desormeaux)

 The documentary A l’an vert (2012) follows four French- speaking Canadians in British Columbia looking for a new way of life based on sustainability and communal values: What motivated them? What compromises and sacrifices did they have to make? What did they gain? What can we learn
from their experience? (With English subtitles)

 

Canada Days Events 2012

Sunday, February 5:

18:15 to 19:00- RECEPTION- prior to the film, there will be a no host reception held at the Living Room Theaters - 341 SW 10th Ave Portland, Ore.

19:00- FILM- From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration (Jordan Paterson)

Explores the impact of the Head Tax and Exclusion Act on immigrants from China between 1923-47, through the reflections of their Chinese-Canadian descendants. The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate and promote the achievements of the British Columbia film and television industry through the presentation of an annual awards program - the Leo Awards.

20:00- Q&A with Jordan Paterson

 

Monday, February 6:

16:00- FILM- From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration (Jordan Paterson) 

17:00- Q&A with Jordan Paterson

5th Avenue Cinema Room 92, 510 SW Hall St. Portland, OR 97201

 

Tuesday, February 7:

16:00- TALK- RENISA MAWANI, Associate Professor (UBC): Specters of Indigineity in British Indian Migration       Finnish Room, Cramer Hall 124 1721 SW Broadway Portland, OR 97201 

Colonial legal histories of Indigeneity and British Indian migration have not been placed in conversation with one another. This talk will trace the specters of Indigeneity that recurred with regularity in juidico-political struggles over early-twentieth-century Indian migration. Dr. Mawani's specific focus is on the 1914 journey of the Komagata Maru, a Japanese steamship carying 376 Punjabi migrants from Hong Kong to Shanghai, Moji to Yokohama, and finally arriving in Vancouver (Canada). Dr. Mawani's interest is exploring how changing conceptions of Indigeneity were strategically appropriated and deployed both by the Diminion of Canada and by British Indian migrants and to what effect. 

 

Thursday, February 9:

16:00 to 17:00- LECTURE- DR. SHAWN SMALLMAN, Professor of International Studies (PSU): Migration, Murder, and Politics: Windigo Trials in the Canadian West 

Smith Memorial Student Union 236, 1825 SW Broadway

 

**Upcoming Events**

Thursday, February 23:

16:00 to 17:00- DR. YASMEEN ABU-LABAN, Professor of Political Science (University of Alberta): The Politics of International Migration and the case of Canada

Canada Days 2010


Canadian Opportunities and Insights

October 21-27, 2010

All events are free and open to the public.

Campus Map: http://www.pdx.edu/map.html

 

Schedule for Canada Days 2010:

 

Thursday, October 21:

1830: FILM- "Maman est chez le coiffeur" Mommy is at the Hairdresser's (2008). Living Room Theaters 341 SW 10th Avenue

 

Friday, October 22:

1130 - 1230: MADELEINE MONETTE, author: Parcours d'écriture: la vigilance du roman: Smith Center 236 *Lecture in French

(1400-1500: MADELEINE MONETTE, author: America is also a Québec novel: Albany 218, Lewis & Clark College 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road: http://legacy.lclark.edu/GENERAL/MAPS/citymap.html   *Lecture in English)

1500 - 1630: JIM ALLWORTH, Investment Analyst & Strategist: The Canadian Economy & Banking System: Smith Center 238

 

Monday, October 25:

1015 - 1115: MARIE LO, Professor of English Literature: Literature Asian-Canadian Literature and Culture: Smith Center 296

1400 - 1500: BOB HEINITH, Hydro Program Coordinator: Salmon Columbia River Treaty: Smith Center 298

 

Tuesday, October 26:

1100-1200: JEFF RUSH, Energy Consultant: US/Canada Energy: Smith Center 238

 

Wednesday, October 27:

1000 - 1100: CHARLES WHITE, Professor Emeritus, History: History of Boundary Disputes US/Canada: Smith Center 236

1530 - 1630: LAURENCE "LAURIE" PADMAN, Senior Scientist (Earth & Space Research): The Arctic: an Elephant in the Climate Cupboard: Smith Center 327

1800: No-host cocktail hour at Living Room Theaters: 341 SW 10th Avenue

1900 - 2045: FILM- "De père en flic" Fathers and Guns (2009). Living Room Theaters: 341 SW 10th Avenue

 

The PSU campus is located at the heart of the TriMet transit system and is well served by the MAX light-rail, Portland Streetcar, and multiple bus lines. We are also located within the “Free Rail Zone” which allows for free short trips by MAX or the Streetcar. For more details about the transit system, please visit the TriMet website. You can also visit PSU Transportation & Parking Services for route planning advice and help with any transit questions you might have.

Parking Information: http://www.pdx.edu/transportation/short-term-parking

 

 

 

Canada Days 2009

History, Innovation and Cooperation

October 23-28, 2009

Calendar of Events

Friday, October 23rd:

10:00 VERONICA DUJON- Fort McMurray Oil Sands: The Sociology of A 21st Century Frontier Settlement- SMU 329

14:00 GRACE DILLON- Indians Thinking: Imagining Indigenous Futurisms- SMU 298

 

Saturday, October 24th:

19:00-21:00 FORT VANCOUVER: TALES OF THE ENGAGE- Volunteers and staff portraying Hudson's Bay Company employees will present a special program involving storytelling and history- 612 E. Reserve Street, Vancouver, WA 98661

Monday, October 26th:

10:15-11:15 PETER MOOGK- A Mysterious Silence: Academic Historians and Political Misrepresentations of the Past in Canada- SMU 228 Multicultural Center

15:00-17:15 EUGENE MEEHAN- The Write Stuff: Strategic Legal Writing, Winning by What You Write - SMU 327

Tuesday, October 27th:

10:30 PETER MOOGK- The Legacy of New France in Modern Canada - CH 447

14:00-16:00 ANDRÉ GLADU- Les Créoles (lecture in French) - SMU 327

AN EVENING WITH ANDRÉ GLADU

19:00-20:30 Film: Maroon

20:30-21:00 Q&A with André Gladu- Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Street)

Wednesday, October 28th:

10:00-11:00 SHAWN SMALLMAN- Madness and the Windigo, 1774 to 1935- SMU 298

14:00 CHARLES WHITE- Canada & The American Revolution - FAB 10

 

PSU International Studies Department presents:

Canadian Studies Event

CANADA DAYS 2008

Policies, Politics & practices
October 21 to October 31, 2008

Tuesday, October 21st
Honoring John McLoughlin- The Father of Oregon: The Role of French Canadians in the Establishment of Fort Vancouver
2:00pm at Fort Vancouver (612 E. Reserve Street, Vancouver, WA)

 

Tuesday, October 21st
Film: Project Canada
Project Canada tells the story of four Americans that decide to leave everything behind for an epic road trip across the second biggest country in the world.

  • Director, Jonathan McFarlane, will introduce his movie.

7:00pm at Screening Room (925 NW 19th Avenue)

  • 21 and older only

 

Monday, October 27th
Border Issues and the Future of North American Integration: Lecture by Anne McLellan, Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Alberta's Institution for United States Policy.
10:00am-11:00am at Multicultural Center, Smith Memorial Student Union 228 (1825 SW Broadway)

Monday, October 27th
Canadian Perspective on US Healthcare (co-sponsored with the World Affairs Council): Anne McLellan
12:00pm-1:00pm at Cramer Hall 124 (1721 SW Broadway)

Tuesday, October 28th
Canadian Researchers' Contribution to the Development of Athletic Products at Nike: Speaker-Mario LaFortune, Nike.
4:00pm at Parsons Gallery, Urban Center 212 (506 SW Mill Street)

Tuesday, October 28th
Film: Shake Hands with the Devil
The film adaptation based on the autobiography of Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire, and his controversial command of the United Nations mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.
7:00pm at Living Room Theaters (341 SW 10th Avenue)

Wednesday, October 29th
The Economics and Politics of NAFTA: Mark Kasoff, Professor Emeritus: Bowling Green State University
2:00pm at Clay 201 (Corner of SW 6th & Clay)

Thursday, October 30th
Award winning author of Nikolski, Nicolas Dicker, will present two lectures (both in English and French)

Writing Puzzling Novels for Puzzling Times/Écrire en 2008: 10:00am-11:00am at Finnish Room, Cramer Hall 124 (1721 SW Broadway)

Être un écrivain américain: point de vue francophone/To be a North American Writer: A Francophone Point of View: 7:00pm at Alliance Française (1425 SW 20th Avenue #104)

Friday, October 31st
First Nations Community Development & Sustainability: Keith James, PSYCH, Portland State University. 10:00am at Native American Student & Community Center 170 (SW Jackson Street between Broadway and Park)