The International Council for Canadian Studies is pleased to announce that its next conference will be held in Ottawa on May 22 to 24, 2012, in collaboration with the Universities of Ottawa and Carleton. Proposals for twenty minute papers, to be presented in either English or French, are invited from disciplinary, multidiscipinary, or comparative perspectives on the theme of "Cultural Challanges of Migration in Canada".

The call for papers is available at http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/call-for-papers-2012-iccs-biennial-conference.htm

The International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) / Conseil international d'etudes canadiennes (CIEC) publishes "ICCS Contact CIEC" newsletter electronically. The publication has been archived in the Electronic Collection: A Virtual Collection of Monographs and Periodicals of Library and Archives Canada as following URL; http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/contact_iccs_ciec-ef/html/ JACS will anounce the above URL twice a year to inform JACS members current issues of ICCS Contact CIEC . Please visit the following URL to receive this newsletter by e-mail from ICCS / CIEC directly. http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/newslet_en.asp?shownav=3

The Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC; Association canadienne d'études sur le Japon, ACEJ) 2011 Annual Conference will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the campus of Saint Mary's University.

Please visit the following website for further information.

 

http://husky1.smu.ca/~bsewell/JSAC2011.html

The Embassy of Canada announces fellowships offered by Govenment of Canada for recent doctal graduates. Please visit the following websites for further information. Government of Canada Post-Doctal Research Fellowships http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/academic_relations_academiques/pdrf-brpd.aspx?lang=eng&highlights_file=&left_menu_en=&left_menu_fr=&mission= Banting Postdoctal Fellowships http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.html

JAPAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA: 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE “JAPAN IN THE PACIFIC NEIGHBOURHOOD” CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR DISSERTATION WORKSHOP PROPOSALS On behalf of the Organizing Committee I am pleased to announce that JSAC 2010 will be held at the campus of the University of British Columbia in the fall. Dates: Sept 30th – Oct 3rd , 2010 Thurs, Sept 30 (Ph. D. Thesis Workshop; Conference Ice Breaker and Keynote Speaker) Fri, Oct 1 ('Japan in the Pacific Neighbourhood’ Policy Panel; Papers; Reception) Sat, Oct 2 (Papers; Banquet) Sun, Oct 3 (Papers; Field Trip) Visit our JSAC 2010 Web Site at: http://www.iar.ubc.ca/centres/cjr/jsac2010annualconference.aspx The organizers of the 2010 conference welcome proposals from Canadian, Japanese and international academics working in any field of Japan Studies. Proposals for individual papers or full panels are encouraged. Note that a special PhD Thesis Workshop will be held as part of JSAC 2010 on Thursday Sept 30th. ...

JACS announces the members of organizing comitree for the 36th Annual Conference as the followings;

Chair: Kimihiko Sugimoto (President of JACS, Osaka Gakuin University)
Vice-Chair: Kimiko Sugimoto (Osaka Gakuin University)

Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, the place and date of 36th JACS Annual Meeting will be changed as the followings;

Date: 17th-18th September, 2011
Place: Osaka Gakuin University (Suita-city, Osaka)

Further information will be announced on this website.
Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.

Pre-Conference Session (Friday, September 17) 18:00 - 19:30 Students Report on a Study Tour to Eastern Canada (March 2010), hosted by School of Cultural and Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University (16th Meeting Room, 9th Floor, Soken Building) Day 1 (Saturday, September 18) Aoyama Gakuin University (Conference Hall, 12th Floor, Soken Building) 9:00 - Registration (Foyer, 11th floor) 9:35 - 9:40 Opening Adress Kimihiko Sugimoto (President of Japanese Association for Canadian Studies / Osaka Gakuin University) 9:40 - 11:00 Session I: Open Topics Chair: Chieko Mizoue (Tsukuba University) (a) Education in the Internment Camps Yo Ogawa (Seigakuin University) (b) Education and Mathematics Class of Colombia International School That Adopts Ontario Curriculum Fumio Matsumo (Maebashi Municipal High School) (c) Second Language Education in the British Columbian Secondary School System: A Case Study of Japanese Junko Kurosawa (Graduate School, University of Victoria) Motoe Takahashi (Bunkyo G ...

The 35th Annual Conference of Japanese Association for Canadian Studies (JACS) will be held.

Date: 18 and 19 September, 2010
Place: Aoyama Gakuin University website
Chair of Executive Committee: Associate Prof. Junichi Miyazawa, Aoyama Gakuin University
Chair of Program Committee: Prof. Michihisa Hosokawa, Kagoshima University

Year Date Event Place 1977 May 28 Preparatory meeting for the establishment of Japan Canadian Studies Society First Annual Conference Dec. 11 Japan Canadian Studies Society founded. The First Annual Conference Kokusai Bunka Kaikan (International House), Tokyo 1978 Nov. 18 Renamed "Japanese Association for Canadian Studies" The Second Annual Conference Kansai Branch founded in December 　 1979 Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 The Third Annual Conference Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Canada and Japan Kanto Branch founded Hachioji University Seminar House, Tokyo 1980 March 29 The 4th Annual Conference Nihon Seimei (Japan Life) Workshop House, Osaka Dec. 6 The 5th Annual Conference Rikkyo University, Tokyo 1981 Sept. 5-6 The 6th Annual Conference International Meeting in Hokkaido Centre for Northern Studies, Sapporo Hokkai Gakuen University, Sapporo 1982 Sept. 24-25 The 7th Annual Conference Yamagata University, Yamagata 1983 Sept. 24-25 The 8th Annua ...

Chubu and Kansai chapters workshop will be held as the followings;

Date: 27 November, 2010, 14:30 - 17:30

Place: Osaka Gakuin University, 17th Building Floor B1, Meeting Room 4
(5 mins walk from JR Kyoto line Kishibe station or Hankyu Kyoto line Shojaku Station)

Contact: Prof. Kimihiko Sugimoto, Osaka Gakuin University
TEL:06-6381-8434/E-mail:jacsogu@jacs.jp

Speakers: Prof. Kimihiko Sugimoto (Osaka Gakuin University)
Prof. Yuki Shimomura (Kobe International University
Prof. Takamichi Mito (Kwansei Gakuin University

JACS Kanto Chapter will invite Dr. Erika Dyck who was a keynote speaker at the 33rd Annual Conference to our workshop.

Lecturer:
  Dr. Erika Dyck

Theme:  "LSD and the History of Medicine: A History of Canadian Health, Drug Experiments, and Hospitals"
Place: Reitaku University Tokyo Center, Room 4104, 4th Floor, "Shinjuku Island Tower"
             Tokyo Metro "Nishi-Shinjuku" Station, Exit.2
Date & TIme Thur. September 25, 2008. 17:30-

http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/OD003Detail.html?SPOT_ID=n_7899

Workshop held by "Japanese Young Researchers' Association for Canadian Studies" will be announced at the original website.  Please visit here.

E. H. Norman Library Speaker Series - "Will to win" by Kojin Nakakita will be held at the Embassy of Canada Oscar Peterson Theatre.

Guest Speaker: Mr. Kojin Nakakita, Team Japan Head Coach, President, Japan Ice Sledge Hockey Association
Time: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 18:30 - 20:00
Place: Embassy of Canada Oscar Peterson Theatre
Language: Japanese
Organizer: Embassy of Canada
Co-host: Japan Ice Sledge Hockey Associaion

For further information and registration for this event, please visit the website of Embassy of Canada.

Margaret Atwood, Canada's premier female writer, Special Event will be held at the Embassy of Canada. This event is cosponsored by the Japan Pen Club and Embassy of Canada.

Margaret Atwood Special Event

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 from 14:00 to 17:00
Oscar Peterson Theatre, Embassy of Canada

Talk with the President of the Japan Pen Club
"The Year of the Flood" - a Spoken Drama

The Embassy invites JACS members to the event. Download and send this sheet to 03-5412-6249 by FAX if you could join to this opportunity.

E.H. Norman Library Speaker Series  - Thursday, October 30, 2008  19：00 - 20：30

• "Using Children's Literature to Bridge Cultures: the Canadian Experience"
• Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert Courchêne, Associate Professor, Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, University of Ottawa

For detail Information and registration, please visit to the Embassy of Canada's Website.

JACS Kanto Chapter will invite Dr. Erika Dyck who was a keynote speaker at the 33rd Annual Conference to our workshop.

Lecturer:
  Dr. Erika Dyck

Theme:  "LSD and the History of Medicine: A History of Canadian Health, Drug Experiments, and Hospitals"
Place: Reitaku University Tokyo Center, Room 4104, 4th Floor, "Shinjuku Island Tower"
             Tokyo Metro "Nishi-Shinjuku" Station, Exit.2
Date & TIme Thur. September 25, 2008. 17:30-

http://www.enjoytokyo.jp/OD003Detail.html?SPOT_ID=n_7899

Please Note:

The place of the special lecture on Human Rights in Canada by Jugde Jean-Louis Baudouin will be changeed.