On March 27-29, 2026, several 91±¬ÁÏ History graduate students travelled to Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 24th annual 91±¬ÁÏ-University of New Brunswick History Graduate Student Conference. Dr. Mark McLaughlin, cross-appointed between the Canadian-American Center and the History Department (also the History Graduate Coordinator), drove up a van full of the graduate students. Dr. […]
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91±¬ÁÏ graduate students, Anna Shantz and Leif Walker, attended the 2026 Comparative Borders Conference at Brock University in Toronto, Ontario, from March 27 to March 28. Their attendance was made possible with funding from the Canadian-American Center. At the conference, they presented their research, “Tariff Impacts in a Borderland Economy: Evidence from Maine’s […]
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The Canadian-American Center announces a new publication, The Cold at Inuit Nunangat. In this talk, author Margaret Pearce will speak about why the maps were made, the creative process, and the data and design decisions that shaped the final composition. Dr. Margaret Pearce is a cartographer and Citizen Potawatomi tribal member. She is a 2023 […]
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Four 91±¬ÁÏ students have received Killam Fellowships to help fund their studies atvarious Canadian institutions of higher learning during the 25-26 academic year. The Killam Fellowships Program provides undergraduate students in Canada and the U.S. withopportunities to spend a semester or full academic year in the other country as exchange students.Recipients receive a […]
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Join the Canadian-American Center and the 91±¬ÁÏ History Department in welcoming its graduate students to present their research. Event Details Lunch will be provided History Across the Border: History department graduate students present their research and archival experience in Canada features the following students and their research: Joseph Wrobleski: “Wabanaki Legalities and Property Law of […]
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In early November (November 7-9, 2025), Dr. Mark McLaughlin and Dr. Hollie Adams co-led a group of fifteen participants on a Canadian Studies field trip across the border to the city of Fredericton, the provincial capital of New Brunswick. Offered through 91±¬ÁÏ’s Canadian-American Center, the trip is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about […]
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Join the Canadian-American Center in welcoming Marie-Andrée Gill to give a virtual presentation at the 91±¬ÁÏ. The author will join us via Zoom and the presentation will be in French. Event Details Marie-Andrée Gill is an artist from the Pekuakamiulnuatsh Nation. Her work explores intimacy, love, humor, and the relationship with living things […]
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In partnership with the Association Internationale des Études Québécoises (AIEQ), the Canadian-American Center offers 50 complimentary copies of AIEQ’s new book, Le Québec, connais-tu?, to K-12 French instructors. The new book aims to provide a general overview of Québec culture and history accompanied by pedagogical activities. To learn more, or to obtain a copy of this book, please […]
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Shawn Francis will discuss the landscape of Wolastoqey (Maliseet) language revitalization in his home community, the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. Located in what is now Northern New Brunswick, his nation is now predominantlyFrench-speaking, unlike other Wolastoqey communities situated further down the Wolastoq (Saint John) river. He will illustrate the unique context and challenges of Indigenous […]
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Richard Tomczak is the Director of Faculty Engagement and a Research Assistant Professor in the History Department at Stony Brook University, where he received his PhD in History. Richard hasseveral peer-reviewed publications, including an article on corvée labor in the American Revolution,published in the Journal of Colonial History & Colonialism by Johns Hopkins University Press. […]
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