Canadian Studies News and Notes

Canadian Studies News and Notes 1. Ireland - Kildare, May 6-7, 1988. Second Quebec-Ireland-Canada Colloquium on Bilingualism and Language Minorities: A Comparative Study of Canada and Ireland. Maynooth College (National University of Ireland) will be the venue for the colloquium. The conference will be addressed by Canadian and Irish specialists on the economic, political, historical, legal, and cultural aspects of Bilingualism and Language Minorities in Canada, Quebec and Ireland. Maynooth College , founded in 1795, is 15 miles west of Dublin. Further details from: Professor W.J. Smyth, Vice-President, Maynooth College, Ireland. 2. Scotland - Edinburgh, May 9, 1988. The Causes of Canadian Confederation: Cantilever or Coincidence? "Only a general union, balanced with all the care and precision of a cantilever, was practical in 1864," wrote W.L. Morton a century later. Was Confederation really the logical and inescapable destiny of British North America? Have the textbooks presented too neat an explanation? The Edinburgh seminar, which immediately follows the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference , is intended to review the causes of Confederation and its implication for the various groups and regions. Programme Secretary: Dr. Ged Martin, Centre of Canadian Studies, 21 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9Ld, Scotland. 3. Canada - Toronto, May 11-14, 1988. Literatures of French Exp ~ion: Creation, Research, and Critical Theories. A colloquium organized by Stong College, York University. Throughout the world, literatures of French expression conJoumal of Canadian Studies Vol. 22, No. 4 (Hiver 1987-88 Winter) stitute today an important literary body, extremely exciting from the point of view ofboth its content and its form. Several critical approaches have been applied to these different Francophone literatures. However, it seems to us that it is high time for a systematic and exhaustive overview of the literary theories which might be elaborated to accommodate different works coming out in diverse geographical areas. There is a need to confront and compare the creative processes with the methodological tools necessary for their elucidation and their promotion in universal cultural channels. For further information, please contact the organizer, Professor Hedi Bouraoui, Master, Stong College , York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3. Telephone (416) 736-5132. 4. The Canadian Periodical Publishers ' Association (CPPA) will hold its annual General Meeting and Seminars May 16-18, 1988 in Toronto at the Hotel Plaza II. For information about topics and agenda , please contact: Steise Caswell, CPPA, 2 Stewart St., Toronto, Ontario , M5V 1H6. Telephone (416) 362-2546. 5. The Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) will be held in St. John, New Brunswick, May 30-June 1, 1988. The theme for this year's conference is "The Human Dimension/La dimension humaine." For further information please contact : ACCC, Conference '88, P.O. Box 1988, St. John, N.B., E2L 4X5. Telephone (506) 632-0088. 6. The 15th Anniversary Conference of the Association of Canadian Studies will be held at the University of Windsor, May 31-June 2, in coltjunction with the annual mee~ of the Canadian Learned Societies. The thematic focus for 171 1988 is "Practicing the Arts in Canada: Cultural Expression, Cultural Diffusion/La pratique des arts au Canada: modes d'expression et de diffusion culturelles." For information, please contact : ACS/AEC Secretariat, Att: Susan Hoeltken, C.P. 8888, Succ. A, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3P8, (514) 282-7784; or ACS/AEC, Financial Services, Att: Cynthia M. Stables, 256 King Edward, #300, Ottawa, Ontario, KlN 7Ml, (613) 232-0417. 7. Australia - Canberra, June 22-24, 1988. Fourth Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand at the Australian National University. For information please contact: Dr. Brian Galligan, President ACSANZ, Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, G.P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia. 8. Call for Papers. Conference on the Life and Works of Margaret Laurence, Brandon University and Neepawa, Manitoba, August 25-28, 1988. Please send 400-500 word proposals or abstracts by 30 April 1988 to: John Blaikie, Department of English, Brandon University , Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9. Please address inquiries to: Beth Westfall, Extension Department, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9, telephone (204) 727-9668. 9. Interdisciplinary Conference on Natural...