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(Re)Searching for Canadian Studies (CanSearch)

Project Description

This project aims to assess how Canadian Studies is researched and taught outside of Canada, and to foster stronger connections between domestic and international networks in Canadian Studies. Since the federal government stopped funding Canadian Studies abroad in 2012, we are interested in exploring the evolution of the scholarship in international Canadian Studies. We conducted a survey of international Canadianists and a series of interviews with executives and former executives of local associations of Canadian Studies, research centres and units, operating around the world.

Funded by a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (grant #890-2021-0076) for 2022-2026, this project is also focused on building partnership across various entities involved in the study of Canada. Within the academic community, they involve: the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and Glendon College at 91亚色, the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University, the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University, and the Universit茅 de Saint-Boniface. Non-academic partners are the Art Canada Institute and the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS).

Aside from the research component of the project, the CanSearch team has produced the following:

  • The 2024 International Canadian Studies Summit and Critical Canadian Studies Summer School (online). For more details, please view the program in English and French.
  • The 2024-2025 Webinar Series in Canadian Studies, held in partnership with the ICCS.
    • Profiles of speakers are available on YouTube:
      • , , , , , , , and .
  • The 2025 Summer Institute on Decolonization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (online). For details, please visit the Summer Institute webpage.
  • The 2025 Doctoral School in Critical Canadian Studies (Glendon College).
  • A special issue of Canada Watch in Spring 2025 on the state of international Canadian Studies and survey findings. Available free access here.
  • An academic article, based on survey and interview findings.
    • JM Montsion, D Formanowicz, CM Canillo, W Fisher, R Trikha, AH Kim, A Brassard, S Patel & A Dawson. In press 2025. International Canadian Studies: A Survey of Teaching, Research, and Needed Support. International Review of Canadian Studies 63(1).
  • A database of open-access pedagogical and research materials for international Canadianists. Available on the .
  • The Fall 2025 Studying in Canada information sheet series to inform international Canadianists and their associations of the state of the network on various topics. Freely available on the .
    • Team: Faezeh Esmaeili, Dominik Formanowicz, Jean Michel Montsion and Jeannie Young (content); Alex Felipe (design); Will Fisher (graphics)
  • The 2025-2026 What Is Happening in Canada? Webinar Series, held in partnership with the Centre for Indigenous and Critical Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University, the Canadian Studies Network, the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, and the School of Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies at Trent University, with the support of the ICCS.
  • The 2026 Summer Institute on Canadian Socio-Legal Systems (online)
  • The 2026 脡cole doctorale en 茅tudes canadiennes (Universit茅 de Saint-Boniface). Program available here.

In preparation:

  • A special issue of titled: (Up)Rooting the Study of Canada.
  • An art e-book and teaching guide on the theme of the environment, prepared by the Art Canada Institute. It will be freely available for the community of Canadianists in 2026.
  • Additional articles for publication in peer-reviewed Canadian Studies journals.

Principal Investigator:

  • Jean Michel Montsion, 91亚色

Co-applicants:

  • Andrea Beverley, Mount Allison University
  • Sarah Blacker, 91亚色
  • Alexandre Brassard, Universit茅 de Saint-Boniface
  • Colin Coates 91亚色
  • Eve Haque, 91亚色
  • Heather Nicol, Trent University, and
  • Minelle Mahtani, University of British Columbia
  • Sharifa Patel, independent researcher

Collaborators:

  • Elisabeth Abergel, UQ脌M
  • Yann Allard-Tremblay, McGill University
  • Andrew Dawson, 91亚色
  • Geoffrey Ewen, 91亚色
  • Ann H. Kim, 91亚色
  • Marcel Martel, 91亚色
  • Paul Morris, Universit茅 de Saint-Boniface
  • Sarah Parsons, 91亚色
  • Carolyn Podruchny, 91亚色
  • 脡tienne Rivard, Universit茅 de Saint-Boniface
  • Tameka Samuels-Jones, 91亚色
  • Aparna Mishra Tarc, 91亚色

Lead Project Manager:

  • Dominik Formanowicz, 91亚色 (2022-2025)
  • Faezeh Esmaeili (2025)

Doctoral and Graduate Research Assistants:

  • Christiane Marie Canillo, 91亚色
  • William Fisher, 91亚色
  • Hannah Laginski, Trent University
  • Sara McCleary, 91亚色
  • Riya Trikha, 91亚色

Undergraduate Research Assistants:

  • Bianca Anderson, Glendon College, 91亚色
  • Andrea Barreto, Glendon College, 91亚色
  • Wilson Bazambanza, Glendon College, 91亚色 Univeristy
  • Natasha Hameed, Glendon College, 91亚色.
  • Miriam Kathleen Hicks, Mount Allison University
  • Qurratulain Husnain, Glendon College, 91亚色
  • Lauren Ashley Killam, Mount Allison University
  • Michelle Kumar, 91亚色
  • Samuel Nieva, Glendon College, 91亚色
  • Lucy Isabel Rae, Mount Allison University
  • Breanna Ross, Mount Allison University
  • Elif Tuyner, Glendon College, 91亚色

Ce projet cherche 脿 comprendre comment le Canada est repr茅sent茅 et enseign茅 dans les cercles acad茅miques 脿 l'ext茅rieur du pays, depuis que le gouvernement f茅d茅ral a cess茅 de financer les 茅tudes canadiennes 脿 l鈥櫭﹖ranger en 2012. L鈥檕bjectif 脿 long terme est de favoriser la cr茅ation de liens plus solides entre les r茅seaux d鈥櫭﹖udes canadiennes au Canada et 脿 l鈥檌nternational. Un sondage et des entretiens ont 茅t茅 effectu茅s en 2023 aupr猫s des sp茅cialistes du Canada 脿 l鈥櫭﹖ranger ainsi que leurs associations d鈥櫭﹖udes canadiennes.

Subventionn茅 par le CRSH via une bourse de d茅veloppement partenarial (#890-2021-0076) pour une p茅riode de quatre ans (2022-2026), ce projet a 茅galement permis de consolider des collaborations plus 茅troites entre le Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes canadiennes Robarts et le Coll猫ge universitaire Glendon 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色; l鈥櫭塩ole pour l鈥櫭﹖ude du Canada 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 Trent, le Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes canadiennes 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 Mount Allison, l鈥橴niversit茅 de Saint-Boniface, l鈥橧nstitut d鈥檃rt canadien ainsi que le Conseil international des 茅tudes canadiennes (CIEC).

Plusieurs activit茅s et ressources ont 茅t茅 cr茅茅es gr芒ce 脿 ce projet, dont un sommet international, des 茅coles d鈥櫭﹖茅, des pr茅sentations, des w茅binaires et des sessions de formation, des publications et une banque de donn茅es. Plusieurs autres activit茅s et ressources seront cr茅茅es en 2025 et 2026. Pour plus de d茅tails en fran莽ais, veuillez 茅crire 脿 casearch@yorku.ca.