Emma Smith
Dr Emma Smith is fascinated by how stories are told; her research looks at unconventional acts of storytelling and their effects upon readers. With the help of a UK Foundation for Canadian Studies travel award, she travelled to Ottawa’s national archives to consult the manuscripts of three Canadian women writers. Here, her white archivist’s gloves [...]
Alex Ramon
Alex Ramon teaches literature and film and published his first book Liminal Spaces: The Double Art of Carol Shields in 2008. “The travel grant that I received from the Foundation in 2005 enabled me to research Shields’s manuscripts at the National Library and Archives in Canada. This was a fascinating experience that added a new [...]
Rachel Danemann
In addition to the benefits to my own dissertation, which is still in its formative stages I was also able to visit Vancouver, and discuss the Canadian context of planning and housing processes. Vancouver is consistently voted the most liveable city in the world and I was able to experience living in it, albeit only for ten days, [...]
University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment
A total of 21 students of the School of Earth and Environment in the University of Leeds attended the Vancouver Exploration Round-up recently. Please click below to read testimonials from both Rob Chapman and Robert Whittleston and discover how the Foundation assisted: Photo taken by Robert Whittleston
Lucille Campey
I am a self-funded independent scholar who writes books on British emigration to Canada. I am not affiliated to any academic institution. Since 1999 I have written eight books on Scottish emigration to Canada, and will be completing my third and final book on emigration from England in February, 2014. After this I intend to [...]
Catrin Edwards
My PhD research, which is a comparative analysis of the policies implemented by the Catalan,Quebecand Welsh governments in relation to the linguistic integration of immigrants, demanded that I spent a period of time inQuebec. The PhD is largely empirical, and in order evaluate the potential contribution that the education system (statutory and non-statutory) can make [...]
Christopher Minty
In mid-2012 the Foundation for Canadian Studies generously contributed £750.00 to use towards a research trip that I made to Fredericton, New Brunswick, in Aug. 2012. I stayed in Fredericton for just over one month and carried out archival research in the Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, and it proved to be an [...]
Margaret Bennett
Margaret Bennett is a prize-winning author and is justifiably Scotland’s leading folklorist. Her book entitled “Jerome Just One More Song!: Local, Social and Political History in the Repertoire of a Newfoundland-Irish Singer” acts as a lasting tribute to Jerome Downey, a folk singer who recorded his music the Codroy Valley. The book is available at www.gracenotepublications.co.uk. [...]