Programs and Activities - 2001
Entering the Labyrinth: The Blind Assassin
By Margaret Atwood
 Entering the Labyrinth: The Blind Assassin, is the second book in the series, and combines the Nortel Networks Canadian Studies Address delivered by Margaret Atwood shortly after her novel The Blind Assassin was awarded the prestigious Booker prize, with two specially-commissioned critical essays by University of Reading scholar Coral Ann Howells, and the University of Wollongong's Honorary Fellow, Dorothy Jones.
Margaret Atwood read from and discussed her recent Booker Prize winning novel The Blind Assasin to a crowd of over 350 people. So many, in fact, that an overflow room, with a live video feed had to be set up in an adjoining gallery! There was so much media attention for the event that a freelance Media Consultant had to be hired.
Video Clip [mpg 5.98mb - large view - 1.05 mins]
Video Clip [mpg 2.64mb - small view - 1.05 mins]]
Canadian Education Day
2nd August 2001
In conjunction with the Canadian High Commission's Canadian Education Centre and University of Wollongong's Student Exchange Office, the Centre of Canadian-Australian Studies presented a one-day education fair. The day included information booths about Canadian universities and colleges, students who have been on exchanges and much more.
As well, the Centre for Canadian-Australian Studies welcomed the Canadian High Commissioner to the University of Wollongong, his Excellency Jean Fournier. Commissioner Fournier came to Wollongong to present the International Council of Canadian Studies Grants to two university members, Professor Clem Lloyd and postgraduate student Angela Pratt.
Book Launch and Award Luncheon
May 11, 2001
 A luncheon hosted by the Government of Canada at Food Re-Thought at the University of Wollongong featured the presentation of the ICCS Merit Award to Don Beer and the launch of Gerry Turcotte's novel Flying in Silence
Canadian Consul General John Mundy presented the International Council for Canadian Studies Merit Award to Associate Professor Don Beer, formerly of the University of New England. Dr. Beer was recognised for his contributions to Canadian Studies which included a major work on Sir Allan Napier McNab, the Presidency of the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ) and the tireless promotion, support and encouragement of Canadian Studies in this region.
Consul General John Mundy also launched the Australian edition of Gerry Turcotte's novel Flying in Silence. The novel chronicles the experience and confusion of a young boy growing up in Montreal with unilingual parents, one English, one French. The book launch was sponsored by publishers Brandl & Schlesinger and by the University of Wollongong's Bookstore.
Canadian Studies Seminar
May 11, 2001
 An afternoon seminar was held at the University of Wollongong which examined an array of Canadian Studies issues through a series of academic papers addressing topics ranging from Indigenous art, to popular culture, to law and economics.
Wendy Pearson and Susan Knabe examined the objective and overwhelming result of Molson's "I am Canadian" advertisement campaign in their paper "Who is Canadian? Television Commercials and National Identity in a Global Economy."
Al Hecht's paper "Canadian Resource Economy: The Image and its Reality," discussed the perception and changing position of the natural resource sector in the Canadian economy. 
Jeremy Webber, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney, presented a paper entitled "Foundations of the Modern Treaty Process in Canada," in which he explored the history of the treaty process in Canada, the topic of indigenous title and the relationship between the two and broader constitutional themes.
Anne Collett's paper "Red and White: Miss E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake and the Other Woman," addressed the cross-cultural work of the well-known poet and Mohawk princess and its implications for her identity.
Lycia Danielle Trouton's "Bernie Williams: First Woman Carver" examined the work of the first female artist to apprentice under celebrated Haida artist Bill Reid.
|
