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View the Fall 2025 Issue of the C/AM Studies Newsletter!
C/AM Student wins ACSUS Award
Congratulations to C/AM graduate Gibson Steinert who was honored by the Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. for his research essay: “The British Fur Trade in the Pacific Northwest: A Means to Lay Claim to the Land (1770-1840).”
Read more in Western Today.
2025-6 Scholarship
Congratulations to Alex Bassett on receiving this year’s Canadian-American Ambassador Scholarship! Alex is a double Major in Global Humanities - focusing on the History of Culture, and Political Science - and a C/AM Studies minor.
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Upcoming Events
Canadian American Studies
Canada and the United States, sharing a continent and linked by deep cultural and economic ties, shared historical experiences, and numerous similarities, also exhibit many notable differences. The Canadian-American Studies program offers a comprehensive overview of these relationships, helping students grasp how these similarities and differences influence key cultural, environmental, and economic issues in North America, both today and in the future. The program includes hands-on experiences through field trips to Canada and provides valuable research and internship opportunities. Students can pursue Canadian-American Studies independently or combine it with other disciplines, such as environmental science and policy, international business, geography, anthropology, political science, marketing, communications, journalism, history, and foreign languages, to gain a richer, more nuanced international perspective.
Students in CanAm Media Systems class tour the CBC Studios in Vancouver
Canadian Government and Politics students visit the Parliament House in Victoria, B.C.
News & Events
Study Abroad in Montreal next summer!
Earn 10 credits towards a French major or minor while experiencing the vibrancy of Montreal, Canada
Program Highlights
- Both group and individual work in and out of the classroom
- Integrated programming with Université de Montréal’s École de français
- Tour and question period of Radio-Canada headquarters
- Weekend excursions to Québec City and Mont Tremblant
- Attend the pow-wow de Kahnawake
- Largest comedy festival Juste Pour Rire
- International Jazz Festival
- Accommodations in shared apartments along the metro line to take you straight to UdeM!
CanAm Media Systems Class visits the CBC and "Hollywood North"
Professor Derek Moscato and his Canadian-American Media Systems class (C/AM-JOUR 355) visited the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation (CBC) Broadcast Headquarters in Vancouver, BC. Highlights included touring the broadcasting facilities, meeting with with award-winning journalist Michelle Eliot, and a walking tour of "Hollywood North."
Read more here.
FIFA World Cup - An Opportunity for Cultural Diplomacy
C/AM Studies Affiliate Faculty member, Journalism professor Prof. Derek Moscato and BPRI (Border Policy Research Institute) Director Laurie Trautman have penned an Opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun:
CASCADIA'S CULTURAL DIPLOMACY COULD BE A KEY LEGACY OF FIFA 2026
International soccer provides a timely mode for citizen-and community-driven diplomacy that just might change the trajectory of shaky Canada-U.S. relations.
Read the piece here.
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Canadian-American Studies Funding Requests
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