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It is with great sadness that the Canadian Studies Program announces the passing of our former director and longtime friend, Dr. Nelson H. Graburn (1936-2025). Professor Graburn was an expert in Inuit arts and culture, and a professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. He...Read more about In Memoriam: Dr. Nelson H. Graburn (1936-2025)

Canadian Studies and our partners at the Digital Moose Lounge celebrated an (early) Canadian Thanksgiving dinner yesterday with friends from around the Bay. Over 100 Bay Area Canadians and their friends braved the heat to come to Berkeley to show their Canadian pride. Attendees enjoyed our...Read more about In Photos: Our 7th Annual Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner

The Canadian Studies Program is delighted to announce that Dr. Hidetaka Hirota, an associate professor in the Department of History, has been appointed as the program's new...Read more about Hidetaka Hirota Appointed New Program Director

The Canadian Studies Program is pleased to announce Andrew Zhao as a recipient of an Edward Hildebrand Graduate Research Fellowship for Summer 2024.

Andrew is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science studying identity politics and immigration. His Hildebrand...Read more about New Hildbrand Fellow Andrew Zhao explores role of Chinatown family associations in immigrant integration

The Canadian Studies Program is pleased to announce Allison Evans as the recipient of an Edward E. Hildebrand Graduate Research Fellowship for Summer 2024.

Allison is a PhD student in the Department of City & Regional Planning and a...Read more about Hildebrand Fellow Allison Evans investigates growth of homeless encampments in semi-rural Ontario

Canadian Studies is proud to announce that former Hildebrand Fellow Caylee Hong has been appointed an assistant professor at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Law, effective July 1, 2025.

...Read more about Former Hildebrand Fellow Caylee Hong Appointed Professor at University of Alberta Law School

The Canadian Studies Program is pleased to announce AJ Kurdi as the recipient of an Edward E. Hildebrand Graduate Research Fellowship for Summer 2024.

AJ is a PhD student in the Department of Ethnic Studies, with a designated emphasis in Gender, Women, and...Read more about New Hildebrand Fellow, AJ Kurdi, studies LGBTQI community organizing in Quebec

The Canadian Studies Program is pleased to announce Lydia Mathews as the recipient of an Edward E. Hildebrand Graduate Research Fellowship for Summer 2024.

Lydia is a PhD candidate in the Department of History. Her research focuses on the intersections of gender, public...Read more about New Hildebrand Fellow Lydia Mathews investigates historic links between public health reform, race, and citizenship

The Canadian Studies Program is pleased to announce Mathew Kovac as the recipient of an Edward E. Hildebrand Graduate Research Fellowship for Summer 2024.

Matthew is a PhD candidate in the Department of History. His research focuses on anticolonial struggles and transnational...Read more about New Hildebrand Fellow, Matt Kovac, links Canada's Irish Republican activists to global anti-colonial movement

Canadian Studies is pleased to announce that Ayelet Shachar, a legal scholar specializing in immigration, citizenship, and multiculturalism, has joined the program as our newest faculty affiliate.

Professor Shachar joined the Berkeley faculty last year as the Irving G. and Eleanor D....Read more about Canadian Studies Welcomes Legal Scholar Ayelet Shachar as New Faculty Affiliate