Activities
Seminar on Internationalization in Canadian Higher Education and the Impact of Chinese-Canadian Professors
On 2nd of September 2008, Dr. Dongyan R. Blachford, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Professor of University of Regina in Canada, was invited by the Chinese National Academy of Social Sciences(CASS) to have a lecture on Internationalization in Canadian Higher Education and the Impact of Chinese-Canadian Professors.
Dr. Dongyan Blachford’s talk begins by providing an overview on internationalization in Canadian higher educational institutions including the contexts, the rationales, definitions, approaches and its impacts on both the Canadian society and globally. The information shared on the research project about the impact of Chinese-Canadian professors in the processes of internationalization in Canadian universities through their reflections on what their experiences mean to them and how these experiences have influenced their perspectives and their personal and professional lives, as well as the development of their identity.
Professor Blachford emphasised that how Chinese-Canadian professors’ experiences have contributed to the change and development of their home society, in this case, China and the Canadian society that they have chosen to remain in. The discussion also includes how these professors have served and continue to serve as bridges and champions for future policies and practices in internationalization, particularly on the relationship between Canadian and Chinese educational institutions as well as the two societies. The methodology included surveys, focus groups, and individual in-depth interviews. The research framework is based on the related literature. Although the experience of the University of Regina used as examples, the research conclusion focus on the implications of the research on issues regarding Canadian and Chinese relations as well as issues regarding internationalization of higher education in other parts of the world.
Dr. Dongyan Blachford’s areas of research include language policy and education, technology in teaching, social justice and gender issues. She is a member of the Board of the Immigrant Women of Saskatchewan, Regina Chapter.
(Provided by DU Fachun, CASS)
On 2nd of September 2008, Dr. Dongyan R. Blachford, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Professor of University of Regina in Canada, was invited by the Chinese National Academy of Social Sciences(CASS) to have a lecture on Internationalization in Canadian Higher Education and the Impact of Chinese-Canadian Professors.
Dr. Dongyan Blachford’s talk begins by providing an overview on internationalization in Canadian higher educational institutions including the contexts, the rationales, definitions, approaches and its impacts on both the Canadian society and globally. The information shared on the research project about the impact of Chinese-Canadian professors in the processes of internationalization in Canadian universities through their reflections on what their experiences mean to them and how these experiences have influenced their perspectives and their personal and professional lives, as well as the development of their identity.
Professor Blachford emphasised that how Chinese-Canadian professors’ experiences have contributed to the change and development of their home society, in this case, China and the Canadian society that they have chosen to remain in. The discussion also includes how these professors have served and continue to serve as bridges and champions for future policies and practices in internationalization, particularly on the relationship between Canadian and Chinese educational institutions as well as the two societies. The methodology included surveys, focus groups, and individual in-depth interviews. The research framework is based on the related literature. Although the experience of the University of Regina used as examples, the research conclusion focus on the implications of the research on issues regarding Canadian and Chinese relations as well as issues regarding internationalization of higher education in other parts of the world.
Dr. Dongyan Blachford’s areas of research include language policy and education, technology in teaching, social justice and gender issues. She is a member of the Board of the Immigrant Women of Saskatchewan, Regina Chapter.
(Provided by DU Fachun, CASS)
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2008-11-21 16:35:45
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Contemporary Perspectives on Canadian Aboriginal Film and Culture
A special event, Contemporary Perspectives on Canadian Aboriginal Film and Culture: A Selection of Contemporary Film and Video from Canada’s Aboriginal Communities, which was organized by the Canadian Embassy of China, was held at the BC-Canada Pavilion(BCCP) in the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall in Beijing, China on 4th of September, 2008. On behalf of the Embassy of Canada in China, Mr. Patrice Cousineau, the Counsellor and Head for Public Affairs, addressed the opening remarks. There are more than 70 participants from both Canada and China attended the event, among which, 4 young Aboriginal filmmakers from Canada. This event was chaired by Mr. Arjun Vinodrai from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Cousineau said that the BCCP has been a point of convergence in Beijing for Chinese and Canadian cultural actors, educators, academics, business-people and more over the last 4 months. I am confident that the ties created through these exchanges will nurture enduring cooperation and friendships. He pointed out that Canada prides itself on being a country that is extremely diverse, both in terms of physical and human geography. Through trials and errors during our history, we have learned to celebrate multiculturalism, to value, maintain and embrace cultural diversity. This has required compromise and dialogue. Canadians have understood that if we diminish the cultural heritage of our people, our country as a whole is diminished. Yet when we embrace the same heritage, our country as a whole is strengthened. Individuals, confident in their history, their uniqueness, and in their place in society are those best equipped to build their communities and realize their goals. However, many challenges remain. Issues relating to loss of cultural identity in a contemporary setting, lack of opportunities and poverty, among other. The Canadian government is working with Aboriginal peoples to ensure they have the tools they need to take charge of their own affairs and to foster self-reliant individuals and communities. For example, through the Urban Aboriginal Strategy in 2007, $68.5 million were set aside on a five-year initiative to help respond to the needs of Aboriginal peoples living in key urban centres and ensure that Aboriginal Canadians have greater access to the skills and experiences they need to succeed in an urban setting. The Government has also taken action to improve education for Aboriginal Canadians. In British Columbia, an agreement was signed in 2006 that enables First Nations to assume meaningful control over areas such as curriculum, standards, school and teacher certification. Similar approaches to improving education outcomes in other provinces are under way.
Mr. Cousineau emphasized that today’s screenings provide insights into a number of realities of contemporary Aboriginal people. I hope this will be an opportunity to reflect on a few of these issues but also to enjoy true expressions of Aboriginal creativity. He hoped that through the film screenings and exchanges, some important questions which aboriginal and minority populations in Canada and in China face will be discussed in a spirit of openness and friendship, so that we may learn from our respective situations. Questions revolving around the challenges that urbanization presents to the maintenance of cultural identity, and the implications of loss of language and culture.
In the one-day event, four Canadian Aboriginal film directors, including Mr. Adam Garnet Jones, Ms. Gail Maurice, Ms. Laura Milliken and Ms. Loretta Todd, showcased and discussed with Chinese counterparts. 6 Aboriginal films, such as Cloud-breaker, Smudge, The Peoples Go on, I am Not the Indian You Had in Mind, Urban Elder and Writing the Hand, exhibited and dubuted to Chinese audience, which represented a range of contemporary Aboriginal experiences and resonate with an oral storytelling tradition that is thousands of years old. They use a variety of aesthetic styles and conceptual approaches to tell unique stories that reflect the diverse languages, cultures and experiences of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. It is studied that these are the stories of the descendants of those who suffered drastic change, including loss of culture and language, after contact with Europeans, which began some 500 years ago. Much has been done to redress the injustices of the past, but this process is far from over. Our current post-colonial context provides fertile ground for a talented new generation of Aboriginal filmmakers empowered to tell their own stories, often with a wry sense of humour. These young filmmakers draw upon ancestral memory, evolving technologies, and the conceptual and aesthetic influences of global culture to reflect the myriad of contemporary realities of Canada’s original people. This program offered a glimpse into the ground-breaking new wave of Aboriginal cinema.
Over 70 participants attended this event, 10 of which came from Canada including 4 Canadian filmmakers, others from the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. Chinese attendees came from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua Universiy, Central University for Nationalities, and Communication University of China, etc.
(Provided by ZHANG Xiaomin and DU Fachun, CASS)
A special event, Contemporary Perspectives on Canadian Aboriginal Film and Culture: A Selection of Contemporary Film and Video from Canada’s Aboriginal Communities, which was organized by the Canadian Embassy of China, was held at the BC-Canada Pavilion(BCCP) in the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall in Beijing, China on 4th of September, 2008. On behalf of the Embassy of Canada in China, Mr. Patrice Cousineau, the Counsellor and Head for Public Affairs, addressed the opening remarks. There are more than 70 participants from both Canada and China attended the event, among which, 4 young Aboriginal filmmakers from Canada. This event was chaired by Mr. Arjun Vinodrai from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Cousineau said that the BCCP has been a point of convergence in Beijing for Chinese and Canadian cultural actors, educators, academics, business-people and more over the last 4 months. I am confident that the ties created through these exchanges will nurture enduring cooperation and friendships. He pointed out that Canada prides itself on being a country that is extremely diverse, both in terms of physical and human geography. Through trials and errors during our history, we have learned to celebrate multiculturalism, to value, maintain and embrace cultural diversity. This has required compromise and dialogue. Canadians have understood that if we diminish the cultural heritage of our people, our country as a whole is diminished. Yet when we embrace the same heritage, our country as a whole is strengthened. Individuals, confident in their history, their uniqueness, and in their place in society are those best equipped to build their communities and realize their goals. However, many challenges remain. Issues relating to loss of cultural identity in a contemporary setting, lack of opportunities and poverty, among other. The Canadian government is working with Aboriginal peoples to ensure they have the tools they need to take charge of their own affairs and to foster self-reliant individuals and communities. For example, through the Urban Aboriginal Strategy in 2007, $68.5 million were set aside on a five-year initiative to help respond to the needs of Aboriginal peoples living in key urban centres and ensure that Aboriginal Canadians have greater access to the skills and experiences they need to succeed in an urban setting. The Government has also taken action to improve education for Aboriginal Canadians. In British Columbia, an agreement was signed in 2006 that enables First Nations to assume meaningful control over areas such as curriculum, standards, school and teacher certification. Similar approaches to improving education outcomes in other provinces are under way.
Mr. Cousineau emphasized that today’s screenings provide insights into a number of realities of contemporary Aboriginal people. I hope this will be an opportunity to reflect on a few of these issues but also to enjoy true expressions of Aboriginal creativity. He hoped that through the film screenings and exchanges, some important questions which aboriginal and minority populations in Canada and in China face will be discussed in a spirit of openness and friendship, so that we may learn from our respective situations. Questions revolving around the challenges that urbanization presents to the maintenance of cultural identity, and the implications of loss of language and culture.
In the one-day event, four Canadian Aboriginal film directors, including Mr. Adam Garnet Jones, Ms. Gail Maurice, Ms. Laura Milliken and Ms. Loretta Todd, showcased and discussed with Chinese counterparts. 6 Aboriginal films, such as Cloud-breaker, Smudge, The Peoples Go on, I am Not the Indian You Had in Mind, Urban Elder and Writing the Hand, exhibited and dubuted to Chinese audience, which represented a range of contemporary Aboriginal experiences and resonate with an oral storytelling tradition that is thousands of years old. They use a variety of aesthetic styles and conceptual approaches to tell unique stories that reflect the diverse languages, cultures and experiences of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. It is studied that these are the stories of the descendants of those who suffered drastic change, including loss of culture and language, after contact with Europeans, which began some 500 years ago. Much has been done to redress the injustices of the past, but this process is far from over. Our current post-colonial context provides fertile ground for a talented new generation of Aboriginal filmmakers empowered to tell their own stories, often with a wry sense of humour. These young filmmakers draw upon ancestral memory, evolving technologies, and the conceptual and aesthetic influences of global culture to reflect the myriad of contemporary realities of Canada’s original people. This program offered a glimpse into the ground-breaking new wave of Aboriginal cinema.
Over 70 participants attended this event, 10 of which came from Canada including 4 Canadian filmmakers, others from the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. Chinese attendees came from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua Universiy, Central University for Nationalities, and Communication University of China, etc.
(Provided by ZHANG Xiaomin and DU Fachun, CASS)
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2008-11-21 16:34:26
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Canada-China Workshop on Enterprise Anthropology：Ryerson University Professors visited CASS
On August 5th 2008, Canada-China Workshop on Enterprise Anthropology was held in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academic of Social Sciences (IEA/ CASS). Dr. Howard Lin, Professor & Director, International Research Institute at Ryerson University Canada, and Dr. Jian Guan, Program Evaluation Coordinator of Gateway for International Professionals at Ryerson University, were invited to visit IEA/CASS and to deliver a keynote speech in this event.
Prof. HAO Shiyuan, Director of Academic Division of Law, Social and Political Studies at CASS, Director of CASS/IEA, and Academic Council Member of CASS, welcomed Ryerson University Professors, and hope to strengthen the academic links between CASS and Ryerson University. Dr. Diyongjun, Director of the Sciences Organizing Department at IEA/CASS chaired this Canada-China workshop. More than 10 participants attended this seminar from Nankai University, Central University of Finance & Economics, and CASS.
In their keynote speech titled “Transnational Entrepreneurs as Agents of International Innovation Linkages: Canadian Case Study”, Dr. Howard Lin and Dr. Jian Guan pointed out that this Canadian case study explores a topic of theoretical and practice significance in the intersection of technological innovation and human migration. It is widely recognized that Canada faces a serious challenge: that of improving technological innovation, particularly commercialization performance. Among the various barriers to innovation is the scarcity of people capable of carrying out innovation activities ranging from the creation of knowledge to dissemination in the marketplace. As a partial remedy, Canada has adopted immigration policy designed to attract internationally educated professionals (IEPs) to help build the country’s technology sectors. At present, it appears that this objective has not been entirely successful despite the increasing number of skilled immigrants with increased levels of education. Many IEPs, unable to enter the profession for which they have training and experience, are seen to be gravitating towards two unanticipated solutions: 1) Participate in the retail and service sectors, where their skills of are largely unused or under-used; or 2) Return to the country of origin where the IEPs can pursue entrepreneurial opportunities by utilizing their skills and social connections. When the IEPs return to their countries of origin, there is often an assumption that this reverse-migration amounts to “brain drain”, a phenomenon that is historically associated with poor and developing countries. While some authors have observed certain benefits of the trend to IEP repatriation, such as bilateral trade and investment, most researchers believe that this reverse-migration has defeated the objective of using IEPs to enhance Canada’s knowledge economy and innovation performance. The APF-sponsored transnational study provides a better picture through recently completed, extensive fieldwork with the Chinese community in Canada.
Dr. Howard Lin’s and Dr. Jian Guan’s findings suggest that transnational entrepreneurial activities carried out by the IEPs may benefit the Canada as well as China, and thus offer opportunities for a healthy circulation of knowledge. How does this “brain circulation” occur, and how can Canada benefit from this trans-national activity facilitated by the transnational entrepreneurs (TEs)? First, The Chinese TEs are highly skilled and educated, professionally established, and likely to have educational credentials and work experience in both China and Canada – indeed in some cases, individuals have multinational education and work experience beyond the two countries. Rather than clearly repatriating to China, an increasing number of these professionals have adopted a transnational lifestyle with Canada as their home base. A key difference between the transnational and the returnee segments of the immigrant community is that the transnational entrepreneurs are more likely to maintain a strong desire to engage Canada in their cross-border entrepreneurial endeavours in addition to choosing Canada as their home base. Second, given the TEs’ skills and educational backgrounds, their business tends to entail knowledge flows and technological innovations. Depending on factors such as the types of the industry and nature of the innovation, a TE may choose to engage China in a variety of ways. In other words, TEs have followed different mechanisms to link Canada and China in cross-border innovative activities. Third, the reason for engaging China in the commercialization of innovation is multiple folds, including China’s large talent pool, its dramatic increase in R&D expenditures, the existence of complementary knowledge and skills in certain technological fields, and an increasingly more favourable environment for commercialization, as well as the huge market size. Regarding to the impact of individual entrepreneurs in national technological performance, the Chinese entrepreneurs cited the recent development in China wherein the returnee entrepreneurs have pioneered some of the high-technology sectors (e.g., Internet search engine) or helped position the country at the forefront of emerging new technologies (e.g., Nano technology). Lastly, and importantly, Canada can reap broad benefits from such cross-border activities by: Taking advantage of innovative ideas and original research from China; Enabling production possibilities necessary for viable knowledge transformation; Enhancing ability to sell technology-embedded products in Canada and China and other global markets.
Despite the promise of cross-border innovation activities, the TEs expressed deep concerns with challenges that may force the TEs to make a Canada-or-China choice even though they prefer Canada as a home base. The challenges include the uncertainties with respect to regulatory frameworks on intellectual property rights, taxation, etc. within and across countries; and difficulties with respect to sources of such necessities as financing, human capital, and social networking absence of civil and community trust and support. For example, it is very difficult for a TE to get venture capital funding in Canada. On the other hand, the venture capital sector is booming in China and is particularly open to the overseas Chinese talent. However, the condition for obtaining this venture capital investment is to set up the business in China. The Chinese TEs ask, why can Canada not adopt similarly welcoming and supportive policies to encourage indigenous and transnational investment in innovative activities in the Canadian soil? Clearly, using TEs as international innovation linkages is a bold proposition, requiring some fundamental changes in orientation, chiefly to make a conscious effort to gain innovation benefits from participation in the global supply chain and to promote TEs as an alternative way for immigrants to contribute to the Canadian economy.
Regarding the Enterprise Anthropology (EA), Dr. Howard Lin’s and Dr. Jian Guan mentioned that this Canadian exploratory study reveals the potential of EA. As an interdisciplinary research field, particularly from a cross-country comparative perspective.Applying anthropological theories and methods to the study of technological innovation, the analysis can be performed at the following levels: Individual entrepreneurs. What are the aspirations, resource endowments, and cultural characteristics necessary for individuals to pursue potentially highly awarding but risky innovative activities? Networks of innovation. How do networks between individual entrepreneurs facilitate innovation within and between enterprises? People in national innovation systems. What are the roles of entrepreneurs within national boundary wherein innovation occur as a result of interactions among government, institutions, and individuals? Cross-border innovation linkages. How do individual entrepreneurs serve as linkages in border-crossing innovations? Cognition and acculturation in innovation. What roles do transnational entrepreneurs play in facilitating international knowledge transfer and integration through cross-cultural cognitive capabilities?
Dr. ZHANG Jijiao from CASS, Dr.YANG Jun from the Nankai University, Dr. WEI Jianwen from the Central University of Finance & Economics, also had their presentations on EA and exchanged views with Canadian Professors. They stressed that with the situation of business globalization, demand for enterprise anthropologists is increasing stimulated by a growing need for anthropologists who can approach human behavior. All participants believed that this Canada-China workshop would promote EA studies for both countries, and kind of academic exchange programs on Chinese Immigrants in Canada should be continued and deepened.
(Written by DU Fachun, CASS)
On August 5th 2008, Canada-China Workshop on Enterprise Anthropology was held in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academic of Social Sciences (IEA/ CASS). Dr. Howard Lin, Professor & Director, International Research Institute at Ryerson University Canada, and Dr. Jian Guan, Program Evaluation Coordinator of Gateway for International Professionals at Ryerson University, were invited to visit IEA/CASS and to deliver a keynote speech in this event.
Prof. HAO Shiyuan, Director of Academic Division of Law, Social and Political Studies at CASS, Director of CASS/IEA, and Academic Council Member of CASS, welcomed Ryerson University Professors, and hope to strengthen the academic links between CASS and Ryerson University. Dr. Diyongjun, Director of the Sciences Organizing Department at IEA/CASS chaired this Canada-China workshop. More than 10 participants attended this seminar from Nankai University, Central University of Finance & Economics, and CASS.
In their keynote speech titled “Transnational Entrepreneurs as Agents of International Innovation Linkages: Canadian Case Study”, Dr. Howard Lin and Dr. Jian Guan pointed out that this Canadian case study explores a topic of theoretical and practice significance in the intersection of technological innovation and human migration. It is widely recognized that Canada faces a serious challenge: that of improving technological innovation, particularly commercialization performance. Among the various barriers to innovation is the scarcity of people capable of carrying out innovation activities ranging from the creation of knowledge to dissemination in the marketplace. As a partial remedy, Canada has adopted immigration policy designed to attract internationally educated professionals (IEPs) to help build the country’s technology sectors. At present, it appears that this objective has not been entirely successful despite the increasing number of skilled immigrants with increased levels of education. Many IEPs, unable to enter the profession for which they have training and experience, are seen to be gravitating towards two unanticipated solutions: 1) Participate in the retail and service sectors, where their skills of are largely unused or under-used; or 2) Return to the country of origin where the IEPs can pursue entrepreneurial opportunities by utilizing their skills and social connections. When the IEPs return to their countries of origin, there is often an assumption that this reverse-migration amounts to “brain drain”, a phenomenon that is historically associated with poor and developing countries. While some authors have observed certain benefits of the trend to IEP repatriation, such as bilateral trade and investment, most researchers believe that this reverse-migration has defeated the objective of using IEPs to enhance Canada’s knowledge economy and innovation performance. The APF-sponsored transnational study provides a better picture through recently completed, extensive fieldwork with the Chinese community in Canada.
Dr. Howard Lin’s and Dr. Jian Guan’s findings suggest that transnational entrepreneurial activities carried out by the IEPs may benefit the Canada as well as China, and thus offer opportunities for a healthy circulation of knowledge. How does this “brain circulation” occur, and how can Canada benefit from this trans-national activity facilitated by the transnational entrepreneurs (TEs)? First, The Chinese TEs are highly skilled and educated, professionally established, and likely to have educational credentials and work experience in both China and Canada – indeed in some cases, individuals have multinational education and work experience beyond the two countries. Rather than clearly repatriating to China, an increasing number of these professionals have adopted a transnational lifestyle with Canada as their home base. A key difference between the transnational and the returnee segments of the immigrant community is that the transnational entrepreneurs are more likely to maintain a strong desire to engage Canada in their cross-border entrepreneurial endeavours in addition to choosing Canada as their home base. Second, given the TEs’ skills and educational backgrounds, their business tends to entail knowledge flows and technological innovations. Depending on factors such as the types of the industry and nature of the innovation, a TE may choose to engage China in a variety of ways. In other words, TEs have followed different mechanisms to link Canada and China in cross-border innovative activities. Third, the reason for engaging China in the commercialization of innovation is multiple folds, including China’s large talent pool, its dramatic increase in R&D expenditures, the existence of complementary knowledge and skills in certain technological fields, and an increasingly more favourable environment for commercialization, as well as the huge market size. Regarding to the impact of individual entrepreneurs in national technological performance, the Chinese entrepreneurs cited the recent development in China wherein the returnee entrepreneurs have pioneered some of the high-technology sectors (e.g., Internet search engine) or helped position the country at the forefront of emerging new technologies (e.g., Nano technology). Lastly, and importantly, Canada can reap broad benefits from such cross-border activities by: Taking advantage of innovative ideas and original research from China; Enabling production possibilities necessary for viable knowledge transformation; Enhancing ability to sell technology-embedded products in Canada and China and other global markets.
Despite the promise of cross-border innovation activities, the TEs expressed deep concerns with challenges that may force the TEs to make a Canada-or-China choice even though they prefer Canada as a home base. The challenges include the uncertainties with respect to regulatory frameworks on intellectual property rights, taxation, etc. within and across countries; and difficulties with respect to sources of such necessities as financing, human capital, and social networking absence of civil and community trust and support. For example, it is very difficult for a TE to get venture capital funding in Canada. On the other hand, the venture capital sector is booming in China and is particularly open to the overseas Chinese talent. However, the condition for obtaining this venture capital investment is to set up the business in China. The Chinese TEs ask, why can Canada not adopt similarly welcoming and supportive policies to encourage indigenous and transnational investment in innovative activities in the Canadian soil? Clearly, using TEs as international innovation linkages is a bold proposition, requiring some fundamental changes in orientation, chiefly to make a conscious effort to gain innovation benefits from participation in the global supply chain and to promote TEs as an alternative way for immigrants to contribute to the Canadian economy.
Regarding the Enterprise Anthropology (EA), Dr. Howard Lin’s and Dr. Jian Guan mentioned that this Canadian exploratory study reveals the potential of EA. As an interdisciplinary research field, particularly from a cross-country comparative perspective.Applying anthropological theories and methods to the study of technological innovation, the analysis can be performed at the following levels: Individual entrepreneurs. What are the aspirations, resource endowments, and cultural characteristics necessary for individuals to pursue potentially highly awarding but risky innovative activities? Networks of innovation. How do networks between individual entrepreneurs facilitate innovation within and between enterprises? People in national innovation systems. What are the roles of entrepreneurs within national boundary wherein innovation occur as a result of interactions among government, institutions, and individuals? Cross-border innovation linkages. How do individual entrepreneurs serve as linkages in border-crossing innovations? Cognition and acculturation in innovation. What roles do transnational entrepreneurs play in facilitating international knowledge transfer and integration through cross-cultural cognitive capabilities?
Dr. ZHANG Jijiao from CASS, Dr.YANG Jun from the Nankai University, Dr. WEI Jianwen from the Central University of Finance & Economics, also had their presentations on EA and exchanged views with Canadian Professors. They stressed that with the situation of business globalization, demand for enterprise anthropologists is increasing stimulated by a growing need for anthropologists who can approach human behavior. All participants believed that this Canada-China workshop would promote EA studies for both countries, and kind of academic exchange programs on Chinese Immigrants in Canada should be continued and deepened.
(Written by DU Fachun, CASS)
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2008-08-13 22:28:01
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Canada-China Digital Heritage Symposium: Securing the Intangible Through the Virtua
A special conference entitled “Canada-China Digital Heritage Symposium: Securing the Intangible Through the Virtual,” which co-organized by the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Embassy in Beijing, Canadian Museum of Civilization, the University of Ottawa on August 2 and 3, 2008, at the BC-Canada Pavilion in the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall in Beijing, China. This symposium addressed recent developments in the field of cultural heritage preservation and dissemination, focused on how heritage professionals and academics, in Canada and China, are using information and communication technology to preserve, to promote and to make accessible intangible cultural heritage.
This event was opened by officials from both countries including Mr. Patrice Cousineau, Counsellor and Head of Public Affairs at Canadian Embassy, Mr. QU Shengrui, Director General, Division of Intangible Cultural Heritage, State Ministry of Culture China. Two keynote speeches by Ms. Gabrielle Blais, Director General, Department of Canadian Heritage “Mobilizing Innovation at Canada’s Heritage Institutions”, and Dr. Marie Françoise Guédon, Director of Interculture Centre, University of Ottawa “What is Intangible Culture?”. The Moderators of this smposium are Dr. LI Qiang, University of Ottawa, and Dr. Lorne Holyoak, Department of Canadian Heritage. Mr. Mark Rowswell (Dashan) ，the Goodwill Ambassador for the B.C.-Canada Pavilion welcomed Chinese participants.
On behalf of the Embassy of Canada in China, in his opening remarks, Mr. Cousineau pointed out that this Canada-China Digital Heritage Symposium exemplifies, in many ways, the ideals and goals that guided the Governments of Canada and British Columbia’s decision to establish this pavilion during this historic Olympic year in China's capital city. The pavilion provides a venue for Canadian business and cultural promotion, a place where Chinese and Canadians can meet, interact and learn from each other. The Embassy has been involved from the beginning in the establishment of the Pavilion. We are also significantly involved in supporting Canada-China cultural exchanges through bilateral cultural instruments such as the Canada-China Cultural Agreement and the Canada-China Film Co-Production Agreement, pursuant to which many successful initiatives in have been undertaken over the last several years. One of the most successful one to date is the longstanding cooperation between the Canadian Museum of Civilisation and the National Museum of China, cooperation which saw the opening yesterday of a remarkable exhibition on Canadian First Nations masterworks at the Beijing Art Museum of Imperial City, following an equally successful exhibition of Chinese artefacts in Canada. Counsellor Cousineau cited a few examples of Canada-China exchange activities recently. The Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, has a number of ongoing curatorial research projects taking place in China, and recently hosted a senior Chinese government delegation led by Mr. Zhai Weihua, Vice-Minister of the Publicity Department, and Mr. Zhang Bai, Deputy Director-General of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Currently, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, together with the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, are exploring the possibility of bringing an exhibition from China to Canada. Arius3D, an innovative Canadian company also present at this symposium, is setting up a wholly-owned foreign company in Beijing for promoting Canadian 3D scanning technologies in the cultural heritage sector. The Canadian Museums Association is also deepening existing ties with China. The Association administers Canada-China exchange projects on behalf of the "Canadian Fund for International Understanding through Culture". Three exchanges have been organized to date, the latest having taken place last fall when Chinese museologists visited Canada. This coming December, the next Canadian delegation will be coming to China. A number of Canadian universities with extensive connections in China are represented at this symposium. One example is Cape Breton University, which has just signed a cooperative agreement with the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission in China to develop a long-term relationship for educational, industrial and governmental programs. The university has already had six official exchanges with the commission, and will now open a Cape Breton University Beijing Cooperation Office to support recruitment, international partnerships and exchanges between the two institutions. On a conclusion, Mr. Cousineau believed that this Canada-China Digital Heritage Symposium is a positive step in deepening Canada and China’s cooperation on matters of arts and culture, he encouraged participants to take full advantage of this opportunity to network and promote common objectives.
During the two-day meeting, Canadian scholars shared Canada’s implications with Chinese counterparts in the field of intangible cultural heritage, including Dr. Anthony Shelton, Director, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia “Web Realities and Intangible Culture”, Dr. Victor Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation “Canadian Efforts in Intangible Cultural Preservation”, Dr. Richard MacKinnon, Canada Research Chair in Intangible Culture and Director, Centre for Cape Breton Studies “Digitizing Canada’s Gaelic Intangible Cultural Heritage”, Kirstin Evenden, Vice President, Access, Collections, Exhibits, Glenbow Museum, and Terrance Houle, Artist “Digital Heritage and First Nations Cultures at Glenbow”, Dr. Laurier Turgeon, Director, Institut du patrimoine culturel (IPAC), Université Laval “Inventory of ethnological heritage resources”, Brian Porter, Senior Director, New Media Resources, Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum, with Yongjian Zhai, Director, Software Engineering, Arius 3D, “3D Digitization Solutions: Arius 3D and the Royal Ontario Museum”. Dr. John McAvity, Executive Director, Canadian Museums Association, and Mr. Dale Jarvis, Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador also introduced their programs. Chinese scholars exchanged research findings with Canadian Professors in the field of intangible cultural heritage in China. The Chinese presentations including Dr. Fang Lili, Chinese National Academy of Arts “Documenting Intangible Culture in West China: A National Study Report”, Dr. Bai Gengshen, Chinese National Federation of Artists “Chinese Efforts for Preserving Intangible Culture”, Qin Pu, Director General of Cultural Heritage Division, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Province) and Head of Guangxi Provincial Museum of Nationalities “Visual Museums and Aboriginal Cultural Museums in Guangxi”, Wang Hong Gang, Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences “Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Manchu People in Northeast China”, etc.
Over 60 participants attended this event, 20 of which came from Canada including Canadian Heritage Information Network Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian Museum Association, Glenbow Museum, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Royal Ontario Museum, Arius3D Inc, Université Laval, Cape Breton University, Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador. Chinese attendees came from the State Ministry of Culture, State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Division of Cultural Heritage Guangxi, National Ethnic Cultural Palace, State Commission of Ethnic Affairs China, Chinese Federation of Associations of Artists, Beijing College of Dance, Chinese National Association of Folk Artists, Shaanxi History Museum ,Gansu Provincial Museum, Yunnan Provincial Museum of Nationalities, Guangxi Provincial Museum of Nationalities, Yunnan Provincial Museum, Chinese National Academy of Arts, Beijing Royal City Art Museum, Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, Beijing Art Museum of Imperial City, National Museum of China, Beijing University, Chinese National Academy of Social Sciences, Research Institute of Folk Arts in China, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Lanzhou University, Yunnan University for Nationalities and Yunnan University etc.
(Provided by DU Fachun, ACSC)
A special conference entitled “Canada-China Digital Heritage Symposium: Securing the Intangible Through the Virtual,” which co-organized by the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Embassy in Beijing, Canadian Museum of Civilization, the University of Ottawa on August 2 and 3, 2008, at the BC-Canada Pavilion in the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall in Beijing, China. This symposium addressed recent developments in the field of cultural heritage preservation and dissemination, focused on how heritage professionals and academics, in Canada and China, are using information and communication technology to preserve, to promote and to make accessible intangible cultural heritage.
This event was opened by officials from both countries including Mr. Patrice Cousineau, Counsellor and Head of Public Affairs at Canadian Embassy, Mr. QU Shengrui, Director General, Division of Intangible Cultural Heritage, State Ministry of Culture China. Two keynote speeches by Ms. Gabrielle Blais, Director General, Department of Canadian Heritage “Mobilizing Innovation at Canada’s Heritage Institutions”, and Dr. Marie Françoise Guédon, Director of Interculture Centre, University of Ottawa “What is Intangible Culture?”. The Moderators of this smposium are Dr. LI Qiang, University of Ottawa, and Dr. Lorne Holyoak, Department of Canadian Heritage. Mr. Mark Rowswell (Dashan) ，the Goodwill Ambassador for the B.C.-Canada Pavilion welcomed Chinese participants.
On behalf of the Embassy of Canada in China, in his opening remarks, Mr. Cousineau pointed out that this Canada-China Digital Heritage Symposium exemplifies, in many ways, the ideals and goals that guided the Governments of Canada and British Columbia’s decision to establish this pavilion during this historic Olympic year in China's capital city. The pavilion provides a venue for Canadian business and cultural promotion, a place where Chinese and Canadians can meet, interact and learn from each other. The Embassy has been involved from the beginning in the establishment of the Pavilion. We are also significantly involved in supporting Canada-China cultural exchanges through bilateral cultural instruments such as the Canada-China Cultural Agreement and the Canada-China Film Co-Production Agreement, pursuant to which many successful initiatives in have been undertaken over the last several years. One of the most successful one to date is the longstanding cooperation between the Canadian Museum of Civilisation and the National Museum of China, cooperation which saw the opening yesterday of a remarkable exhibition on Canadian First Nations masterworks at the Beijing Art Museum of Imperial City, following an equally successful exhibition of Chinese artefacts in Canada. Counsellor Cousineau cited a few examples of Canada-China exchange activities recently. The Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, has a number of ongoing curatorial research projects taking place in China, and recently hosted a senior Chinese government delegation led by Mr. Zhai Weihua, Vice-Minister of the Publicity Department, and Mr. Zhang Bai, Deputy Director-General of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Currently, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, together with the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, are exploring the possibility of bringing an exhibition from China to Canada. Arius3D, an innovative Canadian company also present at this symposium, is setting up a wholly-owned foreign company in Beijing for promoting Canadian 3D scanning technologies in the cultural heritage sector. The Canadian Museums Association is also deepening existing ties with China. The Association administers Canada-China exchange projects on behalf of the "Canadian Fund for International Understanding through Culture". Three exchanges have been organized to date, the latest having taken place last fall when Chinese museologists visited Canada. This coming December, the next Canadian delegation will be coming to China. A number of Canadian universities with extensive connections in China are represented at this symposium. One example is Cape Breton University, which has just signed a cooperative agreement with the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission in China to develop a long-term relationship for educational, industrial and governmental programs. The university has already had six official exchanges with the commission, and will now open a Cape Breton University Beijing Cooperation Office to support recruitment, international partnerships and exchanges between the two institutions. On a conclusion, Mr. Cousineau believed that this Canada-China Digital Heritage Symposium is a positive step in deepening Canada and China’s cooperation on matters of arts and culture, he encouraged participants to take full advantage of this opportunity to network and promote common objectives.
During the two-day meeting, Canadian scholars shared Canada’s implications with Chinese counterparts in the field of intangible cultural heritage, including Dr. Anthony Shelton, Director, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia “Web Realities and Intangible Culture”, Dr. Victor Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation “Canadian Efforts in Intangible Cultural Preservation”, Dr. Richard MacKinnon, Canada Research Chair in Intangible Culture and Director, Centre for Cape Breton Studies “Digitizing Canada’s Gaelic Intangible Cultural Heritage”, Kirstin Evenden, Vice President, Access, Collections, Exhibits, Glenbow Museum, and Terrance Houle, Artist “Digital Heritage and First Nations Cultures at Glenbow”, Dr. Laurier Turgeon, Director, Institut du patrimoine culturel (IPAC), Université Laval “Inventory of ethnological heritage resources”, Brian Porter, Senior Director, New Media Resources, Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum, with Yongjian Zhai, Director, Software Engineering, Arius 3D, “3D Digitization Solutions: Arius 3D and the Royal Ontario Museum”. Dr. John McAvity, Executive Director, Canadian Museums Association, and Mr. Dale Jarvis, Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador also introduced their programs. Chinese scholars exchanged research findings with Canadian Professors in the field of intangible cultural heritage in China. The Chinese presentations including Dr. Fang Lili, Chinese National Academy of Arts “Documenting Intangible Culture in West China: A National Study Report”, Dr. Bai Gengshen, Chinese National Federation of Artists “Chinese Efforts for Preserving Intangible Culture”, Qin Pu, Director General of Cultural Heritage Division, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Province) and Head of Guangxi Provincial Museum of Nationalities “Visual Museums and Aboriginal Cultural Museums in Guangxi”, Wang Hong Gang, Professor, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences “Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Manchu People in Northeast China”, etc.
Over 60 participants attended this event, 20 of which came from Canada including Canadian Heritage Information Network Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian Museum Association, Glenbow Museum, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Royal Ontario Museum, Arius3D Inc, Université Laval, Cape Breton University, Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador. Chinese attendees came from the State Ministry of Culture, State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Division of Cultural Heritage Guangxi, National Ethnic Cultural Palace, State Commission of Ethnic Affairs China, Chinese Federation of Associations of Artists, Beijing College of Dance, Chinese National Association of Folk Artists, Shaanxi History Museum ,Gansu Provincial Museum, Yunnan Provincial Museum of Nationalities, Guangxi Provincial Museum of Nationalities, Yunnan Provincial Museum, Chinese National Academy of Arts, Beijing Royal City Art Museum, Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, Beijing Art Museum of Imperial City, National Museum of China, Beijing University, Chinese National Academy of Social Sciences, Research Institute of Folk Arts in China, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Lanzhou University, Yunnan University for Nationalities and Yunnan University etc.
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2008-08-13 22:23:39
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On July 8th of 2008, three prestigious Professors from McGill University visited the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academic of Social Sciences (IEA/ CASS). Prof. John G. Galaty, Department of Anthropology, Prof. Barbara J. Galaty, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Ms. Mary McConnell.
In a seminar organized by IEA/ CASS, Prof. John G. Galaty addressed a lecture on The Modernity of Pastoralism in East Africa Today: Property, Mobility and the New Territoriality. He addressed that the Pastoralism is an adaptation to arid lands, and in Africa pastoral patterns of mobility, settlement, and land use is shaped by the degree of aridity. Pastoral mobility varies along a continuum from very frequent movement to only seasonal mobility to almost sedentary husbandry. In East Africa, forms of cooperation and territorial organization vary with a society’s core institutions, with groups such as the Nuer and the Somali characterized by segmentary lineage organization, Oromo by a generation-grading system, and the Maasai and other Nilotic societies by an age-set system.
After examining diversity in pastoral systems in East Africa, he pointed out several broader perspectives in anthropology that bear on our understanding of contemporary dynamics of social change in Africa’s arid lands, especially the relationship of pastoralists and the culture of modernity. The first question addresses recent attempts to see processes of globalization, including increased trans-national mobility, migration, refugee flows and cultural exchanges, as challenging understanding of societies as bounded and territorialized. The second question focuses on the related but quite different assumption, which advocates sedentarization, that continuing mobility threatens the modernization of pastoralists. The third question focuses on the discursive “construction” of the pastoral image in “anti-modern” terms (as having a supposed anti-market mentality, an irrational perspective on herd management, and a pre-modern approach to land ownership), which from the perspective of the State and the development industry serves to undermine pastoral land rights. Countering these positions, the paper proposes that pastoralists are quite modern in following adaptive rationality in land use, conservation, markets and openness to global trends, but are most threatened by land loss, which in turn stimulates increasing conflict. On the conclusion, Prof. John G. Galaty mentioned that the notion of modernity is too often used in the African context less as a scientific construct defined by increasing productivity and economic progress and more to discredit arid-land pastoralists. In this regard, pastoralists should be seen not just as a society characterized by a form of livelihood but also as a rural class fighting to retain its land base.
More than 20 scholars and graduated students from CASS attended this roundtable seminar. Besides the discussion of Pastoralism, they also exchanged views with Canadian scholars on the environmental issues, First Nations studies and medical system in Canada.
Prof. Du Fachun, Vice Secretary-General of the Association of Canadian Studies in China, chaired the seminar and hosted a welcome dinner to McGill University Professors.
Prof. John G. Galaty’s research focuses on East Africa, with primary emphasis on Kenya and Tanzania, secondarily Uganda and Ethiopia. He served as Secretary of the Commission on Nomadic Peoples at its inception, and later as President of the Canadian Association of African Studies. He also served as Associate Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and now is the Director of the Centre for Society, Technology and Development, McGill University.
(Written by DU Fachun, Canadian Studies Centre, IEA/CASS)
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-----The Report of the PANCS in New Delhi in 2007
Written by He Jiantao College of Sociology and History, Fujian Normal University
As the Canadian studies in Pacific Asia region expands fast and further deepens constantly, it has become an urgent requirement and necessary development trend to foster and reinforce the linkages, to facilitate the cooperation among the Asia Pacific Canadianists. In order to achieve such an important objective and to contribute to the development of a new generation of Canadianists, the Pacific Asia Network of Canadian Studies (PANCS) was held in New Delhi in India from November 2nd to 3rd, jointly organized by Indian Association for Canadian Studies in collaboration with Centre for Canadian, US and Latin America Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
The Pacific Asia Network of Canadian Studies (PANCS), such a meeting form was gestated at the ICCS meeting in 2006. It was decided to form a regional network in Asia Pacific region. On 2 April 2007, delegates from the region met in Hong Kong, and it was decided to call the network the Pacific Asia Network of Canadian Studies. Based on the examples of the European Network of Canadian Studies and the Latin American Network, the PANCS is the summit academic meeting on Canadian Studies in Asia Pacific region. Its purposes are to develop the Asia Pacific dimension of Canadian Studies, to promote the communication among all the organizations of Canadian studies and to foster the new scholars in this region. To reach these goals, the PANCS organizes the workgroups on new themes for Canadian Studies, the joint academic events among the Asia Pacific Canadian Studies associations, the annual Asia Pacific Student Seminar on Graduate Work in Canadian Studies, the regular meetings of presidents or representatives of Asia Pacific and Canadian Studies Associations. Now the PANCS is expanding Canadian Studies into new geographical areas throughout the whole of Asia and the Pacific areas and into new fields such as human resource development, public administration, law, integration and identity, new technologies, development aid, economics and trade indigenous studies, media studies, human rights, terrorism, the environment etc.
The Canadian government gave great financial support to this seminar. The officers from Canadian High Commission, the scholars and postgraduates from India, Australia, China, China Taiwan, Israel, Korea, Japan, New Zealand etc, about 50 people in all, attended this important meeting.
On the evening of November 1, Mr. Kenneth Macaitney held a cocktail evening party to welcome delegates to PANCS on behalf of Canadian High Commission. The romantic and warm light, delicious food and wine, especially friendly communication on Canadian Studies made each guest spend a beautiful night. On the morning of November 2, presidents of each Association for Canadian Studies coming from the countries and regions mentioned above held a president meeting. Presidents reviewed the last Pacific Asia Network of Canadian Studies held in Hong Kong in China, discussed the budget and activity program of 2007-2008, and made the arrangements for the coming seminar. After that, delegates held a meeting of expanding Canadian Studies at Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute in the afternoon, and delegates outlined the respective studies on Canada and had an in-depth discussion on how to promote the Canadian Studies in a frank, serious and friendly atmosphere. When the meeting was over, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute invited participants of the PANCS to a reception dinner at Indian International Centre.
On the morning of November 3, the International Postgraduate Seminar on Canadian Studies began formally in hot applause. Chairman on duty, Professor Steward Gill presided over the opening ceremony. Professor R.K. Dhawan, President of Indian Association for Canadian Studies made a ardent speech of welcome, he looked back on the Indo-Canadian intimate relationship, fully affirmed the young scholars’ important and positive role, and he hoped the seminar would help in developing inter-disciplinary studies and contribute to the growth and expansion of research at international level. Whereafter, 10 postgraduates delivered the wonderful speeches around the topic of “Canada in the Asia Pacific” and answered the audience’s questions. After the postgraduates’ speeches, Professor Harish Narang chaired the panel discussion on “the Future of Canadian Studies: the role of the youth”, the panelists all agreed that young scholars’ role should paid more attention to, and the further hope was also put forward to young scholars. Finally, chaired by Israeli Professor Daniel Ben-Natan, Doctor B.M. Bhalla delivered a farewell speech in which he congratulated on the excellent speeches made by postgraduates, wished and believed that there would be a brighter future for Canadian Studies. Then when the dusk came, the representatives participating in the conference attended the farewell dinner together and said goodbye to each other in the candle light.
At this conference, undoubtedly, it could be said that the international postgraduate seminar on Canadian Studies was a beautiful landscape, and postgraduates’ speeches brought the conference to a climax. The seminar included four sessions in all, and now the main opinions of postgraduates in each session are summarized as follows, hoping they can be referred by those who need them.
The First Paper-Reading Session
This session was chaired by President of Association for Canadian Studies in China, Professor Guo Jide. Ms. Chin-Jung Hsu, who is pursuing the master degree at English Department of Shih Hsin University in China Taiwan, firstly made a speech on a novel called Chorus of Mushrooms. Her paper is called “Japanese Canadian Women and their Life Experience in Hiromi Goto’s Chorus of Mushrooms”. First of all, a brief introduction of the novel is made in her paper and she thinks that this novel describes different life experiences of three generations of Japanese Canadian women, and that Goto not only express the conflict between grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter, but also portrays how the Japanese Canadians struggle with their milieu so to establish themselves in an “unfamiliar” community, and then she uses the idea of “transculturation” to show how immigrants can smoothly assimilate from one culture to another.
The second speaker in this session was Mr. Huaxiang, who is studying in the master graduate program at the school of Foreign Languages & Literature, Shandong University in China, his paper title is “Imaginative Vision: The Apocalyptical Light in Frye’s Thought”. In his paper, he provides a clear and full demonstration of the “Imaginative Vision”. In his opinion, nearly all the aspects of Frye’s thoughts have been assessed by scholars all round the world and not unrewardingly at that. The only unsatisfactory point is that researches done from perspectives like culture studies, historical and ideological studies and formal aesthetics are mutually isolated from one another, i.e. there is no continuous systematic guiding direction, which shows the “partiality” of the “perspective”. In addition, he thought the idea of “standing back” proposed by Frye should be adopted in Frye studies.
The last speaker in this session was Ms.Eriko Tomotake, who is from the law School of Tokyo. She made a speech with the title of “Japan as Described in School Textbooks Published in Quebec in the 19th century”. Her paper firstly stresses that old school textbooks are valuable sources of historical reference for our generation today, and then her paper reveals the past relationship between Quebec and Japan through examining the history of Quebec and the textbooks published in the 19th century.
The Second Paper-Reading Session
The chairman of the second session is President of Association for Canadian Studies in China Taiwan, Professor Andy Leung.
In this session, the first speaker was Mr. Stephan Haigh, a Canadian Doctor in politics from University of Otago in New Zealand. His paper title is “Canada and Pacific Asia: A new Framework for Identity and Allegiance”. He points out in his paper that traditional states had “hard shells”, by means of which they were eminently capable of manufacturing and consolidating differences between “inside” and “outside”, to the point where the latter could more easily be cordoned off, for closely related reasons states were largely able to envelop domestic societies, such that individuals were less citizens than they were subjects, beholden to the state and to a significant degree “absorbed” it.
However, under conditions of thick globalization, these dubious capabilities have been severely eroded. More than ever before, identities are now created and chosen, rather than simply “discovered” as brute facts—and the ability of a bounded political community to full control the process of creation and choice is now limited, such that its representational legitimacy is subject to question. At the same time, a sense of the common global human condition grows by the day, incorporating powerful new referents as well as mounting tangible evidence of universally shared fate. So “Westphalia” is no longer tenable, and regional and cosmopolitan identities can now more successfully complete for citizens’ allegiance. Based on the above-mentioned comments, he raised a question about how to cope with the relationship between Canada and Asia Pacific region, and he also examined the possibilities of potentials for a larger regionalized identity.
When Mr. Stephan Haigh finished his speech, Ms. Thari Sitkil walked up to the platform, who is a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. She began her speech with her paper title---“Asymmetric Federalism: A Comparative Study of Quebec in Canada and Jammu and Kashmir in India”. Her paper indicates that both Canada and India have special features of asymmetric federalism to address their ethnic and language citizens. She thinks that Kashmir has special features in the Indian Constitution to provide for special needs of the Kashmiris, and in Quebec, with French-speaking in the majority in the state, it has gained special privileges for its development process and role in the polity.
The Third Paper-Reading Session
Shortly after the high tea, the third session of the postgraduate seminar started at 13:45. This session was chaired by Professor. Myung-Bae Yeom, President of Association for Canadian Studies in Korea.
There were three speakers in this session. Ph.D. Sumita Puri was the first one, who is studying at English department of Delhli University in India. His topic is about the poetry. The title of his paper title is “The personal and the political in Margaret Atwood’s Poetry”. What he emphasizes is the nationalism and feminism in Margaret Atwood’s Poetry. In his opinion, there are two predominant concerns in Margaret Atwood’s Poetry---the personal and the political. Her poetry project her multiple responses to the marginalization and exploitation of women and the indigenous as a result of varied forms of empowerment. Her poetry gives voice to this quest for locating one’s identity both as an individual and as well as a Canadian.
After Ph.D. Sumita Puri’s speech, Ph.D. Raj Mohan from University of Kerala in India made a speech on the issue of environment. His paper name is “Voices of Technological Hazards on Environment in Rudy Wiebe’s Oeuvre”. Ph.D. Sumita Puri thinks that Wiebe sympathizes with the indigenous people and tries to raise voice against the displacement and marginalization of these original inhabitants of the land (the Cree, the Métis and the Inuit) in west Canada and also in the Arctic. He reveals the nightmarish consequences of human destruction of nature and its unique cultures. What is more, Wiebe sincerely listens to the voices of technological hazards on environment as result of Euro-American imperialism and colonization.
About twenty minutes later after Ph.D. Raj Mohan , Ms. Se Young Park studying at English department of Chungnam National University in Korea ended this session with her paper. The name of her paper is “Study of Lexicon of Canadian English”. She mainly discussed the features of Canadian English. She thinks that English Canadians have developed the vocabulary they have needed in their special environment by borrowing from indigenous languages and from French, by coining new words, and by adapting and extending traditional English words, such that there are a number of words that are peculiar to usage in Canada. And the creation of lexical Canadianisms reflects Canadians’ history, culture and general way of life, such a feature is helpful to maintain Canadian identity to some degree.
The Fourth Paper-Reading Session
At 14:45 in the afternoon, the final session of the postgraduate seminar began chaired by Professor Yuki Shimomura, President of Association for Canadian Studies in Japan.
There were two students in all making speeches in this session. The one was Mr. He Jiantao, who is working on the master's degree in world history at Fujian Normal University in China. His subject is about Americanization, and the name of his paper is “Hurricanes from The South—on the Americanization of Canada since World War Two”. In his paper, he points out that the concept of Americanization seems to remain disputable, but generally speaking, its original meaning refers to the process of American mainstream culture assimilating immigrants from other different countries. Later, as America rose as a great power and expanded throughout the world, it is used to describe the process of American popular culture influencing, reshaping other countries' culture and the latter’s converging to the former.
In the paper, Mr. He cites much data to prove that Canada has been facing the grave threat and challenges caused by Americanization. In his eyes, there are six reasons that have leaded to the Americanization of Canada such as the historical factors, the geo- factors, and the deconcentration of Canada's culture pluralism, Candian dependence on America in economy, the stimulation of American Exceptionalism and the gap between US-Canadian culture competitiveness. He thinks it is very difficult for Canada to avoid the influences of the U.S.A, but he firmly believes that Canada will not lose its national identity that has been handed down from generation to generation, will not be engulfed by American culture. Because Americanization has not changed the unique national characters of Canadians, the social structure of Canada and the pluralism of Canadian culture. Instead, it has objectively made Canadian culture meet the need of social further developments.
The other speaker was Mr. Ofer Kenig studying at the department of Political Science of Hebrew University in Israel. He drew our attention to the leadership selection in Canada. His paper title is “Democratization of leadership Selection: Putting the Canadian Experience in Comparative Context”. In his paper, according to his research on the leadership contests that were held in 23 parties from ten parliamentary democracies between early 1960s and 2006, he draws the conclusion that the last two decades saw a significant shift in party leader’s selection methods. Many parties—including the main Canadian parties---opened their leadership selection procedure to wider selection bodies (selectorates).Such a step was expected to reduce the parties’ elitist and oligarchic tendencies by attracting a broader spectrum of Candidates (both in numbers and in demographic attributes) and producing more competitive contests.
Reviewing the whole process of the conference, the rich academic atmosphere could be felt everywhere. Whether the famous scholars home and abroad or the young postgraduates who are on the threshold of academic studies, every one concentrated on the meeting with a sincere and desirous attitude. Without a doubt, just as Professor R.K. Dhawan spoke in his welcome speech, this seminar is a meaningful and productive seminar. It is believed that this seminar will serve as an impetus to young scholars working in the Asia Pacific region, and the whole Canadian Studies will be prompted greatly too.
In addition, some delegates visited several places of historical interest in New Delhi such as Bahai Temple (also called Lotus temple), Minar Qutb Minar and Indian Gate.
According to the arrangement, the next PANCS will be held at University of Queensland in Australia from July 1st to July 3rd.
At last, please allow me to express my sincere thanks to the Canadian government, the Canadian Embassy in China, Associations for Canadian Studies in China and in India and Fujian Normal University for giving such a precious opportunity, thank my dear research supervisor, Prof. Wang Xiaode and all the teachers and friends who gave me help. I wish and firmly believe the PANCS will make greater progress and the PANCS’ tomorrow will become brighter.
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2007-11-14 06:23:00
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To enhance the study of Canadian literature in China and to promote the academic exchange among scholars in China, Canada and other countries, the School of Foreign Languages of Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai and the Centre for Canadian Studies at Shandong University (Weihai) will hold a conference on Canadian literature. The topics for the conference include:
1. New developments in contemporary Canadian literature
2. Studies of Canadian novels
3. Studies of Canadian drama
4. Issues in translation of Canadian works
5. Other topics on Canadian literature
Canadian scholars to be invited include Richard Plant, the Graduate Drama Center of the University of Toronto; Ken Mitchell, University of Regina; and W. H. New, University of Manitoba and University of British Columbia; other international scholars may also be invited. The conference will be held March 28-30, 2008 (March 28 for registration) in the Academic Center of Shandong University (Weihai). Participants may receive partial support from the Canadian government. Prospective attendees are invited to submit their papers or abstracts of their papers by email before 31 December 2007 to
zhangyongjunsophia@hotmail.com
Tel. 0631-5687583
Address: School of Foreign Languages
Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai
2 Wen Hua Xi Lu, Weihai, Shandong Prov., China
Postcode 264209
The Organizing Committee of
the 2008 Conference on Canadian Literature
25 October 2007
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Seminar on Multicultural Canada in the 21st Century
On July 13th of 2007, invited by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS), Dr. Jean Kunz from Policy Research Initiative Canada, had a presentation/roundtable discussion in IEA/CASS, the topic is Multicultural Canada in the 21st Century: Harnessing Opportunities and Managing Pressures. Professor Huang Xing, Vice Director of IEA/CASS welcomed and exchanged views with Dr. Jean Kunz.
There are more than 10 attendees joined in this seminar, such as Ms. Marie Eve Reny from University of Toronto, Ms. Annie Billington from University of Montreal, Professor Gong Yan and Ms. Dong Yikun from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Professors Zhang Jijiao, Zhang Xiaomin, Du Fachun etc. from CASS. This seminar organized by Professor Du Fachun. The working language is English.
Dr. Jean Kunz lectured that Multiculturalism resonates with Canadian values such as equality, tolerance, and mutual respect. Since its inception in 1971, multiculturalism policy has evolved from that of celebrating differences to institutional accommodation, and more recently to inclusion and full participation. In theory and intent, Canada 's policies and legislation regarding ethno-cultural diversity are tools for building inclusive citizenship, reducing barriers to social and economic participation of marginalized groups, and sharpening Canada 's economic edge in face of globalization. Yet, empirical evidence suggests a gap between theory and reality. In spite of measures to ensure equity and reduce discrimination, research continues to demonstrate the earning gap between visible minorities and those who are not. The perception of discrimination and exclusion persists even among visible minorities born in Canada, that is, the second and third generation Canadians. Such evidence suggests that, if issues of exclusion and inequality are not addressed, multicultural policies may not work as well for racial minorities compared to those of European origin. Additionally, rhetoric regarding the economic benefits of diversity and immigration has yet to be borne out with concrete evidence. While multiculturalism might be a dream of the twentieth century, could it become ‘a twenty-first-century conundrum?' Although support for ethno-cultural diversity and immigration is higher in Canada compared to other countries, many are of the opinion that Canada should abandon the ‘mosaic' approach to multiculturalism for one that encourages assimilation. In a Dominion Institute/CDFAI survey conducted by the Innovative Research Group in 2005, 70% of Canadians indicated that adapting to the Canadian way of life should be the priority for new immigrants.
In Dr. Jean Kunz’s finding, multiculturalism policies have evolved since their inception in the early 1970s. In the 1970s, the emphasis was on encouraging individuals to involve themselves in Canadian society by valuing their cultural identities. The 1980s saw a significant shift from celebrating cultures to removing institutional barriers to full social and economic participation by racial minorities. With the passage of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), the Multiculturalism Act (1988), and the Employment Equity Act (1986), state institutions were obligated to reflect Canada 's multicultural reality in their organizational structure. While equity remains a key aspect of multiculturalism, the focus in the 1990s has moved to fostering shared citizenship.
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security has become a recurring topic in discussions of cultural diversity and immigration. In addition globalization, particularly advances in information technology and ease of travel, increasingly raises new questions regarding identity and citizenship. How then can Canada move towards the goal of inclusiveness in light of the pressure points identified earlier? Dr. Jean Kunz suggests that we may centers on the following questions: In light of these emerging social and demographic trends, what policies might Canada wish to adopt regarding ethno-cultural diversity resulting from immigration? How can inclusive citizenship be developed in pluralistic societies such as Canada where individuals and communities are globally connected but diverse in culture, religion and language? These questions will be addressed through roundtable consultations in Canada and China, review of research evidence, and analysis of current approaches to cultural diversity among countries similar to Canada.
Dr. Jean Lock Kunz is associate director with the Policy Research Initiative (PRI). In her current position, she oversees projects on issues relating to citizenship, immigration and diversity, as well as on China. At PRI, she is also responsible for PRI’s project on poverty and exclusion. Prior to joining the PRI, Jean was Chief, Labour Market Policy at the Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). She has written extensively on issues relating to immigration, multiculturalism, race relations, labour force participation, youth, and media. Some of her work include Unequal Access: A Canadian Profile on Racial Differences in Education, Employment and Income (Canadian Race Relations Foundation), Immigrant Youth in Canada (Canadian Council on Social Development), and Media and Minorities: Representing Diversity in a Multicultural Canada (Thompson Education Publishing, with Augie Fleras). Prior to joining the Public Service, Jean was senior research and policy associate with the Canadian Council on Social Development, primarily responsible for the creation of its cultural diversity research unit. Jean obtained her Master’s in Sociology at the University of Toronto and a Ph.D from the University of Waterloo.
On July 13th of 2007, invited by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS), Dr. Jean Kunz from Policy Research Initiative Canada, had a presentation/roundtable discussion in IEA/CASS, the topic is Multicultural Canada in the 21st Century: Harnessing Opportunities and Managing Pressures. Professor Huang Xing, Vice Director of IEA/CASS welcomed and exchanged views with Dr. Jean Kunz.
There are more than 10 attendees joined in this seminar, such as Ms. Marie Eve Reny from University of Toronto, Ms. Annie Billington from University of Montreal, Professor Gong Yan and Ms. Dong Yikun from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Professors Zhang Jijiao, Zhang Xiaomin, Du Fachun etc. from CASS. This seminar organized by Professor Du Fachun. The working language is English.
Dr. Jean Kunz lectured that Multiculturalism resonates with Canadian values such as equality, tolerance, and mutual respect. Since its inception in 1971, multiculturalism policy has evolved from that of celebrating differences to institutional accommodation, and more recently to inclusion and full participation. In theory and intent, Canada 's policies and legislation regarding ethno-cultural diversity are tools for building inclusive citizenship, reducing barriers to social and economic participation of marginalized groups, and sharpening Canada 's economic edge in face of globalization. Yet, empirical evidence suggests a gap between theory and reality. In spite of measures to ensure equity and reduce discrimination, research continues to demonstrate the earning gap between visible minorities and those who are not. The perception of discrimination and exclusion persists even among visible minorities born in Canada, that is, the second and third generation Canadians. Such evidence suggests that, if issues of exclusion and inequality are not addressed, multicultural policies may not work as well for racial minorities compared to those of European origin. Additionally, rhetoric regarding the economic benefits of diversity and immigration has yet to be borne out with concrete evidence. While multiculturalism might be a dream of the twentieth century, could it become ‘a twenty-first-century conundrum?' Although support for ethno-cultural diversity and immigration is higher in Canada compared to other countries, many are of the opinion that Canada should abandon the ‘mosaic' approach to multiculturalism for one that encourages assimilation. In a Dominion Institute/CDFAI survey conducted by the Innovative Research Group in 2005, 70% of Canadians indicated that adapting to the Canadian way of life should be the priority for new immigrants.
In Dr. Jean Kunz’s finding, multiculturalism policies have evolved since their inception in the early 1970s. In the 1970s, the emphasis was on encouraging individuals to involve themselves in Canadian society by valuing their cultural identities. The 1980s saw a significant shift from celebrating cultures to removing institutional barriers to full social and economic participation by racial minorities. With the passage of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), the Multiculturalism Act (1988), and the Employment Equity Act (1986), state institutions were obligated to reflect Canada 's multicultural reality in their organizational structure. While equity remains a key aspect of multiculturalism, the focus in the 1990s has moved to fostering shared citizenship.
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security has become a recurring topic in discussions of cultural diversity and immigration. In addition globalization, particularly advances in information technology and ease of travel, increasingly raises new questions regarding identity and citizenship. How then can Canada move towards the goal of inclusiveness in light of the pressure points identified earlier? Dr. Jean Kunz suggests that we may centers on the following questions: In light of these emerging social and demographic trends, what policies might Canada wish to adopt regarding ethno-cultural diversity resulting from immigration? How can inclusive citizenship be developed in pluralistic societies such as Canada where individuals and communities are globally connected but diverse in culture, religion and language? These questions will be addressed through roundtable consultations in Canada and China, review of research evidence, and analysis of current approaches to cultural diversity among countries similar to Canada.
Dr. Jean Lock Kunz is associate director with the Policy Research Initiative (PRI). In her current position, she oversees projects on issues relating to citizenship, immigration and diversity, as well as on China. At PRI, she is also responsible for PRI’s project on poverty and exclusion. Prior to joining the PRI, Jean was Chief, Labour Market Policy at the Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). She has written extensively on issues relating to immigration, multiculturalism, race relations, labour force participation, youth, and media. Some of her work include Unequal Access: A Canadian Profile on Racial Differences in Education, Employment and Income (Canadian Race Relations Foundation), Immigrant Youth in Canada (Canadian Council on Social Development), and Media and Minorities: Representing Diversity in a Multicultural Canada (Thompson Education Publishing, with Augie Fleras). Prior to joining the Public Service, Jean was senior research and policy associate with the Canadian Council on Social Development, primarily responsible for the creation of its cultural diversity research unit. Jean obtained her Master’s in Sociology at the University of Toronto and a Ph.D from the University of Waterloo.
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2007-09-03 09:15:59
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Seminar on Settlement, Integration and Entrepreneurship of Chinese Canadians: Research Implications and Synthesis
On July 24th of 2007, invited by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS), Dr. Howard Lin who is the Professor & Director, International Research Institute at Ryerson University Canada, and Dr. Jian Guan who is the Program Evaluation Coordinator of Gateway for International Professionals at Ryerson University, visited IEA/CASS and gave an academic lecture on Settlement, Integration and Entrepreneurship of Chinese Canadians: Research Implications and Synthesis.
There were 17 scholars attended this seminar including Tsinghua University, State Office of Oversea Chinese Affairs, Institute of Oversea Chinese History, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and CASS. This event was organized by Professor Du Fachun from CASS.
Dr. Howard Lin and Dr. Jian Guan introduced their research projects they have been doing since 2005-2008, involved “Multi-Barriers for Asian Immigrant Settlement and Integration: A Comparative Event Analysis of Post 9/11 and Post SARS.” For Canadian Race Relations Foundation (Jian Guan, Xiaohua Lin, and Raza Nakhaie, 2005-06); “Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Network Marketing Organizations: Cultural Dynamics and Structural Reproduction.” For Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Xiaohua Lin, Jian Guan, etc. 2005-08) ; “From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation – Chinese Diaspora Entrepreneurs in the High Technology Industry: Transnational Community as Innovation Linkage across Canada and China.” For Asian Pacific Foundation of Canada (Xiaohua Lin, Jian Guan, Mary Jo Nicholson, 2007-08).
Scholars from both countries believed that this kind of academic exchange programs on Chinese Immigrants in Canada should been continued and deepened.
(written by Du Fachun, CASS)
On July 24th of 2007, invited by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS), Dr. Howard Lin who is the Professor & Director, International Research Institute at Ryerson University Canada, and Dr. Jian Guan who is the Program Evaluation Coordinator of Gateway for International Professionals at Ryerson University, visited IEA/CASS and gave an academic lecture on Settlement, Integration and Entrepreneurship of Chinese Canadians: Research Implications and Synthesis.
There were 17 scholars attended this seminar including Tsinghua University, State Office of Oversea Chinese Affairs, Institute of Oversea Chinese History, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and CASS. This event was organized by Professor Du Fachun from CASS.
Dr. Howard Lin and Dr. Jian Guan introduced their research projects they have been doing since 2005-2008, involved “Multi-Barriers for Asian Immigrant Settlement and Integration: A Comparative Event Analysis of Post 9/11 and Post SARS.” For Canadian Race Relations Foundation (Jian Guan, Xiaohua Lin, and Raza Nakhaie, 2005-06); “Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Network Marketing Organizations: Cultural Dynamics and Structural Reproduction.” For Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Xiaohua Lin, Jian Guan, etc. 2005-08) ; “From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation – Chinese Diaspora Entrepreneurs in the High Technology Industry: Transnational Community as Innovation Linkage across Canada and China.” For Asian Pacific Foundation of Canada (Xiaohua Lin, Jian Guan, Mary Jo Nicholson, 2007-08).
Scholars from both countries believed that this kind of academic exchange programs on Chinese Immigrants in Canada should been continued and deepened.
(written by Du Fachun, CASS)
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2007-09-03 09:13:24
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Canadian Aboriginal Artist Sandra Laronde Visited CASS
On July 17th of 2007, Ms. Sandra Laronde who is a Canadian aboriginal artist visited the Institute of Anthropology & Ethnology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS). A roundtable discussion on Sino-Canada aboriginal art has been held during this visit. Professors Bao Shengli, Zhang Jijiao, Du Fachun from CASS, Mongolia artists Bao Aijun, Aodenggerile, Alatanqiqige, Zhang Q iansheng and Chaoketu from the Central University for Nationalities. Artists and scholars exchange views each other on aboriginal art and Culture in both countries, especially centers Mongolia music and art in China. This event was organized by Assistant Professor Zhang Xiaomin from the Canadian Studies Center of IEA/CASS.
Ms. Sandra Laronde, is the Founder and Artistic Director of Red Sky. In 2004, Sandra was one of 225 Canadians chosen to participate in the Governor-General's Canadian Leadership program that celebrates promising leaders who are making a significant impact on Canada. In the same year, Sandra was also the recipient of Toronto City Council's 2004 Aboriginal Affairs Award for her contribution towards improving the quality of life for the Aboriginal community of Toronto. She is also listed in the Canada's Who's Who which features notable living Canadians. Sandra hails from the Teme-Augama-Anishnaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, northern Ontario and resides in Toronto. Sandra has been a leader in creating innovative links with Aboriginal, culturally diverse and mainstream communities. Recently, she was a Guest Lecturer at Ryerson University, the University of Toronto, York University, the University of New Mexico, and the National Theatre School. She was one of 500 artists invited to meet HRH Prince Charles on his latest Royal Visit to Canada. Sandra has been involved in many engagements: she served as a spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee for Toronto's Olympic Bid; contributed to a national consultation with Aboriginal leaders in the area of education and training at the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation; moderated a panel at the 2002 National Gathering of Aboriginal Artistic Expression for the Department of Canadian Heritage; and was a guest speaker on Perspectives on Innovative Management Practices to the board, officers and staff at the Canada Council for the Arts in 2003. In 1993, Sandra founded Canada's only organization for First Nations, Inuit and Metis women artists, Native Women in the Arts, and has played a significant role in fostering the careers of thousands of Aboriginal women artists. From 1993-2005, she has helped to produce an immense ripple effect of artistic growth, confidence building and proliferation of performing arts, literary arts and publishing, visual arts, and community development projects through Native Women in the Arts. Sandra holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Toronto, and studied Spanish Language and Literature overseas for one year at the University of Granada in Spain.
Red Sky has enjoyed a meteoric rise to international attention for its original creations. Founded in 2000 Artistic Director Sandra Laronde, Red Sky is a dynamic company shaping contemporary Aboriginal performance in theatre, dance and music. Red Sky creates and produces original works for adult and family audiences and explores the artistic landscape where world indigenous cultures merge. Red Sky seeks to nourish and strengthen the health, creativity and innovation of First Nations, world indigenous, culturally diverse and mainstream communities.
(Provided by Zhang Xiaomin, CASS)
On July 17th of 2007, Ms. Sandra Laronde who is a Canadian aboriginal artist visited the Institute of Anthropology & Ethnology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS). A roundtable discussion on Sino-Canada aboriginal art has been held during this visit. Professors Bao Shengli, Zhang Jijiao, Du Fachun from CASS, Mongolia artists Bao Aijun, Aodenggerile, Alatanqiqige, Zhang Q iansheng and Chaoketu from the Central University for Nationalities. Artists and scholars exchange views each other on aboriginal art and Culture in both countries, especially centers Mongolia music and art in China. This event was organized by Assistant Professor Zhang Xiaomin from the Canadian Studies Center of IEA/CASS.
Ms. Sandra Laronde, is the Founder and Artistic Director of Red Sky. In 2004, Sandra was one of 225 Canadians chosen to participate in the Governor-General's Canadian Leadership program that celebrates promising leaders who are making a significant impact on Canada. In the same year, Sandra was also the recipient of Toronto City Council's 2004 Aboriginal Affairs Award for her contribution towards improving the quality of life for the Aboriginal community of Toronto. She is also listed in the Canada's Who's Who which features notable living Canadians. Sandra hails from the Teme-Augama-Anishnaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, northern Ontario and resides in Toronto. Sandra has been a leader in creating innovative links with Aboriginal, culturally diverse and mainstream communities. Recently, she was a Guest Lecturer at Ryerson University, the University of Toronto, York University, the University of New Mexico, and the National Theatre School. She was one of 500 artists invited to meet HRH Prince Charles on his latest Royal Visit to Canada. Sandra has been involved in many engagements: she served as a spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee for Toronto's Olympic Bid; contributed to a national consultation with Aboriginal leaders in the area of education and training at the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation; moderated a panel at the 2002 National Gathering of Aboriginal Artistic Expression for the Department of Canadian Heritage; and was a guest speaker on Perspectives on Innovative Management Practices to the board, officers and staff at the Canada Council for the Arts in 2003. In 1993, Sandra founded Canada's only organization for First Nations, Inuit and Metis women artists, Native Women in the Arts, and has played a significant role in fostering the careers of thousands of Aboriginal women artists. From 1993-2005, she has helped to produce an immense ripple effect of artistic growth, confidence building and proliferation of performing arts, literary arts and publishing, visual arts, and community development projects through Native Women in the Arts. Sandra holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Toronto, and studied Spanish Language and Literature overseas for one year at the University of Granada in Spain.
Red Sky has enjoyed a meteoric rise to international attention for its original creations. Founded in 2000 Artistic Director Sandra Laronde, Red Sky is a dynamic company shaping contemporary Aboriginal performance in theatre, dance and music. Red Sky creates and produces original works for adult and family audiences and explores the artistic landscape where world indigenous cultures merge. Red Sky seeks to nourish and strengthen the health, creativity and innovation of First Nations, world indigenous, culturally diverse and mainstream communities.
(Provided by Zhang Xiaomin, CASS)
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2007-09-03 09:11:12
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