ICCS Biennial Conference

The International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) is pleased to announce that its next conference, entitled Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada, will be held in Ottawa from May 22 to 24, 2012, in collaboration with the Universities of Ottawa and Carleton. 

Click here to see abstracts of sessions.

 

 

Registration

The registration form is available here. Please fill it out and return it by fax (613 789-7830) or email (lise.nichol@iccs-ciec.ca).  

 

Programme

The conference preliminary programme is available here.

 

Accommodation

All participants must make their own arrangements for lodging. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Novotel at the rate of $ 160 / night (plus applicable taxes), until April 18, 2012. To make your reservation, please contact the hotel directly by telephone (613 230-3033) or by email (novotel.ottawa@accor.com) and mention the ICCS conference.   

 

Call for papers

Migrationis a factor, which has played a central role in the construction of a Canadian identity. Concepts such as multiculturalism, interculturalism and transculturalism are inextricably linked with phenomena pertaining to migration, and the effects of these phenomena have made themselves felt in Canada’s cultural dynamics.

The question therefore arises as to which processes and channels of communication have been instrumental in transmitting these migratory dynamics, and in which form they have manifested themselves in Canadian everyday life and culture. What are the cultural challenges of migration in Canada in the context of “globalization”? Which are the areas where a specific cultural dimension has arisen which, in its turn, has acquired a model character within the global sphere linked to the knowledge-based society?

Papers to be read at the symposium should address these questions with regard not only to scientific and popular media and communication, language and literature, music and the visual arts, but also to social and political sciences

The conference call for papers is available here.

 

Contact

Enquiries and proposals should be sent to the ICCS Secretariat by email at lise.nichol@iccs-ciec.ca, by telephone at 613 789-7834, by fax at 613 789-7830, or by mail at:

 

ICCS 2012 Conference

International Council for Canadian Studies

250, City Centre, Suite 303

Ottawa(Ontario)  K1R 6K7

CANADA