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U.S. Ambassador discusses the U.S. Elections at the Munk School

As the world’s attention is focused on the Presidential Election in the United States, David Jacobson, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, was at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto to discuss the election, and its … Continue reading

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Watch Robert Barsky Deliver the 10th Annual Killam Lecture

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Fulbrighter, Jacqueline Krikorian, pens new book!

In 2001-2002, Jacqueline Krikorian took up a traditional Fulbright student award to conduct research at Georgetown University Law Center.  She is publishing her first book based in part on research that stemmed from her time as a Fulbrighter.  Her book, … Continue reading

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2011-12 Canadian Fulbrighter, David Hugill, was recently featured in the Sault Star

Sault native David Hugill has won a scholarship that is allowing him to spend the school year in Minneapolis, Minn., conducting research that compares Canadian and U.S. cities. “I’m a human geographer. I’m interested in questions about cities and space. … Continue reading

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Fulbright Canada alumnus Dr. Bobby Khan (2009-2010) part of exciting collaboration for a new medical technology with host university

The University of Prince Edward Island has licensed a promising piece of medical technology to Carmel Biosciences, a biomedical company based in Tucker, GA. (Some of the individuals involved in the project, from left, Dr. Bobby Khan, Dr. Tarek Saleh … Continue reading

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Fulbright Canada alumnus Michael Geist on the CRTC in the Ottawa Citizen

Earlier this year, Canada’s broadcast regulator launched a consultation into the policy implications of increasingly popular Internet-based video services such as Netflix. The consultation was the CRTC’s response to broadcasters and cultural groups that formed the Online Broadcasting Working Group … Continue reading

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Fulbright Canada alumnus Stephen Clarkson writes in the Globe and Mail on the declining influence of Canada and Mexico

The paradox of North America’s skewed development is that, although Canada and Mexico make extraordinarily large contributions to America’s economic strength, homeland security and international effectiveness, they have virtually no influence in Washington’s corridors of power. Starting with the economic … Continue reading

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Killam Fellow Vicky Banas (2010-2011) profiled in The Walrus

Vicky Banas, a Killam Fellow from SUNY Plattsburgh to Mount Allison University, is a member of her campus’ Club Canada, a group which was recently profiled in The Walrus. “The Idea of North” by David Marchese | The Walrus | … Continue reading

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Fulbright Canada alumni to be inducted into the Royal Society of Canada

Rishma Dunlop, a 2009-2010 Fulbright Visiting Chair in Creative Writing and Isabella Bakker, a 2004-2005 Fulbright New Century Scholar, will be inducted into the Royal Society of Canada! To learn more about these extraordinary Fulbright alumni visit York University’s website.

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Fulbright Alumnus, Kevin Brosseau, talks about his ‘mind-blowing experience’ at Harvard in the Edmonton Journal

Kevin Brosseau was a long way from the farm he grew up on in Bonnyville as he walked through the halls of Harvard University’s law school. After taking a leave of absence from his job with the RCMP, remortgaging his home … Continue reading

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Fulbright alumna, Dr. Antonia Maioni discusses her summer experience in Montreal in today’s Globe and Mail

I hate summer in the city. Growing up in Montreal, summer meant hot, sticky days and airless nights. Kids cooled off at public pools and families slept on balconies, a Montreal tradition as close to camping as I ever got. Today, you’d … Continue reading

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Fulbright Scholar Cameron Jefferies discusses shark-finning and VA

Cameron Jefferies, a Fulbright scholar from the University of Alberta, who is currently completing his LLM at the University of Virginia, recently took the time to comment on Virginia State’s policies relating to the practice of shark finning and shark … Continue reading

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Fulbright alumna releases debut album!

Kyle Carey was a Fulbright scholar from Skidmore College in New Hampshire, who spent the academic year of 2008-09 at Cape Breton University studying Gaelic and Cape Breton cultural music and traditions.  Now, Kyle is putting her Fulbright to good … Continue reading

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Listen to the first of a series of lectures by Dr. Patrick Forrest!

In this public lecture, Patrick Forrest, the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in North American Studies at the University of Alberta, discusses protracted refugee crises and the refugee admission programs of the United States and Canada, identifying potential approaches to facilitate … Continue reading

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Loutet Park Ground-Breaking featured in Vancouver Sun!

Marc Shutzbank (in the pirate hat) and other members of the community break ground on the Loutet Park Urban Farm in North Vancouver. Vancouver Sun food columnist, Randy Shore, was at Loutet Park on Saturday to report on the Urban … Continue reading

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