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Dr. Eileen M. Angelini shares her memorable experience of meeting director Louis Bélanger at the seminar screening and Q&A of film “Gaz Bar Blues” and the importance of teaching Quebecois cinema in the United States. Continue reading →

May 28, 2013, Boston, MA – His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, received the inaugural Fulbright Canada Award for Outstanding Public Service while attending a Fulbright Scholar Program discussion at Harvard. “Your Excellency, The Right Honourable David Johnston, Consul General Patrick Binns, Dr. Michael Hawes, Distinguished guests, I would like to begin by stating what a true honour it is to be invited to share my experiences with you here today” said Fulbright Scholar Catherine Kreatsoulas. Continue reading →

“I have spent a considerable amount of time studying and working with older HIV+ adults throughout my career. I began working in the field of HIV in 1987 when everybody was dying.”_Charles
“I am honoured to work alongside Dr. Emlet, whose work has contributed so meaningfully to the lives of older adults and the HIV community, and continues to inspire students like myself, who are interested in those empirically underrepresented populations.”_Christina Continue reading →

I’m now in the early stages of a feature documentary that poetically illustrates the daily life of a donkey. The hope is to illustrate mankind’s relationship to this forgotten animal and the care that goes into rehabilitating them after the remarkable abuses they have endured. Continue reading →

I continue to be amazed by how my 2010-2011 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Award as a Visiting Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at McMaster University (Hamilton, ON) thrives and blossoms.  Most recently, on Monday, January 21, 2013, I delivered a … Continue reading →

We were a group of young professionals who wanted to showcase our city – Ottawa, as so much more than just a hub for politics and government. We were tired of getting sidestepped and written off as incapable of fun by our fellow Canadians. [...] These are just a few of the things the Killam Fellowships program encourages… Continue reading →

The Killam Fellowships program will be offering me a fantastic opportunity to experience academic life at the University of Washington in Seattle, where I will be studying beginning in January 2013. I am looking forward to being able to truly … Continue reading →

Ambassador David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, is giving a FREE public lecture on October 1, 2012 at Carleton University. RSVP to rsvp@fulbright.ca Continue reading →

Former Fulbright Student was recently named a 2012-13 Action Canada Fellow. Continue reading →

Among the many interesting people that I met during a recent trip to Minnesota was Erik Brown, the Acting Director of the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth. For Erik, life has always been about water and about Fulbright. Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I visited Thunder Bay, a city known for its rich cultural heritage, for its dramatic landscapes, and for the natural beauty of its surroundings. Located on the northern shores of breathtaking Lake Superior, Thunder Bay is home to Nanabijou (the impressive rock structure that resembles a sleeping giant), to generations of Scandinavian, Polish, and Italian Canadians, and, of course, to the Ojibwe people. It is also home to Lakehead University: an institution that is constantly reinventing itself, an institution with strong and focused leadership, and an institution with a clear sense of pride and purpose. Continue reading →

This summer, from June 18th to June 23, Hannah and her colleague Stephanie Knox Cubbon are holding a four-day workshop that will share the vision of the PeaceMeal Project – a project that aims to create a culture of peace through food. Continue reading →

Jill Woelfer (2011-2012) is an American Fulbright Scholar who just received the University of Washington Graduate School Medal for her research on homeless youth and their access to personal digital technologies. Continue reading →