Exchange programme
The Centre for Canadian Studies has concluded agreements with several Canadian universities:
The deadline for applications for exchange in 2012-2013 is 1 February 2012. Please send a motivation letter (for Sherbrooke and Laval in French), a CV, a transcript of your study results and fill out the form that is available via canstudy@rug.nl.
For more information about the application procedure, please go to the Dutch pages of this website.
Minor in Canadian Studies
Each year, the Canadian Studies Centre offers a 20 ECTS minor for undergraduates in Canadian Studies entitled "Aspects of a multicultural society". The language of instruction for the first part is English, for the other parts it is Dutch. The minor consists of four parts fo 5 ECTS each, which can be taken individually:
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Multiculturalism in anglophone Canada
LMID03B05
Semester I, weeks 1 - 7
The central theme in the first part of the minor is multiculturalism in the literature and culture of anglophone Canada. The cultural identity of angophone Canada will be studied in the framework of a multicultural context: (post)colonialism and representation of national cultural identity; "citizenship" and the "Multiculturalism Act". In addition, issues such as the consequences for the Canadian cultural identity of globalization and Americanization will be discussed. Theoretical aspects will be studied using modern literary works.
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Multiculturalism in francophone Canada
LMID04B05
Semester I, weeks 8 - 15
Taught in Dutch; for more information, please go the Dutch pages of this website
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Multiculturalism in geografie and ecologie
LMID01B05
Semester II, weeks 1 - 7
Taught in Dutch; for more information, please go the Dutch pages of this website
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Multiculturalism in History and Politics
LMID02B05
Semester II, weeks 8 - 15
Taught in Dutch; for more information, please go to the Dutch pages of this website
