The Association for Canadian Studies in China Newsletter 　=> 1. “二战后加拿大与美国关系研讨会”在福建师范大学隆重召开，加拿大驻华大使馆文化参赞白静芳出席（Symposium on Canada-U.S. Relations since World War II was Held  at Fujian Normal University and Cultural Counsellor Rachael Bedlington, Canadian Ebassy in Beijing Attended it)     2007年6月25－26日，在福建师大召开了“二战后加拿大与美国关系研讨会”。加拿大大使馆文化处学术关系官员王荔女士陪同文化参赞白静芳出席了会议，下面是她所写报告的中译本。 在加拿大政府和福建师范大学的资助下，福建师大加拿大研究中心和社会学与历史学学院共同举办了“二战后加拿大与美国关系研讨会”。该会议于6月25－26日在福建师大召开，75名学者不仅来自全国各地的加拿大研究中心，还来自中国现代国际关系研究所、外交学院、浙江大学和世界知识出版社等著名的大学和单位。该院的所有硕士生和博士生旁听了会议，出席开幕式和听取大会发言者多达130人。加美双边关系是与加拿大战略一致的一个优先选择的领域，历时两天的研讨会为加拿大研究学者提供了一个极佳的讲坛，讨论了加美关系中的各种重要的问题。讨论的题目包括加美政治、经济和文化关系，提交的论文展示了相当广泛的内容，可信的研究对问题取得了细致的理解。代表们的发言课题有：从历史的角度对加拿大的美国化进行反思，加美关系的新内容——分析美国加强加美边境控制的政策，“9.11”事件后加美关系中的重要问题，加拿大的美国化与去美国化，北美自由贸易区启动后加拿大保险业的发展。大会发言后，研讨会分四个时段进行，大家积极参与讨论，取得满意的效果。评论人对每位发言都给予贴切的评论，不但加深了学者对课题的研究，而且引导出高质量的讨论。在开幕式上，福建师大的副校长汪征鲁和加拿大驻华大使馆文化参赞白静芳发表讲话。汪副校长强调了研讨会的重要性，指出这是福建师大第一次开展与加拿大问题有关的活动。他表示福建师大将继续大力支持该校加拿大研究中心的发展及其与加拿大机构的合作。白静芳参赞在讲话中鼓力加拿大研究学者研究对加拿大和世界二者都重要的课题，而不一定只把目光集中在加拿大。照片和福建师大加拿大研究中心所写的报导见附件。With the financial support of the Canadian government and Fujian Normal University, the Canadian Studies Centre at the FNU and School of Sociology and History of FNU co-organized a Symposium on Canada-U.S. Relations since World War II. The symposium was held on June 25-26, 2007 at Fujian Normal University. There were approx. 75 scholars from not only the Canadian Studies Centres across China, but also other prestigious universities and organizations like China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Foreign Affairs University, Zhejiang University and World Affairs Press.  The audience also included all post-graduate and Ph.D students. In total, the audience attending the opening ceremony and the keynote speeches reached 130. Given that Canada-U.S. bilateral relations is one of the priority areas which are aligned to Canada's strategy, the two-day symposium provided an excellent platform for Canadianists to discuss varies key issues on Canada-U.S. relations. The topics discussed covered the political, economic and cultural relations between Canada and the U.S, and papers delivered demonstrated an impressively broad range of subjects, and nuanced understanding obtained through very credible research.  Presentations  included:  Reflection on Canadian Americanization from a Historical Perspective, the New Variable in Canada-U.S. Relations: An Analysis on the U.S. Policy of Intensifying the Control on the Shared Border, the Important Issues in the Canadian-American Relations After September 11, Americanization and Anti-Americanization in Canada, the Development of Canada's Insurance Industry Since the Initiation of NAFTA.  Following the keynote speeches, the four sessions went very well in terms of participation and quality of the discussions. The commentators gave valuable and thoughtful comments to each presentation, which much deepened the scholars' research on the topic and led a high quality discussion.Vice President Wang Zhenglu and Counsellor Rachael Bedlington delivered remarks at the opening ceremony. VP Wang stressed the importance of the symposium, saying that it was the first time that FNU held an event on Canadian issues. He expressed the hope that FNU would continue to strongly support the development of the centre and the academic cooperation between the centre and Canadian institutions.  In her remark, Counsellor Bedlington encouraged the Canadianists to research on topics not necessarily just about Canada, but on issues that are important to Canada and the world.See the attached photos. (written by Ms. Wang Li, Academic Relations Officer of Cultural and Public Affair Section, Canadian Embassy in Beijing)   　=>2. 加拿大驻华使馆参赞白静芳女士访问福建师大加拿大研究中心；李建平校长汪征鲁副校长会见白静芳参赞一行（Cultural Counsellor Rachael Bedlington, Canadian Ebassy in Beijing visited Canadian studies centre at Fujian Normal University; President Li Jianping and Vice-President Wang Zhenglu met  and her     6月24日，加拿大驻华使馆参赞白静芳女士（Ms. Rachael Bedlington）、学术关系官员王荔女士一行专程访问福建师范大学，校长李建平教授、副校长汪征鲁教授与白静芳参赞举行了亲切友好的会谈。李校长向参赞介绍了我校的基本概况和特色，并对加拿大驻华使馆、加拿大驻广州总领事馆对我校新成立的加拿大研究中心的关心和支持表示感谢。白静芳参赞首先对我校百年校庆表示祝贺，对我校高度重视加拿大问题的研究并专门成立了加拿大研究中心表示谢意，希望共同推进中国的加拿大研究事业。李建平校长还推介了我校的海外汉语教学志愿者项目，白静芳参赞表示如果可能，她将促成有关方面同我校进行合作。白静芳参赞表示加拿大方面真诚地期待着与福建师范大学教师和学生建立永久的伙伴关系。详见附件中的福建师大加拿大研究中心所写的报导。Cultural Counsellor Rachael Bedlington and Academic Relations Officer Wang Li, Canadian Embassy in Beijing visited Fujian Normal University on June 24. President Li Jianping and Vice-President Wang Zhenglu of FNU met them. During the friendly talk President Li introduced FNU and expressed his gratitude to Canadian Embassy in Beijing and Canadian Consulate General in Guangzhou for their care and support to the establishment of Canadian Studies Centre, FNU. Counsillor Bedlington congratulated a century anniversary of the founding of FNU and thanked the university for its high emphasis on Canadian studies, hoping to unite efforts in promoting Canadian Studies Programme. President Li also introduced his university’s Volunteer Chinese Teaching Abroad Programme and Counsellor showed that if possible she will help to bring about the cooperation between related institutions and FNU. She expressed Canadian side expected sincerely to establish   permanent relations with teachers and students of FUN.  See the detailed report in Chinese written by Canadian Studies Centre, FNU.  　=>3. 加拿大驻华大使馆文化处学术关系官员王荔女士向研究加拿大的学者推荐一个有用的网址 (A Useful Website for Canadian  Studies in China Recommended by Ms. Wang Li, Academic Relations Officer at Cultural and Public Affair Section, Canadain Embassy in Beijing)          Access Canada (www.canadian-studies.net/accesscanada),  a one-stop internet gateway to information resources on Canada, providing free access to wide-ranging information and internet sites for students, researchers, and anyone interested in Canada, was launched in the UK in September 2004.  Access to Canadian government information and sources at both federal and provincial levels is comprehensively reflected, together with information about Aboriginal peoples, archives, Canadian Studies, education, genealogy, film, history, industry, law, migration, newspapers, political parties, science & technology, students, tourism, women's studies and much more.    The project, which reflects the expertise and remarkable enthusiasm of a number of individuals, was developed by the Library & Resources Group of the British Association for Canadian Studies - a group of librarians and information managers throughout the United Kingdom who identify and advertise resources to support Canadian Studies.  It was developed as part of a Sustained Studies Program project supported by Foreign Affairs Canada and the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK, to consider and assess the past achievements and future prospects for the Canadian Studies Program in the UK.  　=>4. . 李巍教授到河北师大主持硕士学位论文答辩（Prof. Li Wei Visited Hebei Normal University to Hold Master Degree Theses-Defending Program）            中国加研会秘书长、山东大学历史文化学院教授李巍博士于2007年6月2日在河北师范大学历史文化学院主持了2007届世界史学科硕士学位论文答辩。其中有我会会员刘广太教授指导的有关加拿大研究的论文共4篇：《加拿大民族认同的形成》(侯轶杰)、《简析加拿大民族矛盾的历史发展》（戴维才）、《特鲁多经济政策探析》（董亭）和《从加拿大对京都议定书的态度看其环境政策》（朱晓英）。（刘广太供稿）Dr. Li Wei, the Secretary General of ACSC, professor of School of History and Culture, Shandong University visited Hebei Normal University to hold the master degree theses-defending program 2007. Four of the theses supervised by Prof. Liu Guangtai at School of History and Culture are related with Canadian Studies: The Formation of the National Identity of Canada (by Hou Yijie), Analyzing Canadian National Conflicts from the Historical Development (by Dai Weicai), Probing the Economic Policy During Trudeau Years (by Dong Ting), Probing Canadian Environmental Policy Based On Its Attitude to Kyoto Protocol (by Zhu Xiaoying). (written by Liu Guangtai)