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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436414316-23012008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Dear fellow Candramers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436414316-23012008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You might find this year's McGill Institute for the Study
of Canada conference of interest as it focuses on definitions and practices of
Canadian culture. Let me draw your attention to the sessions on Quebec
theatre and circus artists' success in Las Vegas and that on "star-making"
in Canada. Also of note are participants Wayde Compton, Marianne Ackerman,
and Drew Hayden Taylor. We'd be delighted to see you
here.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=436414316-23012008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Erin Hurley</FONT></SPAN></DIV><o:SmartTagType
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Hurley</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Assistant
Professor of English</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">___________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="http://www.mcgill.ca/misc/culture"></A></SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The McGill Institute for the Study
of Canada is organizing a major national conference entitled <B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Are We American? Canadian Culture
in North America</SPAN></I> </B>which will be held February 13-15, 2008, at the
Omni Mont-Royal Hotel in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Montreal</st1:City></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You will find the programme and the
registration form at the following website: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.mcgill.ca/culture2008/">www.mcgill.ca/culture2008/</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Over two and a half days, the
conference will ask whether it makes sense to speak of a common North American
culture. If <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>, the
<st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>
share a continent, do they also share cultural values, tastes and
preoccupations? Are there features of Canadian culture which ensure the
smooth passage of our music, media, literature, humour and other forms of
expression across the broader cultural space of <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place>? Or do differences of language, population and resources
continue to act as barriers, limiting the success of Canadian culture elsewhere
on the continent?</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">he
conference will bring together artists, entrepreneurs, policy-makers and
scholars who are concerned with Canadian culture and its circulation throughout
<st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. In key-note addresses and
focused panels, the conference will address the question of how Canadian
culture, in its various forms, fits within a broader North American
identity.</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have recruited an interesting
group of speakers and our challenge now is to attract an equally distinguished
group of participants. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I believe the conference will be an
exceptionally interesting event and I hope that you will be able to join
us. Please do not hesitate to add this information to your website,
forward it to your colleagues and email any distribution lists you have access
to.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=red size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
hope to see you at the conference!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">___________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">L’Institut d’études
canadiennes de McGill organise une importante conférence nationale intitulée
« <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sommes-nous américains? La
culture canadienne en Amérique du Nord</SPAN></B> » qui se déroulera du 13
au 15 février 2008 à l’Hôtel Omni Mont-Royal à Montréal.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: -9pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vous trouverez le programme
et le formulaire d’inscription à l’adresse suivante : </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=http://francais.mcgill.ca/culture2008/
href="http://francais.mcgill.ca/culture2008/"><FONT color=#0022f7><SPAN lang=FR
style="COLOR: #0022f7; TEXT-DECORATION: none">www.francais.mcgill.ca/culture2008/</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pendant deux jours et demi, les
participants à la conférence se demanderont s’il y a lieu de parler d’une
culture nord-américaine commune. Le Canada, les États-Unis et le Mexique
partagent un continent, mais ont-ils également des valeurs, des préoccupations
et des goûts culturels communs? La culture canadienne possède-t-elle des
caractéristiques qui aident notre musique, nos médias, notre littérature, notre
humour et d’autres formes d’expression à pénétrer facilement dans l’espace
culturel nord-américain global? Au contraire, les différences linguistiques,
démographiques et matérielles font-elles toujours obstacle au rayonnement de
cette culture ailleurs sur le continent?</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">La conférence réunira des artistes,
des entrepreneurs, des décideurs et des chercheurs qui s’intéressent à la
culture canadienne et à sa circulation en Amérique du Nord. Des
discours-programmes et des séances portant sur des sujets précis permettront
d’examiner la place de la culture canadienne, sous toutes ses formes, au sein
d’une identité nord-américaine globale. Les conférencières et conférenciers
suivants ont déjà confirmé leur présence : </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Comme vous pouvez le constater, nous
avons composé une fascinante brochette de conférenciers. Notre défi est
maintenant d’attirer un public tout aussi
intéressant.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Je crois que cette conférence sera
un événement exceptionnel et j’ose espérer que vous serez en mesure de vous
joindre à nous pour l’occasion. N’hésitez pas à diffuser largement ces
informations auprès de vos collègues, sur votre site Internet et même en ayant
recours à des listes de diffusion électronique. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Au
plaisir de vous voir lors de la conférence!</SPAN></FONT></I></B><FONT
color=red><SPAN lang=FR style="COLOR: red"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=2><SPAN lang=FR
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