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        style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Greetings
        Candrama colleagues (<i>with </i><i>apologies for cross-postings),</i><o:p></o:p></span>
      <p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">With
          conference season upon us, I’m writing with a quick reminder
          of a number of upcoming deadlines. Please see the links below
          for additional information, including specific email addresses
          for your applications. <o:p></o:p></span> </p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Early
            Bird Registration Deadline – April 8, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
          style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">The
          “early bird” registration period for CATR/ACTR 2017 in Toronto
          has been extended to April 8, 2017. <a
            href="http://catracrt.ca/registration/">See here for more. </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Heather
            McCallum Scholarship – April 15, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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          style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
          "Times New
          Roman";color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">The
          McCallum Scholarship ($1000) supports projects that involve
          original research in archives and collections.
          Interdisciplinary projects and projects that take researchers
          outside of traditional theatrical archives are welcome.
          Projects with a Canadian emphasis are particularly encouraged.
          <a
href="http://catracrt.ca/2017-catr-research-scholarships-call-applicants/">See
            here for more</a>. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Please
            note: You do not need to attend CATR/ACRT 2017 to apply for
            this scholarship, although we hope you will!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
            New Roman";
            color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Robert
            G. Lawrence Scholarship – April 15, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
          style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
          "Times New
          Roman";color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">The
          scholarship ($500) is non-restrictive in research area; it can
          be awarded for projects that situate theatre or performance in
          international or transnational contexts or for projects that
          focus on Canadian theatre or performance, including pre- and
          post-Confederation, Indigenous, intercultural, and diasporic
          theatre or performance. <a
href="http://catracrt.ca/2017-catr-research-scholarships-call-applicants/">See
            here for more.</a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
          normal"><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
            "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"> </span></b><i
          style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
            "Times New
            Roman";color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Please
            note: You do not need to attend CATR/ACRT 2017 to apply for
            this scholarship, although we hope you will!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
            New Roman";
            color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">CATR
            Awards – May 5, 2017</span></b><b
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            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
            Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
            Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
      <p
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        baseline"><span
          style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The
          CATR/ACRT conference awards were established in 2010 to
          support travel expenses for emerging scholars, theatre
          practitioners, and independent or underemployed scholars
          presenting at the CATR/ACRT annual meeting. There are four
          awards, valued at $500 each for: Theatre Practice; Outstanding
          submission for an open or curated panel; Outstanding
          submission for a seminar, roundtable, praxis session, or other
          format; First-time CATR/ACTR participants. <a
            href="http://catracrt.ca/catracrt-awards-2017-call-nominations/">See
            here for more. </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Robert
            G. Lawrence Prize – May 22, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
          style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
          "Times New
          Roman";color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">This
          prize recognizes the research of an emerging scholar who has
          presented an outstanding paper in an open or curated panel
          session at the Association’s yearly conference. <a
            href="http://catracrt.ca/robert-g-lawrence-prize-call-applicants/">See
            here for more. </a></span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Times;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
          New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
          Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">CATR
            Graduate Student Subsidy – May 22, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
          style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
          "Times New
          Roman";color:black;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">The
          CATR Board has set aside funds to help subsidize graduate
          students, so that they can attend the annual conference this
          year in Toronto. </span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
          New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><a
            href="http://catracrt.ca/graduate-student-travel-subsidy/">See
            here for more. </a><o:p><br>
          </o:p></span></p>
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          New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p>Sincerely,<br>
              Marlis</o:p></span></span><i
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            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p>
            </o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p>Schweitzer,
              CATR/ACRT President<br>
            </o:p></span></span></p>
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