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Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America 350 Albert Street, Suite 2015 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1R 1A4 Telephone: 613-688-5540 Facsimile: 613-237-2029

1 Messages from the Board Chair and the Executive Director

2–3 The Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America

History and Mandate

Board of Directors

4–5 The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program

4–9 Fulbrighter Stories

6–9 2007–08 Fulbright Award Recipients

10 The Killam Fellowships Program

11 2007–08 Killam Fellows

12–13 Network on North American Studies in Canada

14 Auditors’ Report to the Members

15 Summarized Statement of Financial Position

16–17 Foundation Supporters

18 Foundation Secretariat

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program(www.fulbright.ca)

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The Network on North American Studies in Canada

(www.nnasc-renac.ca)

The Killam Fellowships Program (www.killamfellowships.com)

Annual Report 2008 1

The Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America, and, in particular, the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program, continues to play a key role in identifying and supporting leading edge research while promoting a new generation of leaders. The key to our success is people: the quality of our scholars, the commitment of our partners, the support of the two governments, the dedication of our staff, and the vision of the Board of Directors.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome our most recent board members: Ms. Linda Cheatham, Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the United States Embassy in Ottawa, Mr. Ron Covais, President of the Americas at Lockheed Martin Company, Ambassador Gordon Giffin of McKenna, Long and Aldridge, Mr. Frank Sobey, Chairman of Crombie RIET, and Dr. Luc Vinet, Rector of the Université de Montréal. At the same time, I would like to offer my most sincere thanks to retiring members Dr. Marsha Chandler and Mr. Patrick Linehan. Each were tireless advocates of the Foundation, giving selflessly of their time and their considerable talent. On behalf of the entire Foundation family, I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation.

Mr. Kevin J. Kelly Board Chair

It is with much pleasure that I present the annual report of the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America for FY2008. The Foundation’s story is one of pride, purpose, and commitment: to a new generation of scholars, to enhancing and growing our collective research and productive capacity, and to a secure and prosperous relationship between our two great countries. Our various programs, led by our flagship Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program, play an important role in promoting international academic exchange and encouraging leadership and mutual understanding.

The Foundation experienced considerable growth and much success in 2008. I would like to personally congratulate our grantees, encourage more students and scholars to engage, and thank my colleagues at the secretariat, our partners throughout the academic community, our private sector supporters, our support network at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the U.S. Embassy in Canada, and the United States State Department. I would also like to offer a special thank you to the dedicated and selfless members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Their leadership and their vision are much appreciated.

Dr. Michael K. Hawes Executive Director

Messages from the Board Chair and the Executive Director

2 Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America

“ Fostering these — leadership, learning, and empathy between cultures — was and remains the purpose of the international scholarship program.” Senator J. William Fulbright (1905 to 1995)

The Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of AmericaHistory and MandateThe Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America was founded in February 1990, as a private sector — public sector partnership, through an executive agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America.

Established with a mandate to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries, the Foundation engages Canadian and American students, researchers, teachers, and scholars in high-level academic exchange; it encourages scholarship on issues of primary importance to the two countries; it promotes and supports public discourse and public participation; and, it facilitates the development of long-term institutional partnerships. The Foundation encourages scholarship in all fields of academic inquiry (exclusive of medical training) and prides itself in the depth, diversity, and reach of its various programs.

Since its inception in 1990, the Foundation has administered the prestigious Canada -U.S. Fulbright Program. In 2003, the Foundation launched the Killam Fellowships Program, an undergraduate exchange program in line with the Fulbright mission. In 2004, the Foundation in conjunction with COMEXUS, offered the first Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar in Canada and Mexico. And, in 2006, the Foundation launched the Network on North American Studies in Canada. In 2008, more than 100 awards were offered by the Foundation in all categories and countless supporting activities were undertaken.

The Foundation is driven by the principles of the Fulbright Program and by the priorities established by the board of directors and the two governments.


Board of Directors

American Directors

Ambassador David WilkinsUnited States Ambassador to Canada

Ms. Linda CheathamMinister Counselor for Public AffairsU.S. Embassy, Ottawa

Mr. Ron T. CovaisPresident of the AmericasLockheed Martin Company

Dr. John EttlingPresidentSUNY Plattsburgh

Ambassador Gordon GiffinPartnerMcKenna, Long & Aldridge

Dr. Gloria Cordes LarsonPresidentBentley College

Mr. Mark T. Hogan (Vice-Chair)PresidentThe Vehicle Production Group

Mr. Henry SwinkPresidentMcCall Farms Inc.

Mr. Roscoe Howard (Secretary)PartnerTroutman Sanders LLP

Canadian Directors

Dr. Peter GeorgePresident and Vice-ChancellorMcMaster University

Dr. Roderick D. FraserPresident EmeritusUniversity of Alberta

Mrs. Lise Casgrain (Treasurer)PresidentCalimo Inc.

Ambassador Michael WilsonCanadian Ambassador to the United States

Mr. Rusty GoepelSenior Vice-PresidentRaymond James Financial

Mr. Kevin Kelly (Board Chair)President EmeritusWellington West Capital Inc.

Ms. Renetta SiemensDirector GeneralPublic Diplomacy BureauForeign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Mr. Denis StevensDirector GeneralIntergovernmental Relations and Public Outreach BureauForeign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Mr. Frank SobeyChairmanCrombie REIT

Ms. Barbara StymiestChief Operating OfficerRoyal Bank of Canada

Dr. Luc VinetRectorUniversité de Montréal


The Canada-U.S. Fulbright ProgramLong regarded as the world’s premiere academic exchange program, the Fulbright Program attracts exceptional students and scholars from more than 150 countries. Among the fastest growing of the bilateral exchanges is the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program.

The first cohort of Canada-U.S. Fulbright award recipients was named in 1991. Since that time, some one thousand distinguished students, scholars, and professionals have participated in this educational exchange program. Canada-U.S. Fulbright students and scholars conduct research, teach, or study in their host country for either one semester or a full academic year.

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program is generously supported by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the United States Department of State, and a number of businesses, organizations, and individuals.

Close to 70 individuals received scholarships or fellowships in 2007–08. Of this group, most are traditional Fulbright student grantees or Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs.

The Traditional Fulbright Awards for Students and ScholarsThe Traditional Fulbright Awards for students are intended for graduate students, prospective graduate students, and junior professionals who wish to enrol in a graduate studies program, continue their current course of graduate study or conduct an independent research project for a period of nine months in the host country.

The Traditional Fulbright awards for scholars enable emerging and established scholars, post-doctoral researchers, and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at a university or research centre of their choice in the host country.

“ While I had been to Igloolik on several occasions in recent years… it was entirely different to live there as a member of the community this year. That provided me with an opportunity to widen and deepen my perspective of Igloolik, to begin to feel its pulse. When I had a chance to become friends with people on an everyday basis, without the constrictions of a limited timeframe in the community, or a highly focused topic and publication deadline, I began to get a sense of how the community works, to discover what the real concerns and issues of people are and what events are having an impact on their lives.”

Sonia GundersonFulbright Student at Nunavut Research Institute

Fulbrighter Stories


The Visiting Research Chairs ProgramThe development of long-term partnerships between Canadian and American scholars and institutions is a priority of the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program. In support of this aim, the Foundation has developed a series of Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs at institutions in Canada and the United States. In 2007–08, 24 Chairs were appointed, and agreements were concluded for additional Chairs in 2008–09.

The Senior Specialist Program The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program welcomed four Senior Specialists to Canada this year. The goal of the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program is to promote exchanges that go beyond the traditional Fulbright activities of lecturing and research. This program is designed to provide U.S. and Canadian faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning, and a variety of other activities. A roster of American faculty and professionals is continuously expanding in a variety of fields through a rolling application process. Canadian academic institutions may request a Fulbright Senior Specialist for a short term visit of two to six weeks.

The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA)The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program provides an opportunity for francophone Canadian students and teachers to teach French language and culture and to study at select universities in the United States. This year, the FLTA was awarded to Marie-Charlotte Roy from McGill University, who took up her award at Wooster College.

“ My Fulbright award has done far more than simply facilitate my move from

Vancouver to Los Angeles and assist in the costs associated with establishing

myself in the United States. It has provided invaluable academic and intellectual

benefits, including contacts gained through the International Visitors Council of

Los Angeles, and Fulbright Enrichment Seminars. The intellectual community

at USC is robust and diverse, and the School of Communication, as home to

a myriad of interdisciplinary scholars working at the cross-sections of media,

culture and journalism, is especially so. The individuals I have met through these

opportunities will be fabulous resources for the duration of my career.”

Patrick BelangerFulbright Student at the University of Southern California


Canadian Fulbright Scholar Award Recipients

Marilyn Bowering (Malaspina University College) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Creative Writing at New York University“The Children’s Crusade”

Blake Brown (Saint Mary’s University) Fulbright Visiting Chair at Vanderbilt University“The Divergent Histories of Firearm Regulation in Canada and the United States, 1867–2000”

John Courtney (University of Saskatchewan) Fulbright Scholar at the Brookings Institution“What Canada has to offer the United States on Electoral Reform”

Gilbert Gagné (Bishop’s University)Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies at Duke University“Ideas Versus Interests: A Study of the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute”

David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University)Fulbright Visiting Chair at the University of California-Santa Barbara “Policy Interventions in Elementary Schools: Evidence from Ontario 1998–2006”

Christopher Kukucha (University of Lethbridge) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies at SUNY-Plattsburgh“U.S. States and American Foreign Trade Policy: Evaluating International and Domestic Pressures”

Lee Rodney (University of Windsor) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Transborder Studies at Arizona State University“Border Zones: De-Urbanization and Re-Urbanization Along the U.S.-Canada Border and the U.S.-Mexico Border”

Pamela Sing (University of Alberta) Fulbright Scholar at the University of Washington“Multiculturalism and the Poetics of Identity Construction: Recovering Franco-Métis Communities in Canada and the United States”

Miriam Smith (York University) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Law and Society at New York University “Human Rights and Diversity in Urban Politics and Public Policy”

François Vaillancourt (Université de Montréal) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies at Kennesaw State University“Aging in Canada and the United States: the impact on and of intergovernmental fiscal federalism arrangements”

Jan Veizer (University of Ottawa) Fulbright Scholar at the California Institute of Technology“Oxygen isotope paleothermometry of ancient oceans”

Ross Leckie (University of New Brunswick) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Creative Writing at Arizona State University“The Rain’s Superfluity (a book of poetry)”

Eva Mackey (Carleton University) Fulbright Scholar at Ithaca College “Possessive Imaginings: Unsettled Expectations and Conflict Over Land Rights”

Charles McMillan (York University) Fulbright Visiting Chair at the International School of Business, Brandeis University “Ideas and the Commercialization Process”

Evan Potter (University of Ottawa) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California“Canada and the New Public Diplomacy: The Case of Canada’s Strategic Public Relations Campaign and the War on Terror (2004–2006)”

Stephen Randall (University of Calgary) Fulbright Visiting Chair in North American Studies at American University “Teaching, Research, and the Development and Nurturing of Institutional Linkages”

Andrew Richter (University of Windsor) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars“Permanent Allies? The Canada-U.S. Defence Relationship in the 21st Century”

2007–08 Fulbright Award Recipients

Marilyn BoweringFulbright Visiting Chair in Creative Writing at New York University

“ During my Fulbright exchange, I was able

to take advantage of some of the artistic

culture available. Sometimes these visits were

connected specifically to the project in hand

and others were part of my personal cultural

enrichment. I felt that the Fulbright tenure gave

me an unusual level of personal freedom to

explore areas of broad importance to me as an

individual artist and academic — and for this I

am extremely grateful. I will be drawing on these

experiences for many years.”


“ The respect that I received as a fellow has been far greater than

that received as a researcher on my own. My ability to enter

certain circles previously unavailable contributed significantly

to my research as well as the efforts to implement the proposed

Visiting Scholar’s program, “Black Studies Beyond February”

and the interdisciplinary field school, “Connecting the African

American Diaspora.”

Marilyn Thomas-HoustonFulbright Visiting Chair in Globalization and

Cultural Studies at Dalhousie University

Fulbright New Century Scholar Award Recipient

Jane Knight (University of Toronto) Boston College“Crossborder Education: A New Opportunity or Potential Threat for Increased Access to Higher Education”

Fulbright-Government of Canada Mid-Career Professional Award Recipient

Mark McDowell (Government of Canada) Harvard University

Fulbright-Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship

Marie-Charlotte Roy (McGill University) Wooster College

Fulbright International Science and Technology Award Recipient

Rebecca Best (University of British Columbia) University of California — Davis

Lisa Kelly (Canadian Department of Justice) Harvard University“Bringing International Human Rights Law to Bear on Discriminatory Family Practices”

Angela Loder (University of Toronto) City of Chicago and USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station “Greening the City: Exploring the Relationship between Health, Wellbeing, and the Perception of Nature in the Workplace”

Susan Moodie (CCSG Associates) Johns Hopkins University“Community-based Health Assessment Methods for Mining-affected Communities: An Integration of Environment, Health and Gender Analysis”

Jennifer Selby (McMaster University)Harvard University“Immigration, Gender and Islam in the Greater Toronto Area: Defining Ethnicity and the Ummah Among First Generation Immigrant Muslim Women”

Stephen Sibold (Bennett Jones LLP) University of California — Berkeley“Assessing Canada’s Regulatory Response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002”

Brendan Sweeney (Queen’s University) University of Washington“Core and Peripheral Labour Markets in a Cross-Border Region: The Forest Products Industry in the Pacific Northwest”

Canadian Fulbright Students and Junior Professional Award Recipients

Sara Amin (McGill University) Georgetown University“Muslims in the Political Sphere: Collective Identity Claim-Making by Muslim Organizations in the United States and Canada”

Anne-Marie Armstrong (University of Waterloo) Yale University“Boundaries and the Thresholds: The Canada-United States Borderlands”

Patrick Belanger (Simon Fraser University) University of Southern California“Public Culture and the Rhetoric of Climate Change Science”

Sarah de Leeuw (Queen’s University) University of Arizona“Through Intimate and Diminutive Spaces: Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Education in Canada and the U.S.A.”

Joelle Faulkner (Oxford University) Stanford University“Transforming Pharmaceutical Use of Patent Rights: Proving Responsible Use Can Be Profitable”

Julia Gaffield (York University) Duke University“National Identification in Constitutions: Imagining Haïti”


“ The highlight of the New Century Scholar program was definitely

the opportunity to collaborate closely with the members in our

working group. Together we had a very rich academic and cultural

exchange. Our group members came from 12 countries in six

continents: three African, two Latin American, two European,

one Middle Eastern, two Asian, and two North American

countries. This meant that access and equity issues were different,

and ways we expressed ourselves and exchanged ideas were

different. All-in-all, it was a very lively, stimulating and rewarding

experience.”

Jane KnightFulbright New Century Scholar at Boston College

American Fulbright Scholar Award Recipients

Nielan Barnes (California State University-Long Beach) Fulbright Canada-Mexico Joint Award in North American Studies at Carleton University “Canada-U.S.-Mexico Integration: Do Transnational Networks Lead to Health Policy and Health Service Convergence?”

Raymond Cox (University of Akron) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Public Policy at McGill University“Public Administration”

Nora Faires (Western Michigan University) Fulbright Distinguished Lecturing Chair at York University “Gendered Americanism: Constructing National Identities Abroad in the 20th Century”

Gary Gildin (Pennsylvania State University) Fulbright Visiting Chair in International Humanitarian Law at the University of Ottawa “Comparative Treatment of Civil Liberties in Canada and the United States”

James Gross (Cornell University) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility at McGill University “Values, Rights & Justice at the Workplace: Corporate Responsibility & Human Rights”

Brian Havel (DePaul University) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Comparative Law and Legal Pluralism at McGill University “Remodeling the Canada-U.S. Air Services Treaty: A Pluralistic and Epistemological Approach”

Schuyler Korban (University of Illinois) Fulbright Distinguished Lecturing Chair at York University“Ethics in Biotechnology”

Doris-Marie Provine (Arizona State University) Fulbright Canada-Mexico Joint Award in North American Studies at the University of British Columbia “Unauthorized Settlement and Law in Cross-National Perspective”

Selma Sonntag (Humboldt State University) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at McMaster University “Global English and Linguistic Autonomy”

JC Spender (Independent) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Management of Knowledge Based Enterprises at Queen’s University“Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm as Directed System of Human Agency”

Abraham Springer (Northern Arizona University) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Water and the Environment at the University of Lethbridge“Ecohydrology of Springs in Western Canada”

Toddi Steelman (North Carolina State University) Fulbright Scholar at Simon Fraser University“Courses Without Borders: Conservation Biology and Open Space Planning”

Marilyn Thomas-Houston (University of Florida) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at Dalhousie University “Connecting the African American Diaspora”

American Fulbright Senior Specialist Award Recipients

Margaret Cruikshank (University of Maine) University of Victoria Women’s Studies

John Gillis (Rutgers University) University of Prince Edward IslandSociology

Diddy Hitchins (University of Alaska, Anchorage) Université de Québec à MontréalPolitical Science

Randall Ted Norris (Sauk Valley Community College) Wilfred Laurier University Communications


American Students and Junior Professionals

Susan Berube (Independent) Université Laval “Energizing North American Relations: A Communication Case Study in Québec”

Sabina Bharwani (Rice University) Simon Fraser University“The Effect of Canadian and U.S. Healthcare System”

Elizabeth Blake (Fairfield University) University of Windsor“Social and Economic Effects of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative”

C. Martin Caver (University of South Carolina) Queen’s University“How Wide the We? The Limits of Multiculturalism”

Jill Craven (University of Arizona) University of British Columbia “A Comparison of Four Biofuel Processes Using Life Cycle Analysis”

Pammie Crawford (Johns Hopkins University) University of Northern British Columbia“Transferring Health Services and the Impact on Adolescent Mental Health”

Sonia Gunderson (University of Iowa) Nunavut Research Institute“Igloolik: One Inuit Community’s Cultural Preservation Initiatives”

Nina Laven (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) McGill University“Remaking Ancestry, Redrawing Aboriginality: Historical Memory of the Metis”

Christopher Lirette (Loyola University, New Orleans) Université de Moncton “Cultural Ghosts: Exchanges between Cajana and Acadia”

Patrick Pennella (U.S. Coast Guard Academy) Simon Fraser University“Increasing Maritime Cooperation between Canada and the United States”

Irit Rasooly (Princeton University) University of Western Ontario“Incorporating Culture into First Nations Diabetes and Obesity Interventions”

Michael Reading (St. Olaf College) CERIS—University of Toronto “Immigration and Settlement Studies”

Roseanne Schuster (Canisius College) University of Northern British Columbia “Impacts of Arctic Contamination on Aboriginal Communities”

Kerri Shadid (University of Oklahoma) McGill University“Canada’s Role in International Peace Missions”

Caitlin Smith (Mount Holyoke College) Université Laval“The Effects of Warmer Temperatures and Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Carbon Flux in the Canadian Arctic”

Benjamin Walker (Arizona State University) TRIUMF National Laboratory, “Testing Lepton Universality Prediction in Electroweak Theory”

Ashley Young (Wheaton College) University of Waterloo, “The Impact of Invasive Species on Indigenous Peoples in Canada”

“ My time as a Fulbrighter with the University of Arizona provided me

with an invaluable and unparalleled ability to experience and enjoy

the United States of America and a wide cross-section of the country’s

citizens. To be frank, and as stated in a previous report, I believe many

Canadians (and I am by no means an exception) hold stereotypes

of Americans that rely on naivety and cliché. My time in Arizona

systematically dispelled these prejudices: furthermore, because I had the

pleasure of hosting in my Arizona home both my parents, as well as two

very close friends, I had the opportunity to share my new-found view of

the United States with other Canadians.”

Sarah de LeeuwFulbright student at the University of Arizona


The Killam Fellowships ProgramThe Killam Fellowships Program, supported by the American Killam Trusts, is designed to develop a cadre of young leaders committed to enhancing mutual understanding between Canada and the United States.

The Killam Fellowships program provides exceptional undergraduate students from select universities in Canada and the United States with the opportunity to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student during the third year of their undergraduate career.

These awards are the first of their kind between Canada and the United States. In its inaugural year, the Killam Fellowships Program engaged 13 American and Canadian undergraduate students in educational exchange. In 2007–08, awards were granted to 20 students.

“Being able to live in another country, and one as close to the

United States as Canada has allowed me to be a better global

citizen. The United States is not the “end all, be all” country.

Learning to be culturally sensitive to other nationalities fosters

good relationships and friendships. The best friends I made this

semester were not Canadian, but Chinese, Italian, French and

Russian. The ability to accept and enjoy other cultures is at the

foundation of what it is to be Canadian. I am very glad to have

been able to say I am American and that I’m not that different

from others.”

Nicholas OstroyKillam Fellow from SUNY Plattsburgh to

Queen’s University


2007–08 Killam Fellows

“ During this exchange, the knowledge or presumptions

that I had of the United States gave way to a gradual

understanding of its culture. It is so different to know

about something from afar than to experience it

firsthand. If the United States used to be like a noticeable

stranger whose going-ons are much talked about, it

now seems to me more like a friend; someone close

and warmly familiar. That is the true significance of my

Killam experience.”

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Network on North American Studies in CanadaThe Network on North American Studies in Canada (NNASC) is an initiative of the Foundation in partnership with leading Canadian universities, government agencies, think tanks, and civil society. It is a unique private sector — public sector partnership which connects leading-edge researchers from universities and think tanks across North America with key policy makers, practitioners, and other consumers of knowledge and information. The network addresses all aspects of scholarly research, along with the relevant policy implications, that matter to the citizens of North America.

The NNASC has 16 member universities across the country. In addition to the nine founding members (University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, University of Toronto, Université de Montréal, Queen’s University, University of Prince Edward Island, University of Western Ontario, and Carleton University), NNASC partner institutions include Brock University, Concordia University, University of Waterloo, and the University of Winnipeg. As a truly national organization, the NNASC has successfully developed a niche within the university and government community.

Over the past year, the NNASC has held a number of extremely successful events. On October 4–5, the NNASC co-sponsored a conference on transboundary water policy with the Institute for United States Policy Research at the University of Calgary. This conference featured a number of high-profile speakers from both Alberta and the United States including, among others, the US Consul General, Mr. Tom Huffaker, Dr. Henry Vaux (University of California at Berkeley), and the Honorable Rob Renner, Alberta Minister of Environment. In addition, the NNASC sponsored Dr. Abe Springer, our Fulbright scholar at the University of Lethbridge, who presented to the plenary on the lessons that Alberta can learn from ground water management practices in Arizona.

Dr. Michael Hawes, US Consul General Lewis Lukens, Phil Lind, Vice Chair of Rogers Communications, and Dr. Paul Quirk (UBC) speaking over lunch at the NNASC Annual

Conference in Vancouver


In February, the NNASC sponsored two speakers in Montreal. The first was a presentation at the Université de Montréal by Dr. Richard Johnston, Research Director of the National Annenberg Election Study, who discussed the study itself and provided insight on the American election cycle. The second was a presentation by Ms. Heather DeSantis at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada’s conference entitled Are we American? Canadian Culture in North America. Ms. DeSantis, who teaches in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, spoke on the topic of cultural observatories in North America.

On March 13–15, the NNASC co-hosted its annual national conference with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Entitled ‘North American Issues: Designing Institutions, Choosing Policies’, the conference was divided into two streams. The first stream, led by Dr. Paul Quirk and the United States Studies Program at UBC, consisted of presentations from some of the foremost Canadian and American scholars on North American institutions. Their work will result in chapters for a book project entitled ‘The North American Experiment’. The second stream examined two key North American public policy issues: the borders and the environment. More specifically, this included panels on security and immigration, as well as labour mobility and trade at North American borders. The environmental themes included sustainable production and consumption in North America, as well as energy and water policy.

In addition to holding events, the NNASC also launched the NNASC Experts Directory in 2008. Together with the Portal for North America, an initiative of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the NNASC developed this first-of-its-kind searchable directory of Canadian, American, and Mexican academic experts on all facets of North American issues.

Dr. Nancy Gallini (Dean of Arts, UBC) & Dr. Michael Hawes at the launch of the NNASC

Experts’ Directory

Conference participants at the NNASC event ‘North American Issues Designing Institutions,

Choosing Policies’ at UBC

Participants at the NNASC, University of Calgary

workshop on water policy


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The accompanying summarized statements of financial position and operations are derived from the complete financial statements of the Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America as at August 31, 2008 and for the year then ended on which we expressed an opinion without reservation in our report dated October 16, 2008. The fair summarization of the complete financial statements is the responsibility of management. Our responsibility, in accordance with the applicable Assurance Guideline of The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, is to report on the summarized financial statements.

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FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICASummarized Statement of Financial Position

August 31, 2008, with comparative figures for 2007

2008 2007

AssetsCurrent assets:

Cash $ 1,285,751 $ 617,128 Investments (market value 2008 - $712,742; 2007 - $922,612) 712,742 805,689 Amounts receivable 165,946 51,661 Other assets 9,741 13,043 2,174,180 1,487,521

Capital assets 51,938 83,646

Restricted cash 200,000 200,000

Endowed investments 313,378 313,378

$ 2,739,496 $ 2,084,545

Liabilities and Net Assets Current liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 69,738 $ 38,541 Deferred revenue 1,697,392 976,468 1,767,130 1,015,009

Funds held in trust 200,000 200,000

Employee future benefits 32,616 190,000

Net assets 739,750 679,536

$ 2,739,496 $ 2,084,545

Summarized Statement of Operations

Year ended August 31, 2008, with comparative figures for 2007

2008 2007

Revenue:Grants $ 1,429,741 $ 1,305,250 Donations and contributions 1,128,954 1,690,139

Other 171,919 151,108 2,730,614 3,146,497

Expenses:Awards:

Fellowship 661,379 822,382 Scholarship 480,899 666,498 American Killam Fellowship 169,860 138,018 Mobility program 228,821 232,428

Program I - development 66,442 66,401 Program II - delivery 173,308 403,886 Administration 731,677 697,778 Other 170,753 125,067 2,683,139 3,152,458

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses from operations 47,475 (5,961)

Foreign exchange loss on investments 176 64,014

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses $ 47,651 $ (69,975)

(Complete financial statements are available on written request to Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America).


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Fulbright Award Recipients


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The Foundation Secretariat

Interns

Balinder AhluwaliaNGPM InternCanada’s Next Great Prime Minister

Graeme CunninghamNGPM InternCanada’s Next Great Prime Minister

Joanna HruskociNPSIA Graduate InternNorman Paterson School of International Affairs

Sarah HogenbirkYIIP Summer InternYork International Internship Program

Kevin RoyalNGPM InternCanada’s Next Great Prime Minister

Secretariat Staff

Michael K. Hawes, PhDExecutive Director

Nesreen El-OnsiReceptionist/Secretary

Michelle EmondProgram Officer (Students)

Mercédez FerlandExecutive Assistant

Steven GoochProgram Officer (leave replacement)

Sandy HannaSenior Program Officer (Communications)

Brad HectorProgram Officer (Scholars)

Ava KovatsSenior Finance Officer

Jennifer ReganProgram Officer

Jennifer Regan

The Foundation Staff in Chicago

Jennifer Regan (left), Sandy Hanna and Ava

Kovats (right)

Dr. Michael Hawes with Ambassador

David Wilkins

Documents

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