Emma Smith
Dr Emma Smith is fascinated by how stories are told; her research looks at unconventional acts of storytelling and their effects upon readers. With the help of a UK Foundation for Canadian Studies travel award, she travelled to Ottawa’s national archives to consult the manuscripts of three Canadian women writers. Here, her white archivist’s gloves [...]
Alex Ramon
Alex Ramon teaches literature and film and published his first book Liminal Spaces: The Double Art of Carol Shields in 2008. “The travel grant that I received from the Foundation in 2005 enabled me to research Shields’s manuscripts at the National Library and Archives in Canada. This was a fascinating experience that added a new [...]
Rachel Danemann
In addition to the benefits to my own dissertation, which is still in its formative stages I was also able to visit Vancouver, and discuss the Canadian context of planning and housing processes. Vancouver is consistently voted the most liveable city in the world and I was able to experience living in it, albeit only for ten days, [...]
Leeds SEG
Leeds SEG (33) A total of 21 students of the School of Earth and Environment in the University of Leeds attended the Vancouver Exploration Roundup recently. Click to discover how the Foundation assisted……