Canadian Studies at Michigan State University

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Director of Canadian Studies Center Position Announcement

Description

Michigan State University (MSU), the nation's premier land-grant university, invites applications for the position of Director of MSU's Canadian Studies Center (CSC). The appointment of the Director will be 50% in CSC; the balance of the appointment will be in an appropriate academic department.
The appointment is on an annual (12-month) basis for a five-year period, with renewal possible.

Responsibilities

The Director of the CSC reports directly to the Dean of International Studies and Programs and is responsible for providing intellectual and programmatic leadership to advance and promote excellence in MSU's diverse research, teaching, and outreach activities relating to Canada. The position requires policy development and implementation capabilities as well as the ability to work collaboratively with faculty and administrators of academic units across the university and with other area studies and international thematic centers to promote international research, education, outreach and service programs.
The duties of the Director of CSC include supervising the center's programs and staff; developing and sustaining strategic partnerships with higher education and other institutions in Canada to advance collaborative research, teaching, and engagement activities that positively impact critical local, national, and global issues; facilitating and catalyzing collaborative, multi-disciplinary and cross-college faculty research and proposals for external funding of such research; developing grant proposals and securing external funds for center programs; overseeing center undergraduate and graduate specializations and majors; and facilitating graduate student proposals for external research funding. The director is expected to foster collaborative relationships with and among diverse constituent and stakeholder groups such as faculty, administrators, students, academic departments and colleges, K-12 institutions, local Canadian communities, and colleagues and institutions in the United States, and Canada.
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Fredric C. Bohm
Acting Director, Canadian Studies Center
517-353-9349 bohm@msu.edu

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CINSA Conference:

“Diversity in Indigenous/Native Studies Scholarship and Research: Same Journey, Different Canoes or Same Canoes Different Directions”
The Canadian Indigenous/Native Studies Association (CINSA) Conference 2007 will be hosted by the Department of Native Studies, University of Saskatchewan and the Department of Indigenous Studies, First Nations University of Canada and will be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from May 27 to May 30, 2007. Paper abstracts accepted until January 15, 2007. For more information, click here.

Mission statement:
The Centre's mission, to provide teaching, research and outreach to those interested in the many relationships between Canada and the United States, is derived from the university's land-grant ethic. Areas of study include anthropology, American studies, business, economics, English, fisheries and wildlife, food science, geography, history, labor and industrial relations, resource development, and social sciences as well as teacher education. The Canadian Studies Centre is among the area studies programs directed by John Hudzik, Dean of International Studies and Programs.

More information about the center is located in the about us section.