PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Canadian Studies
programmes were created to make Canada better known by fostering study, teaching
and publications about Canada in university communities abroad. The programmes
were first instituted approximately 25 years ago. Today, the Canadian studies
network includes 25 associates representing some thirty countries, 7000 Canadianists
and some 332 centres or programmes of Canadian studies throughout the world.
The International Academic Relations Division, composed of nine-person team
including four programe managers, is responsible within the Department for
the Canadian Studies programme. The Department funds a number of programmes
to promote Canadian Studies for individuals and institutions including: