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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

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Messages from the Board Chair and the Executive Director 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

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The Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America History and Mandate The 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.

“ 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)

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Board of Directors American Directors

Ambassador David Wilkins United States Ambassador to Canada

Ms. Linda Cheatham Minister Counselor for Public Affairs U.S. Embassy, Ottawa

Mr. Ron T. Covais President of the Americas Lockheed Martin Company

Dr. John Ettling President SUNY Plattsburgh

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

Mr. Roscoe Howard (Secretary) Partner Troutman Sanders LLP

Dr. Gloria Cordes Larson President Bentley College

Mr. Henry Swink President McCall Farms Inc.

Ambassador Michael Wilson Canadian Ambassador to the United States

Mrs. Lise Casgrain (Treasurer) President Calimo Inc.

Dr. Roderick D. Fraser President Emeritus University of Alberta

Dr. Peter George President and Vice-Chancellor McMaster University

Mr. Rusty Goepel Senior Vice-President Raymond James Financial

Ms. Renetta Siemens Director General Public Diplomacy Bureau Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Mr. Denis Stevens Director General Intergovernmental Relations and Public Outreach Bureau Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Mr. Frank Sobey Chairman Crombie REIT

Ms. Barbara Stymiest Chief Operating Officer Royal Bank of Canada

Dr. Luc Vinet Rector Université de Montréal

Ambassador Gordon Giffin Partner McKenna, Long & Aldridge

Canadian Directors

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

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The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program Long 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 Scholars The 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.

Fulbrighter Stories “ 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 Gunderson Fulbright Student at Nunavut Research Institute

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The Visiting Research Chairs Program The 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

Patrick Belanger Fulbright Student at the University of Southern California

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

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2007–08 Fulbright Award Recipients 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”

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”

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”

“ 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 Marilyn Bowering Fulbright Visiting Chair in Creative Writing at New York University

experiences for many years.”

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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

Canadian Fulbright Students and Junior Professional Award Recipients

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

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

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”

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”

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”

“ 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-Houston Fulbright Visiting Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at Dalhousie University

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American Fulbright Scholar Award Recipients Nielan Barnes (California State UniversityLong 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”

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

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

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

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”

American Fulbright Senior Specialist Award Recipients

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”

Margaret Cruikshank (University of Maine) University of Victoria Women’s Studies John Gillis (Rutgers University) University of Prince Edward Island Sociology Diddy Hitchins (University of Alaska, Anchorage) Université de Québec à Montréal Political Science Randall Ted Norris (Sauk Valley Community College) Wilfred Laurier University Communications

“ 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 Knight Fulbright New Century Scholar at Boston College

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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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

Sarah de Leeuw Fulbright student at the University of Arizona

“ 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.”

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The Killam Fellowships Program The 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 Ostroy Killam Fellow from SUNY Plattsburgh to Queen’s University

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“ During this exchange, the knowledge or presumptions Alison Meyers Physiology, Psychology and Philosophy From the University of Toronto to Smith College

Julie Marcus Education From McGill University to American University

Hannah Renglich International Studies and Psychology From York University to Bridgewater State College Keran Xu Mathematics From Queen’s University to Wellesley College

Megan Lickley Mathematics and Statistics From Acadia University to the State University of New York in Plattsburgh

Moazzen-Jamshidi Health Sciences From McMaster University to Bridgewater State College

Ammara Ghumman Pharmacy From Memorial University of Newfoundland to Ithaca College

Nicholas Dubé Classical Studies, German and Spanish From Mount Allison University to American University

Mariam Deria Health Sciences From the University of Ottawa to the State University of New York in Plattsburgh

Daniel Banoub Anthropology From Memorial University of Newfoundland to the State University of New York in Plattsburgh

Canadian Fellows

2007–08 Killam Fellows

Keran Xu Killam fellow from Queen’s University to Wellesley College

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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Kathryn Young Philosophy, Women’s and Gender Studies From American University to McMaster University

Sean Springer Canadian Studies From the State University of New York in Plattsburgh to Memorial University of Newfoundland

Alison Shott Political Science and Art History From American University to Acadia University

Nicole Reustle Political Science From Ithaca College to the University of Toronto

Maureen Reed Music Theatre From American University to Dalhousie University

Nicholas Ostroy Canadian Studies and History From the State University of New York in Plattsburgh to Queen’s University

Katherine Lonergan Middle Eastern Studies From Wellesley College to the University of Toronto

Ariela House Government From Smith College to the Université de Montréal

Curtis Harris International Studies From American University to the University of Ottawa

Marguerite Allen Education and History From Bridgewater State College to McGill University

American Fellows

Network on North American Studies in Canada The 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

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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 firstof-its-kind searchable directory of Canadian, American, and Mexican academic experts on all facets of North American issues.

Participants at the NNASC, University of Calgary ­workshop on water policy 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

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AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS 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.

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements fairly summarize, in all material respects, the related complete financial statements in accordance with the criteria described in the Guideline referred to above.

These summarized financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Readers are cautioned that these statements may not be appropriate for their purposes. For more information on the entity’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows, reference should be made to the related complete financial statements.

Chartered Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants

Ottawa, Canada October 16, 2008

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

August 31, 2008, with comparative figures for 2007 2008

2007

Assets Current assets: Cash Investments (market value 2008 - $712,742; 2007 - $922,612) Amounts receivable Other assets

$ 1,285,751 712,742 165,946 9,741 2,174,180

Capital assets

$

617,128 805,689 51,661 13,043 1,487,521

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 Deferred revenue Funds held in trust

69,738 1,697,392 1,767,130

38,541 976,468 1,015,009

200,000

200,000

32,616

190,000

739,750

679,536

$ 2,739,496

$ 2,084,545

2008

2007

$ 1,429,741 1,128,954 171,919 2,730,614

$ 1,305,250 1,690,139 151,108 3,146,497

661,379 480,899 169,860 228,821 66,442 173,308 731,677 170,753 2,683,139

822,382 666,498 138,018 232,428 66,401 403,886 697,778 125,067 3,152,458

Employee future benefits Net assets

Summarized Statement of Operations Year ended August 31, 2008, with comparative figures for 2007

Revenue: Grants Donations and contributions Other Expenses: Awards: Fellowship Scholarship American Killam Fellowship Mobility program Program I - development Program II - delivery Administration Other Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses from operations

47,475

Foreign exchange loss on investments Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses

(5,961)

176 $

47,651

64,014 $

(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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Public Safety Sécurité Canada publique International Trade Canada Commerce international Foundation Supporters Canada Canada Sécurité publique Public Safety Government of Canada Canada Canada Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada

Affaires étrangères et Foreign Affairs and Public Safety SécuritéCanada publique International Trade Canada Commerce international Canada Canada publique Public Safety Canadian Sécurité International Development Agency Canada Canada Canadian School of Public Service

Government of the United States

United States Department of State Embassy of the United States of America—Ottawa United States Department of Education

Canadian Universities

Acadia University, Brock University, Carleton University, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Concordia University, Dalhousie University, McGill University, McMaster University, Memorial University, Mount Allison University, Queen’s University, Simon Fraser University, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, University of Guelph, Université Laval, University of Lethbridge, University of Manitoba, Université de Montréal, University of Ottawa, Université du Québec à Montréal, University of Prince Edward Island, University of Toronto, University of Victoria, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, University of Winnipeg, Wilfrid Laurier University, York University

American Universities

American University, Arizona State University, Brandeis University, Bridgewater State College, Clemson University, Columbia University, Duke University, Harvard University, Ithaca College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, New York University, State University of New York—Plattsburgh, Portland State University, Smith College, University of California system, University of Georgia (Kennesaw State University), University of Maine, University of Southern California, University of Washington, Vanderbilt University, Wellesley College

Fulbright Award Recipients Julia Gaffield Susan Berube

Kerri Shadid

Abraham Springer

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Gary Gildin

Corporations and Foundations ACSUS Enders Endowment, American Killam Trusts, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Ford Motor Co., GlenCorp, Great-West Life, Institute of International Education (IIE), The John and Judy Bragg Foundation, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Magna International Inc., Organization for American States (OAS), RBC Foundation, Scotiabank, TD Bank Financial Group, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.

The John and Judy Bragg

Angela Loder Rebecca Best

Irit Rasooly Martin Caver Mark McDowell

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The Foundation Secretariat Secretariat Staff

Interns

Michael K. Hawes, PhD Executive Director

Balinder Ahluwalia NGPM Intern Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister

Nesreen El-Onsi Receptionist/Secretary Michelle Emond Program Officer (Students) Mercédez Ferland Executive Assistant Steven Gooch Program Officer (leave replacement) Sandy Hanna Senior Program Officer (Communications) Brad Hector Program Officer (Scholars) Ava Kovats Senior Finance Officer

Graeme Cunningham NGPM Intern Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister Joanna Hruskoci NPSIA Graduate Intern Norman Paterson School of International Affairs Sarah Hogenbirk YIIP Summer Intern York International Internship Program Kevin Royal NGPM Intern Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister

Jennifer Regan Program Officer

Jennifer Regan (left), Sandy Hanna and Ava Kovats (right)

Jennifer Regan

The Foundation Staff in Chicago

Dr. Michael Hawes with Ambassador David Wilkins

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