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Call for Papers "Canadian Dialogue: The State of Relations between Canada's Communities" Annual Conference Association of Canadian Studies Québec, QC (Canada) 24-25 October 2008 __________________________________________________ Increasingly there are major changes resulting from greater mobility and increased travel to and trade with the rest of the world. This has resulted in transnational interaction between different cultures, languages, ethnic groups and religions across Canada and between Canadians and other peoples. Historically dialogue between communities and nations is essential in forging closer ties across various boundaries and borders. The 2008 theme for the annual conference of the Association for Canadian Studies will be intercultural dialogue. The European Commission has declared 2008 to be the year of intercultural dialogue and the ACS annual conference will provide an opportunity to assess Canadas record in this regard. How successful is Canada in fostering dialogue to broker conflict between communities both within the country and abroad? Our annual conference will also coincide with the Association for Canadian Studies biennial national history conference which in 2008 will be an international conference on the teaching of history to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City. Paper submissions will be invited to consider the following topics: - The historic successes and failures in dialogue across communities and nations within and outside of Canada. - Historic successes and failures in combating racism and discrimination through dialogue, public participation and storytelling approaches. - Examples of how dialogue serves to enhance Canadians knowledge about diversity in Canada and what should they know. - Best practices in cross-cultural dialogue and the policies and programs in place in Canada in support of it. - The Canadian challenge of peace-keeping and bridge-building overseas. - Social networking and the role of new technologies in facilitating dialogue. - Hybridity, multiple identities and metissage and their impact on intercultural dialogue - Dialogue between aboriginals and non-aboriginals; language communities; interfaith, interethnic and interracial Please send abstracts of no more than 150 words to the address below by April 15, 2008. Contact: Association for Canadian Studies Att: James Ondrick 1822-A Sherbrooke W Montreal, QC H3H 1E4 Canada Tel: +1-514-925-3097 Fax: +1-514-925-3095 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.acs-aec.ca __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
