ACSUS 23rd Biennial Conference Tuscany Suites and Casino, Las Vegas 2015 - Opening Plenary Session

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ACSUS 23rd Biennial Conference program for the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas (2015) outlines scheduled plenary sessions, opening reception, breaks, and multiple thematic concurrent sessions. The agenda covers Canadian studies through history, borders, politics and policy, literature in both English and French, education policy, education funding, and comparative approaches to frontiers and conflict. Featured scholars and chairs are listed, alongside sponsored programming and discussion and assessment formats for each session.

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Pages30

Reading Time1 h 16 min

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Wednesday, October 14th

Opening Plenary Session

Opening Reception (6-8pm)

Thursday, October 15th

Plenary Breakfast (8-9am)

Session One (9-10:15am)

Session 1-A to Session 1-H

Break (10:15-10:45am)

Session Two (10:45-12:00)

Session 2-A to Session 2-B

ACSUS 23rd Biennial Conference Tuscany Suites and Casino, Las Vegas 2015 Wednesday, October 14th 5-6 pm-Opening Plenary Session Cirque du Soleil, the contemporary circus company from Québec, has contributed to Las Vegas'transformation into a high value entertainment destination. It has also benefited from the American pop culture capital conferred by having eight permanent productions in a single city. Louis Patrick Leroux will give a themed overview of two Soleil productions per day, and then open the discussion to colleagues’ assessments and readings ofthe two shows. Louis Patrick Leroux (Concordia University)“Cirque du Soleil’s Las Vegas Productions – 1- ‘Mystère ’ et ‘O’ Opening Reception – 6-8pm Thursday, October 15th Plenary Breakfast – 8-9 am Sponsored by Connect Program & Fulbright Canada “Assessing the Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Studies in the United States: The Role of the CONNECT Program and Fulbright Canada" Christopher Kirkey (SUNY Plattsburgh) Michael Hawes (Fulbright Canada) (Others to be confirmed) Thursday, October 15th Session One-9 – 10:15 am Session 1-A Canada’s Imperial Dimensions (History) Rebecca Mancuso (Bowling Green State University)“‘Advice to Young Canada’: British Travel Writing in Canada 1900-1925” Stefano Tijerina (University of Maine, Orono)“Canada, the Jamaican Entrepôt, and the South American Caribbean Coast, 1687-1819” Brian Payne (Bridgewater State University)“The Fish Trade of Prince Edward Island and Resource Diplomacy in the Gulf of St. Lawrence” Chair/Discussant: TBA Session 1-B Creating Justice: Women’s Resistance in Canada and the United States (History) Participants: Morna McEachern (University of Washington) Shannon M. Risk (Niagara University) Rebecca White (University of Maine, Orono) Chair: Scott See (University of Maine, Orono) Session 1-C Flows across the Canada-US border (Borders) Ross Burkhart (Boise State University)“Cross Border Environmental Resource Inventoried in Alberta, Montana and Idaho” Yale Belanger (University of Lethbridge)“The Role of Cultural Consistency and Water Stewardship in the Alberta Montana Borderlands” Geoffrey Hale (University of Lethbridge)“Shifting Landscapes: The Evolution of the Market and Human Flows on the Canada US Border” Chair: Jessica Ratcliffe Discussant: JD Snyder (MSU) Session 1-D Labyrinths: Contemporary Canadian Fiction (Literature-English) Charlotte Templin (University of Indiana) "Margaret Atwood's Lady Oracle: The Fat Lady Joke Turned on its Head" Judith McCombs (Independent Scholar) "Alice Munro's 1994 'A Wilderness Station': Storytelling and Retelling" Nora Stovel (University of Alberta) "'By Mistake': Larry Weller as 'The Stone Guest' in Carol Shields's Larry’s Party" Chair: Sharon Wilson (University of Northern Colorado) Discussant: Carol Beran (Saint Mary's College of California) Session 1-E Criminal Justice in a Canadian-American Setting (Politics and Policy) Dupinder Aheer (Brock University/University at Buffalo – SUNY), Nicholas BaxterMoore (Brock University), Munroe Eagles (University at Buffalo – SUNY), Racquel Maxwell (Brock University/University at Buffalo – SUNY), Lisa-Anne Pilkey (Brock University/University at Buffalo – SUNY), Kimmy Samra (Brock University/ University at Buffalo – SUNY) “Explaining Canada-US Differences in Attitudes Toward Crime and Justice” Dylan S. McLean,(University at Buffalo – SUNY) “The Last Two Feet of Public Policy: Gun Control from the Perspective of Police Officers in Southern Ontario and Western New York” Chair/Discussant: TBA Session 1-F Quebec-Hollywood ou l’invasion esthétique: Falardeau, Vallée et Dolan traversant la frontière de la langue et du marché américains (Literature – French) Denis Bachand (Université d’Ottawa) “ L’empreinte documentaire dans ’The Good Lie’ de Philippe Falardeau" Karine Bertrand (Université d’Ottawa) “De ‘C.R.A.Z.Y.’ à ‘Wild’, en passant par‘Café de Flore’ : l’

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What event and location does the program cover for 2015?

The program covers the ACSUS 23rd Biennial Conference held at Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas in 2015.

What plenary session content is scheduled for Wednesday evening?

Wednesday, October 14th includes an Opening Plenary Session focused on Cirque du Soleil’s Las Vegas productions, followed by discussion invited from colleagues’ assessments and readings of the shows.

What topics are included in the Thursday concurrent sessions?

Thursday includes multiple concurrent sessions spanning Canadian studies themes such as history, borders, criminal justice and public policy, contemporary Canadian fiction, and education policy and funding, with selections in both English and French literature.

Sep 11, 2026

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