School for the Study of Canada - Trent University

10/13/2026

On October 7th, a group of students from the School for the Study of Canada / École d’études canadiennes at Trent University had the opportunity to attend the prestigious Couchiching Conference at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.

Organized by the Canadian International Council with support from a number of partners, including Trent University and the MacDonald Family, the Couchiching Conference is an annual gathering that brings together Canadians from all walks of life to discuss Canada's role in the global community.

The theme of this year's conference was "International Disorder: Building Bridges in a Fragmented World" and featured a number of speakers, including former Ambassador and Premier Bob Rae, journalist and author Carol Off, and our own Whitney Lackenbauer Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and Director of the School for the Study of Canada.

Students met with leading thinkers, decisionmakers and experts from a number of different fields; received something of a crash course in international relations; wandered the exhibits and toured the grounds of the fabulous Aga Khan Museum; and laughed, sang and chatted all the way back to Peterborough.

05/13/2026

Learn more about how SSC/EEC Canada Research Chair Whitney Lackenbauer is helping shape the national conversation around security, partnerships and community in the rapidly changing Arctic
Trent University

How a Canada Research Chair is helping shape the national conversation around security, partnerships and community in the rapidly changing Arctic. [Researcher: Whitney Lackenbauer]

05/13/2026

The School for the Study of Canada / École d’études canadiennes is pleased this summer to welcome Fulbright Scholar Dr. Sarah Rodríguez!
For more information : https://www.trentu.ca/canada/faculty-research/fulbright-research-chair/2025-26-fulbright-research-chair

Fulbright Canada

04/07/2026

The School for the Study of Canada is pleased to announce the 2025-26 WL Morton Lecture, Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe (U Manitoba) who will present a public talk in conversation with Victoria Grant (O.C., Loon Clan and member of the Teme-Augama Anishnabek).

“Canadian wilderness” is Indigenous Peoples’ home:
Knowing better means doing better in Temagami and beyond
Thursday April 23, 2026
5pm
Bagnani Hall, Traill College

In order to register and receive a discounted code for visiting the related exhibit at the Canadian Canoe Museum April 23 -24, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wl-morton-community-lecture-jocelyn-thorpe-victoria-grant-tickets-1986905124714?

In this talk, Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe, author of Temagami’s Tangled Wild, will be joined by Victoria Grant, O.C., Loon Clan and member of the Teme-Augama Anishnabek. The two will discuss the history of n’Daki Menan—the territory of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai—and how it became famous among non-Indigenous people as part of the vast Canadian wilderness. They will also examine the Teme-Augama Anishnabai’s longstanding claim to territory and recognition, and consider responsibilities in the present that accompany learning about the past. None of us can choose where we come from, but all of us can play a role in creating a just and sustainable future.

Victoria Grant, O.C, ICD.D., Loon Clan, is Teme-Augama Anishnabai-kwe (Woman of the Deep-Water People) and a member of the Teme-Augama Anishnabek (formerly known as Temagami First Nation). Victoria has served as a director of several philanthropic boards and is current chair of the Board of Directors of The Counselling Foundation of Canada, and member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Canoe Museum.

Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe is a settler of European origin who has lived in Treaty One Territory since 2012. At the University of Manitoba, she is a professor in History and Women’s and Gender Studies, and she directs the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture.

The W.L. Morton Community Lecture is in honour of W.L. Morton, the Canadian historian and former Master of Trent's Champlain College. This year’s talk is presented through the collaboration of The School for the Study of Canada / École d’études canadiennes, Catharine Parr Traill College, Champlain College, Frost Centre, Trent School of the Environment and The Canadian Canoe Museum

12/10/2025

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been postponed until the new year. Details will be posted as they become available.

The School for the Study of Canada is please to invite you to a panel discussion webinar:
A Year of Donald: Views from the 51st state
Wednesday December 10, 2025
5pm ET
Panelists:
Prof. Cristine de Clercy; Prof. David Newhouse, Prof. Peter Ferguson, Prof. Murray Leith, Nick Bibby, and Prof. Heather Nicol (Chair).
Pre-registration is required: https://trentu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kdAzuv4mSS2bnsUAd8sY_w

12/05/2025

The School for the Study of Canada is please to invite you to a panel discussion webinar:
A Year of Donald: Views from the 51st state
Wednesday December 10, 2025
5pm ET
Panelists:
Prof. Cristine de Clercy; Prof. David Newhouse, Prof. Peter Ferguson, Prof. Murray Leith, Nick Bibby, and Prof. Heather Nicol (Chair).
Pre-registration is required: https://trentu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kdAzuv4mSS2bnsUAd8sY_w