UCD Centre for Canadian Studies

08/04/2026

It is my great pleasure to invite you to the following event:

An Evening with Colm Tóibín: 'The Literature of Homecoming'

Toronto | Thursday 7 May | 6:00pm -- 9pm

On this occasion, Tóibín will deliver the Craig Dobbin Legacy Lecture, reflecting on his writing life and the themes that have shaped his work.

LOCATION: St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada.

Muzzo Family Alumni Hall Toronto, ONThursday, May 7 from 6 pm to 9 pm

Tickets via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/an-evening-with-colm-toibin-the-literature-of-homecoming-tickets-1986334139883?aff=oddtdtcreator

This event is kindly hosted by University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto.

22/10/2024

We had a marvellous time last Thursday celebrating the Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholarship awardees at UCD and those who joined us online. 15 researchers from UCD will visits university across Canada, and 16 researchers from Canada will visits UCD over the coming year and a half. Congratulations to all of them!
Special thanks to our partners, the Ireland Canada University Foundation , and UCD College of Arts and Humanities.

29/07/2024

Check out the exciting and very worthwhile Terry Fox Run Ireland.
A 🇨🇦 tradition proudly rooted in Dublin, 🇮🇪 ! €60,000+ raised since 2021 for
Join them on 14 Sept 2024 in Herbert Park to fund cancer research!

At 18 years old, Canadian Terry Fox was diagnosed with bone cancer and told his right leg would need to be amputated above the knee. Terry’s personal experience and research led him to a simple conclusion – more money was needed for cancer research. And so, Terry decided to run across Canada to ...

30/05/2024

There's still time to apply for a Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholarship!

Thirty Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholarships will be awarded under this programme, with the vision that these scholarships will help lay the groundwork for future generations of scholars to explore and deepen the ties between both nations.…Read more »

25/11/2022

It’s been a wonderful few days hosting our guests from Turtle Island/Canada. So many things learned and shared. Thanks to our guests Louise Halfe, Joseph Naytowhow, Brian Solomon, Peter Butt, and to everyone who helped to welcome them.

12/03/2021

Please come to this online conference next week, 17-20 March, called "Landspeak: A Gathering of Indigenous and Irish Voices". More info on the website and information on registration. http://www.landspeak.ie/

Landspeak brings together singers and storytellers, filmmakers and musicians, athletes and academics, online from March 17–20, 2021.

Landspeak is presented by Centre for Canadian Studies and the Craig Dobbin Visiting Professorship at UCD, the Ireland Canada University Foundation and the University of Manitoba.

A gathering of Indigenous and Irish voices · March 17.–20., 2021

25/08/2020

Check out this UCD/University of Kent virtual event on new directions in Settler Colonial and Indigenous Studies on 11-12 Sept: https://research.kent.ac.uk/centreforindigenousandsettlercolonialstudies/entangled-modernities/
One can dip in and out of the program and/or to join in for the BLM round table or the Indigenous sci-fi film screenings. Registration via eventbrite link.

There was never a single beginning point to for the history of this place. It wasn’t Cook on a beach, it wasn’t the confiscation of land and storming of Parihaka,

26/02/2020

Professor Jane Koustas will be giving a paper titled “'Unmanageable, 'Guid or 'Belles', Tremblay’s Sisters Go to Ballymun” on adaptations of Michel Tremblay's Les Belle Soeurs at Institute Tuesday, 3rd March 2020.
HI Seminar Room H.204 @ 1.10pm
All welcome!

11/10/2019

Check out UCD Creative Fellow Deirdre Mulrooney's documentary, "True North" at the IFI's Richard Harris Film Festival, Oct. 25 at 3.15 – 4.45pm. A beautiful documentary about a unique Irish-Canadian experience.

19/04/2019

James M. Flaherty Program call for applications deadline - 20 May 2019. These Ireland Canada University Foundation awards support research in Ireland and Canada.

30/03/2019

Check it out!: Part of the Irish-Franco Lit. Fest, "Women / Mná / Femmes," Quebec author Clara Dupuis-Morency gives talk "La littérature appelle au désordre /Literature calls to disorder" 4 April, 4 pm, UCD Schooll of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Newman D301