The International Council for Canadian Studies is a federation of twenty-one national and multi-national

Canadian Studies Canadian studies is an interdisciplinary field of undergraduate- and postgraduate-level study of Canadian culture and society, the languages of Canada, Canadian literature, media and communications, Quebec, Acadians, agriculture in Canada, natu ...

associations and six associate members in thirty-nine countries. Established in 1981, the Council operates in both

official languages of Canada The official languages of Canada are English and French, which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada," according to Canada's constitution. "Official ...

. The establishment of the Council was subsequent to an international conference on

, organized by the

Association for Canadian Studies The Association for Canadian Studies is a non-profit organization, founded at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1973. Its activities are conducted in both official languages of Canada. Through the organization, its individual and institut ...

in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting of the

Learned Societies of Canada Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some kind of learn ...

, held that year in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The mandate of the Council is "to promote worldwide scholarly study, research, teaching and publication about

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

in all disciplines and all countries." It sponsors Canadian studies conferences in other countries.

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