POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER / BULLETIN DE L APEC

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1 POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER / BULLETIN DE L APEC TransCanadiana

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3 GENERAL NEWS New formula for the newsletter To improve the process of distributing information, PACS decided to slightly change the newsletter formula. Since the 2012 edition the newsletter covers information from the last calendar year. This means that, exceptionally, in some parts of the current issue, the newsletter repeats the information published in the previous one. In those cases only basic information is provided. Towards Critical Multiculturalism / Vers un multiculturalisme critique The publication Towards Critical Multiculturalism: Dialogues Between / Among Canadian Diasporas/ Vers un multiculturalisme critique : dialogues entre les diasporas edited by Ewelina Bujnowska, Marcin Gabryś, Tomasz Sikora addresses the issue of multiculturalism from a variety of critical and transdiasporic perspectives. In Canada multiculturalism situates itself in the center of public debate and is one of Canadian government s priorities, but the issue is increasingly relevant across countries and continents. The book comprises 28 interdisciplinary articles divided into several sections. Over the past two decades or so the idea of multiculturalism has become a central, if by now somewhat worn-out, term in Canada for self definition. It has penetrated deep into many areas of Canadian life, including political and legal philosophy, governmental policies, institutional operations, cultural and literary representation, academic research, all the way down to the life arrangements of individual citizens and the way they relate to other individuals, groups and commu- 237

4 POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 10/2012 nities. [ ] It is often the case, however, that a concept s moment of glory hosts the germs of that very concept s undoing (or at least. its fundamental redoing). [ ] When by the late 1980s/early 1990s the idea of multiculturalism (based firmly on identity politics) seemed to finally triumph after a long and winding path to practical implementation, opposing visions were quickly gaining ground. The 1990s brought an exponentially growing number of critiques of liberal multiculturalism and by the end of the decade the term critical multiculturalism entered academic vocabulary. [ ] Multiculturalism came under attack from radical left positions for abandoning its earlier agenda of social and economic equity and its subsequent complicity with the neoliberal project. More on the conservative side of the debate, multicultural politics was accused of promoting identitarian separatism and the dictate of political correctness. [ ] Undoubtedly, there are many problems and challenges that the politics of multiculturalism has not successfully dealt with, such as the failures to integrate visible minorities. None the less, the editors of this volume believe that multiculturalism has helped Canada to avoid unrest and violent cultural conflict, experienced recently by many European countries. And the surveys still demonstrate, despite theorists critiques, that a majority of Canadians are reluctant to give up the label of multiculturalism. If critical multiculturalism is taken to stand for the critical imperative to challenge hegemonies and acknowledge difference without fixing it or containing its transformative potential; if, furthermore, it remains dedicated to issues of social and economic justice, then the editors of this book consider it a still viable and even necessary project. (From the Introduction) 238

5 PACS GRANTS LECTURE TOURS Objective: to contribute to travel and accommodation costs of invited Polish and Canadian academics and artists lecturing at Polish universities. All tours are cofinanced by hosting universities. Details: François Turcot 27 février 8 mars 2011 Université de Silésie, Université Jagellonne à Cracovie et Université Nicolas Copernic à Toruń. Denise Merkle (University of Moncton) 5 May 2011 Guest lecture Canada and Official Language Translation, English-French and French-English. Fact and Fiction Canadian Studies Centre, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń. Marlene R. Atleo (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg) Lectures and workshop 12 May 2011 Canadian Studies Centre, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec. Kinga Araya - 12 May 2011 Workshop Canadian Studies Centre, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec. Tomasz Sikora (Pedagogical University, Kraków) 25 May 2011 Guest lecture Gothic carnalities in Canadian Cinema Canadian Studies Centre, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANTS Objective: to cover part of travel expenses of PACS members participating in Canadianist conferences abroad. Details: Tomasz Wieciech (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) University of Bucharest, Romania 3-8 April 2011 Guest course Marta Śniegocka (Collegium Civitas, Warsaw) Association for Canada Stud- 239

6 POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 10/2012 ies in the Netherlands, University of Groningen, Netherlands 20 th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies November 2011 paper title: Influence of Public Diplomacy on a Image of Poland in Canada. Dominika Górecka (University of Silesia, Sosnowiec) Association for Canada Studies in the Netherlands, University of Groningen, Netherlands 20 th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies November 2011 paper title: Lola Lemire Tostevin s Concepts of Femspeak and Menspeak and Linguistically-determined Silence. The annual 2011 Association for Canada Studies in the Netherlands conference took place in Groningen, Netherlands, November. The conference was hosted by Cornelius Remie, President Association for Canada Studies in the Netherlands. A number of students from Europe (Russia, Poland, Germany or Great Britain) as well as from other countries around the world (Canada, Brazil, Australia) were invited to present their research on various topics: politics, literature, Indigenous peoples, history and sociology. Each session was devoted to one area of studies and included students presentations followed by a discussion. Evening entertainment was provided by students from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen who enabled the participants to learn about Dutch cuisine and prepared a traditional Dutch dinner. All the participants were given a chance of publishing their research in the immediate future. I was pleased to present my research on Canadian literature entitled Lola Lemire Tostevin s Concepts of Femspeak and Menspeak and Linguistically-determined Silence. The conference was a memorable experience and it was an honour to meet the ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands, James Lambert as well as Canadianists from around the world, including the President of Association for Canada Studies in the Netherlands, Jeanette den Toonder (Director, Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Groningen), Conny Steenman-Marcusse and the M.A. and PhD students. (Report by Dominka Górecka) GRAINAU CONFERENCE GRANTS Each year PACS offers one grant to those wishing to participate in the conference held annually (in February) by the Canadian Studies Association of German- Speaking Countries (GKS) in Grainau, Germany. The successful applicant s re- 240

7 PACS GRANTS search interests should be related to the central topic of the conference. Preference is given to those who have not attended previous GKS conferences. The grant covers the cost of participation at the conference (registration fee, accommodation, all meals) excluding travel expenses Marta Śniegocka (Collegium Civitas, Warsaw). EU-CANADA STUDY TOUR AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME THINKING CANADA Thinking Canada is a new initiative of the European Network for Canadian Studies, funded generously by the European Commission a three-and-a-half week study tour to Canada for European students and is followed for selected participants by two-month internships. It is preceded by a couple of days of briefings in Brussels on the EU and EU-Canada relations. The aim of the study tour is to offer its participants a unique in-depth experience of Canada through an intensive programme of visits to major private and public institutions, government bodies, think-tanks and NGOs. At each place, the students receive briefings and have the opportunity to exchange views with representatives of these bodies, many of them leading experts in their fields. In 2011 PACS offered Polish awardees grants to cover the participation fee and costs of travel from Poland to Brussels Polish Awardee: Anna Kawalec (Jagiellonian University, Krakow) Rafał Madeja (University of Silesia, Sosnowiec) In autumn 2011 I had a great honor to participate in the second edition of the EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme Thinking Canada Thinking Canada is a new initiative of the European Network for Canadian Studies (ENCS), funded by the European Commission. The programme consists of a four-week study tour to Canada for European students, previously selected by Canadian Studies associations in their countries, and two-month internships for some of them. For instance in 2011 there were eight internships which were performed in think tanks, in foundations, in cultural institutions, in government departments etc. The main objective of the programme is to offer its partakers a unique experience of Canada through interesting visits to major public and private institutions, government bodies (federal and provincial), think tanks and NGOs. In 2011 the tour s programme was focused mainly on cultural diversity (i.e. English and French relationship, policy of multiculturalism, First Nations), some political issues (i.e. federalism, regionalism, Canada-EU relations), the environment (primarily Arctic problem), urban and economic issues (i.e. the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement s negotiations). 241

8 POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 10/2012 The tour began on September 4 th 2011 in Brussels where we spent a few days having appointments with famous EU politicians like Mrs Morag Donaldson (Overview of the European Parliament), Mr Ellis Mathews (The European External Action Service), Mr Philippe Rispal (Role, functions and monetary policy strategy of the European Central Bank), Mr Charles White (The EU s Regional Policy) and Mr Christofer Fretwell (The European Court of Justice), along with some representatives of various NGOs, namely Mrs Patsy Sorensen, the founder of PAYOKE, an organization that combats the trading in and exploiting of human people (human trafficking). We visited also the Canadian Mission to the EU. After spending few days in Brussels the whole group flew to Ottawa, which was our first stop on a different continent. In Canada s capital city we had a pleasure to see the EU Delegation to Canada and the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages who tried to explain us what bilingualism really is. We extremely enjoyed a visit at the Nunavut Sivuniksavut College as young Inuit presented their life and history in a very interesting way, along with the Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum. More formal, though still absorbing, were meetings at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Health Canada, Canadian Conference of the Arts, Assembly of First Nations or Canadian Labour Congress. From Ottawa we drove to Québec where we had an opportunity to listen to riveting presentations about Canada-Québec relationships and the North Plan at the Ministry of International Relations, as well as about the Québec policy at the National Assembly of Québec. We visited also Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques and Huron Museum in Wendake, charming small Indian village near Québec. Our next stop was Montréal, the most multicultural city in the province of Québec. In Montréal we spent some time at the Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, Hydro Québec and one of the most famous think tanks in Canada, the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Our last afternoon we spent at PORTAGE, a Canadian non-profit organization which helps people suffering from substance abuse to overcome their addictions. The meeting with young and already addicted people who are fighting every day with such horrible problems fell deep in memory of all of us. From Montréal we travelled to Toronto. Multiple presentations of the members of the Government of Ontario, as well as of the City of Toronto, supported by a very interesting visit at Artscape Wychwood Barns, a NGO which makes space for creativity and transforms small communities in Toronto, made our stay there unforgettable. We enjoyed also a nice reception at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland where we had a chance to meet people from the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Toronto (EUCOCIT) and the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC). From Ontario we flew to the West Coast, Vancouver in British Columbia. We had 242

9 PACS GRANTS a chance to listen to absorbing lectures at Asia Pacific Foundation, Pembina Institute, Ecojustice and INSITE a safe, health-focused place where people inject drugs and connect to health care, along with social services. At INSITE our group divided into two camps as we could not agree if it is better to cure people as they do at PORTAGE or to help them live longer with their addiction. Fortunately visit to Vancouver s impressing Chinatown saved us from further difficult discussions. Our last stop was the most British city in North America, Victoria, where we listened to presentations about BC history, politics, trade strategy and initiatives. The last afternoon we spent at the University of Victoria, getting to know what the students life in Canada looks like. The study tour was over on October 1st. It was a very interesting time during which we learnt many things about Canada, met wonderful people and saw places which are normally difficult to visit. What is more, thanks to a well prepared programme, everyone found something useful for himself or herself. In the period of October and November 2011, thanks to the opportunity given me by the Thinking Canada 2011 Programme, I had a great pleasure to take part in two internships in Toronto: the first one at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland and the second one with EUCOCIT, EUNIC and the University of Toronto. In my opinion the EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme Thinking Canada is a great initiative which can help the EU students to understand better this fascinating country. As for those who already are interested in Canada, like I am, it really gives an opportunity to meet valuable people from various Canadian institutions and to broaden horizons. Seven cities, tens of places, nearly hundred of lectures, presentations and meetings, thousands of conversations or vivid discussions - it is something, it really matters. Personally I found this programme one of the most important experience in my life which I can highly recommend to everyone. (Report by Anna Kawalec) The programme of the EU-Canada Study Tour Thinking Canada was so varied that it covered an enormous number of topics, such as the EU and EU-Canada relations; Aboriginal people, institutions, culture and governance; bilingualism, multiculturalism and immigration; business, industry and labor relations; social issues, health and humantrafficking; human rights and civil society; urbanism and urban planning; and environmental issues. Significantly, from the vantage point of my interdisciplinary research interests, I within the course of the tour was able to attend numerous thoughtprovoking lectures by local Canadian academics and government officials, opening a new window to delving into a number of nagging me questions concerning Canada. Namely, to name but a few, at the Nunavut Sivuniksavut College in Ottawa, 243

10 POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 10/2012 I participated in the discussion on the Inuit people and their culture as well as changes they need to undergo in an effort to preserve their values. Furthermore, at the Assembly of First Nations, more light was shed upon how First Nations work together to realize their rights and responsibilities, provide education funding on reserves, manage resource development, and embark upon establishing economic relationship with China. In a similar vein, what likewise attracted my attention was presentation concerning Canada s Northern policy as well as a discussion of the inclusion of Indigenous people and Permanent Participant organizations in circumpolar dialogue and activities. Another issue that was put forward during the study tour was Canada s drug policy and a dialogue to compare and contrast Canadian and European approaches. The series of lectures on the topic at stake were followed by a visit at the major drug treatment facility in Canada located in Montreal Portage. Interestingly, the topic of drug addiction was discussed further and in minute detail in Vancouver. That is to say, numerous approaches towards fighting drug addiction in British Columbia were brought to the fore by Russell Maynard and Monika Stein at the INSITE, a legal supervised injection site in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. They also talked about the history of the INSITE, the events that actually precipitated its creation, how the place operates on a daily basis, and who the demographic is that attends the injection site. Along went an introduction to the continuum of services targeted at healing the community struggling with the urban issues that all low income areas struggle with on a global scale. Yet, most importantly, the EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme 2011 Thinking Canada provided me with a unique opportunity to further my research into the practice of oral storytelling in fiction as a mechanism of dealing with hyphenated identities of Asian-Canadian writers via having a insight into various unpublished documents, photos, and private records concerning the internment period of the Japanese Canadians and their relocation processes to internment camps during the First and Second World War. Importantly, they may serve as an underlying basis of understanding various issues conveyed in the plotlines of their novels. I was able to conduct interviews about hyphenated identity and the internment period with a few people representing the second and third generations of Japanese and Chinese Canadians. What also turned out to be of paramount importance was UBC Professor Haybe Wai s presentation on the Chinese, Japanese, and South Asian communities in British Columbia followed by a walking tour of historic Chinatown. Although Vancouver was presented as proudly multicultural, its past racism, once silenced history, slow social change, and current institutional challenges were not underscored but addressed. Furthermore, as an intern at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, I played an essential part in the functioning of the National Conversation on Asia, having a wide-ranging role in the APF project 244

11 PACS GRANTS staff both contributing and learning in tandem. More precisely, I was responsible for carrying out research on the controversial issue of Confucius Institutes and for preparing a conversation along backgrounders on the topic at stake. Additionally, together with another intern Nabila Pirani, I created and launched a conversation on Canada s bilateral and multilateral trade agreements with Asia which are under negotiation or consideration. Another internship task worth mentioning is that over the next few weeks, I gathered information on the APEC and G20 s approach to fossil fuel subsidy reduction and phase out from a collection of essays, reports, segments of speeches, and television commentaries. During this time, I was likewise requested to help in updating the NCA Resource page, particularly the latest opeds, research reports, policy papers, news articles, and videos that have Canada- Asia content for the Education, Culture and Communities section. Moreover, I looked for various information on the relationship of APF s founding partners with Asia. Towards the end of my tenure, I concentrated solely on conducting research on hypothetical conflict triggers and scenarios in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean and their implications for Canada for the purpose of APF s workshop Strategic Implications of Conflict in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean. The internship at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada enabled me to delve further into Canada-Asia relations and their benefits for Canada. What needs to be therefore emphasized is the fact that I was provided with an opportunity to increase my exposure to Asia via taking part in distinguished lectures and roundtables on Asia-related issues, such as Thailand s Flood Crisis 2011 ; Green Development of India s Energy Sector ; Singapore s New Citizenship Project ; Japan s Recovery Post March 2011 Triple Disaster etc. What was also of great importance was the fact that such events were frequently featured numerous panelists and speakers who are senior government officials, renowned social practitioners and researchers speaking with authority about developments in their fields of interest and work. Moving further, working with people from multicultural backgrounds, especially of Asian descent, was an excellent opportunity to understand their complicated Asian Canadian identity and probe into the rich blend of cultures, lifestyles, religions, and aspirations within the Asia Pacific region and British Columbia alongside possible effects on each other s societies. Notably, drawing on my coworkers expertise in different specialties of Canada-Asia relations helped me to collect novel and reliable ideas related to Canada s links with China as well as Canadian citizens of Chinese and Japanese descent living in British Columbia, which cannot be obtained via online sources. The internship largely fuelled my interest in free trade agreements, substantially enriching my previous knowledge on various trade negotiations between Canada and EU with Canada s trade negotiations with Asia since there is a rising importance of Asia in the global economy. 245

12 POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 10/2012 Doing research on possible conflict scenarios having crucial implications for Canada, fishing grounds, and sea lanes in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean, I realized the importance of this area for the global trade and its strategic value for the claimants, such as China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Thus, as has been already mentioned, equipped with a solid knowledge of South China shipping lanes and regional tensions, with particular emphasis on territorial disputes between China and Vietnam, I played an essential role in the preparation of the workshop proposal devoted to the discussion of possible conflicts in the South China Sea along their longterm implications for Canada. To sum up, during the EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme 2011 Thinking Canada, with particular emphasis placed on the internship at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, it turned out to be a unique chance to enrich the interdisciplinary panorama of my research interests. Having a wide-range role in the APF staff and working on the National Conversation on Asia project, I learned to create active online conversations in social media to inspire thought-provoking and fruitful discussions, bringing together established Canada-Asia experts, Canada s emerging leaders on Asia, and ordinary Canadians. During data base meetings and video conferences with the office in Toronto taking place every week, I was obliged to present a summary of my activities for the National Conversation on Asia, which substantially enabled me to build up my selfconfidence in my presentation skills. Working in the multicultural background where I could speak other languages than English, I was able to improve largely my command of Japanese and Chinese. Last but not least, during my tenure at the foundation, I having an access to the rich archives of the Vancouver Public Library as well as the Asia Pacific Foundation was capable of largely furthering my research on the storytelling mechanisms and hyphenated identity of Asian-Canadians. (Report by Rafał Madeja) GRANTS FOR PUBLICATIONS Objective: to contribute to costs of Canadianist publications by PACS members. Details: na_publikacje,20.html TransCanadiana, vol. 4: Changing Discourses on Canada: at the Crossroads of Cultures and Identities / Changement du discours sur le Canada: croisements culturels et déplacements identitaires Towards Critical Multiculturalism: Dialogues Between/ Among Canadian Diasporas / Vers un multiculturalisme critique: dialogues entre les diasporas canadiennes. Ewelina Bujnowska, Marcin Gabryś, Tomasz Sikora (eds.) 246

13 PACS GRANTS NANCY BURKE BEST M.A. THESIS AWARD Objective: to foster a new generation of Canadianists by rewarding high-quality research at M.A. level. The award is given every year to the author of the best M.A. thesis in Canadian Studies in Poland (written in Polish, English or French). Details: ptbk,18.html 2012 Nancy Burke Best M.A. Thesis Award: Alicja Śmigielska (Jagiellonian University) Widziane oczami dziecka. Z syberyjskiej tajgi do kraju pachnącego żywicą Nancy Burke Best M.A. Thesis Award: Jacek Mulczyk-Skarżyński (Université de Varsovie) Dialectique de l aliénation dans les drames de Michel Tremblay Honourable mention: Jolanta Dziuba (University of Silesia, Sosnowiec) Processes of Dehumanization and Rehumanization of Canadian First Nations People in the Context of Indigenous Methodologies. Study of the Work of Salish Writer Lee Maracle. GRANTS FOR ORGANIZING CON- FERENCE / SEMINAR Objective: to support Canadian Studies centers in organizing conference or seminar. Renata Jarzębowska-Sadkowska (Université Nicolas Copernic, Toruń) Mars arabe et francophone. Eugenia Sojka (University of Silesia, Sosnowiec) Day of Canadian Culture. Joanna Warmuzińska-Rogóż (Université de Silésie, Sosnowiec), Journées de la culture québécoise. 247

14 NON-PACS GRANTS 2010 and 2011 Understanding Canada Program Development Grant. Krzysztof Jarosz, Joanna Warmuzińska- Rogóż. Antologia współczesnej noweli quebeckiej. Katowice : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego i Oficyna Wydawnicza WW, pp. ISBN Agnieszka Rzepa (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) Canada Day Understanding Canada Faculty Research Program. Awardee: Prof. Anna Reczyńska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków), Dr. Norbert Pikuła (Jesuit College in Kraków, Ignatianum ) Understanding Canada Faculty Enrichment Program. Awardee: Dr. Eugenia Sojka (University of Silesia, Sosnowiec), Dr. Marcin Gabryś (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) Understanding Canada Student Mobility Grant. Awardee: Dr. Eugenia Sojka (University of Silesia, Sosnowiec) Transcultural journeys into Canadian Indigenous and diasporic theatre and performance. Polish Encounters with spectacular Canadian Others research trip of 3 students (Kinga Kowalska, Dorota Sokołowska, Karolina Juroszek) to the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver Island University and Alert Bay (Indian Reserve) took place in March 3 24, ICCS Graduate Student Scholarships Awardees: Karolina MacLachlan (King s College London) Strategic Cultures, Se- 248

15 NON-PACS GRANTS curity Partnerships, and Military Intervention: A study in cultural change Understanding Canada Doctoral Student Research Awardee: Anna Żurawska (Université Nicolas Copernic, Toruń) AIEQ Bourse de perfectionnement en études québécoises et langue française Bourse de perfectionnement de 5000$ CA en études québécoises et langue française offerte par l Association internationale des études québécoises. L Université d été (juin-juillet) en études québécoises a eu lieu à Montréal au sein de l Université McGill sous la responsabilité du Programme d études sur le Québec. La bourse offre un cours multidisciplinaire qui a réuni des professeurs, chercheurs et conférenciers renommés dans leur domaine, de même que certaines figures emblématiques du paysage culturel québécois. Le but de cette bourse était une possibili- té de découvrir l histoire et la culture du Québec dans la plus grande ville francophone d Amérique du Nord et d effectuer des recherches de doctorat dans les bibliothèques universitaires comme Université McGill, Université du Québec à Montréal et Université de Montréal. Awardee: Martyna Jarząb (Université de Silésie, Sosnowiec). Centre d études en civilisation canadiennefrançaise et en littérature québécoise, Université de Varsovie. Réabonnement à la revue Québec Studies (American Concil for Québec Studies) par le Ministère des Relations Internationales du Québec (Pupitre Europe Centrale et de l Est) Library Book Grant from Canadian Embassy to Poland Awardee: Dagmara Drewniak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań). 249

16 PUBLICATIONS Ewelina Bujnowska, Marcin Gabryś et Tomasz Sikora. Towards Critical Multiculturalism: Dialogues Between/Among Canadian Diasporas / Vers un multiculturalisme critique : dialogues entre les diasporas canadiennes. Katowice : Agencja Artystyczna PARA, pp. ISBN Kanady w latach , Wydawnictwo Maj, White Rock, 2011, 370 pp. Krzysztof Jarosz, Immanence et transtextualité dans l œuvre romanesque de Robert Lalonde, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice, 2011, ISBN: Maria Anna Jarochowska-de Kosko, Diaspora. Narodziny polskiej imigracji do 250

17 PUBLICATIONS Krzysztof Jarosz, Joanna Warmuzińska- Rogóż. Antologia współczesnej noweli quebeckiej. Katowice : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego i Oficyna Wydawnicza WW, pp. ISBN C est la première fois que la nouvelle québécoise en traduction voit le jour en Pologne. Antologia współczesnej literatury quebeckiej (Anthologie de la nouvelle québécoise contemporaine), sous la rédaction de Krzysztof Jarosz et Joanna Warmuzińska- Rogóż, contient les traductions polonaises de vingt-sept textes de nouvellistes québécois parus dans les années Devant un choix difficile, les auteurs ont décidé de présenter des textes créés à «l âge d or» de ce genre littéraire qui à présent fait fureur au Québec, tout en étant conscients d une grande responsabilité découlant de leurs choix d une part et de l autre, du cadre restreint de l anthologie. L introduction intitulée «Une brève histoire du Québec et de la nouvelle québécoise» rédigée par Krzysztof Jarosz permet aux lecteurs polonais de mieux connaître les méandres de l histoire de la province ainsi que la spécificité de sa littérature qui est toujours méconnue en Pologne. Chaque nouvelle est précédée d une notice bio-bibliographique de l auteur ce qui facilitera sûrement la lecture. Piotr Sadkowski. Récits odysséens. Le thème du retour d exil dans l écriture migrante au Québec et en France. Toruń : Wydawnictwo Naukowe UMK, pp. ISBN Le livre de Piotr Sadkowski est consacré aux ouvrages, créés par dix écrivains migrants (Marie-Célie Agnant, Vassilis Alexakis, Dany Laferrière, Émile Ollivier, Sergio Kokis, Milan Kundera, Régine Robin, Andreï Makine, Assia Djebar et Fulvio Caccia), qui appartiennent à la catégorie de récit odysséen. Par ce terme l auteur entend les fictions illustrant l aventure d un 251

18 POLISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER 10/2012 personnage exilé, qui au cours du voyage de retour (réel et/ou imaginaire) à son pays natal ou ancestral (ou encore rêvé comme tel), confronte divers aspects de son identité éclatée suite au vécu migrant. Cette confrontation se traduit par des narrations susceptibles de rendre intelligible et cohérent tout son parcours avant et après exil. Ainsi les récits odysséens combinent le thème du retour, au sens propre du mot, avec l explicitation diégétique de l identité narrative comprise comme un retour à soi. Pour en savoir plus et pour commander le livre : prod_73737_r%e9cits_odyss%e9ens._ L e _ t h e m e _ d u _ r e t o u r _ d e x i l _ dans_l%e9criture_mi.html. Zuzanna Szatanik. De-Shamed. Feminist Strategies of Transgression: The Case of Lorna Crozier s Poetry. Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, pp. ISBN The departure point of the present study is, at the same time, a point of convergence of literary discourses, mainstream feminist theories and psychological studies focused upon the nature of the shame affect. It is upon such a fundament that Zuzanna Szatanik translates the psychological theory of shame into the language of feminism, thus building a foundation for a gendered theory of shame. Because shame is felt in and on the body, and, at the same time, breaches the body s limits, it makes one feel both indiscernible and overexposed. A shamed person is therefore perplexingly (un) framed: In this book, the I whose identity is thus unfixed is gendered feminine. Hence, the underlying assumption of Szatanik s argument is that, like shame, the rhetorical disempowerment of shaming discourses will manifest itself in and on the shameless body: at home with one s body, the de-shamed self becomes riftless. No longer politically disciplined or coerced, no longer determined by the androcentric language, Woman s self loses rigid fixity imposed by patriarchal categories: instead, it brings a plethora of possible alternatives into play. 252

19 PUBLICATIONS Poised against language, literature has the power of annulling and redefining categories not only by deconstructing oppositions upon which central metanarratives rest, but also by its capacity of exposing the reader to an experience which, in itself, transgresses discourse. An act of reading, as well as an act of writing, is an existential act, throwing one into the liminal space where discourses cease to function. It is such an experience, born in the Author s immersion in the literary rhetoric of Canada, that inspires this book: the theoretical reflection concerning the fundamentals of culture is derived from the literary testing ground of Lorna Crozier s poetry, whose intuitive attempts to use language against itself result in the disempowering of the rhetoric of shame without resorting to the use of unyieldingly rigid, institutionalised, intersubjectively verifiable categories. The book begins where Crozier has left off: it uses her literary intuitions as a pretext to revise existing theoretical visions of shame in order to propose a non-essentialist theory, which would acknowledge the value of metaphorical, non-categorial, poetic language as a means to both describe and create reality. Zuzanna Szatanik, Michał Krzykawski (eds). Bodies of Canada / C-or(p)ganismes du Canada. RIAS Vol. 5, Winter- Spring, Nº1-2/2011. ISSN space and gender in the context of Canadian culture and literature. The seven articles by renowned international scholars which comprise this book focus primarily on the form that feminized body/space takes in light of theoretical explorations which have focused on decentralization and disunity (of identities, cultures and nations), and dominated current debates on Canadianness-namely discourses of the postmodern, the feminist, the postcolonial, and the queer. The collection is available online (at For hard copies, your order to mailto:mstudio@mstudio.com.pl mstudio@mstudio.com.pl. Iwona Wrońska. The Canadian Federal System: Determinats and Trends, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczego Jana Kochanowskiego, Kielce pp. ISBN This book cast a critical eye on the processes and Policy outcomes of Canadian federalism. It examines how Canadian intergovernmental relations have evolved in response to current social and institutional factors and explains in what way they determine changes in the system. The present, Canadian issue of Review of International American Studies explores the connections between discourses of 253

20 ARTICLES / BOOK CHAPTERS / CONFERENCE PAPERS The list of articles and book chapters, conference papers recently published or presented by Polish Canadianists. Albański Łukasz, Pedagogical University of Cracow and Jagiellonian University, Kraków. ABC przetrwania bezdomnych dzieci na ulicy w mieście. Krytyczna refleksja nad Winnipeg Street Youth Guide Dzieci ulicy. Procesy marginalizacji i automarginalizacji nieletnich Eds. Krzysztof Frysztacki, Marcjanna Nóżka i Marta Smagacz-Poziemska Kraków: Zeszyty pracy socjalnej UJ, 2011: ISBN Rodzina imigrancka z perspektywy historycznej: doświadczenia polskich pionierów w Winnipeg, Wychowanie w rodzinie t.1. Przekaz tradycji i kultury na przestrzeni wieku Eds. Leszek Albański, Stefania Walasek, Jelenia Góra: Wyd. KPSzW, 2011: ISBN Conference: Zdrowie drowie kobiet, zdrowie m ż mężczyzn. Konteksty kulturowe, społeczne i medyczne, Uniwersytet Medyczny, Poznań, Paper title: Seks, nauka i czystość rasy: Jak ruch eugeniczny za oceanem chciał stworzyć społeczeństwo doskonałych jednostek (with Małgorzata Krywult-Albańska). Conference: XXXV Annual Conference, Canadian Association of Geographers, Calgary, Canada, Paper title: Polish and Ukrainian Cemeteries in Manitoba as Markers of Identity and Assimilation (with John C. Lehr). Conference: Dzieci ulicy. Procesy margina marginalizacji i automarginalizacji nieletnich. Jagiellonian University, Kraków Institute of Sociology, Paper title: ABC przetrwania na ulicy w mieście bezdomnych dzieci: Krytyczna refleksja nad Winnipeg Street Youth Survival Guide i przydatnością tego typu projektów w polskim kontekście. Branach-Kallas Anna, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń. Conference: All that Gothic, Łódź University, Łódź, Paper title: Reading (Post-) Colonial Terror within Gothic Aesthetics: The 254