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African Studies in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

D. R. F. Taylor
D. R. F. Taylor*
Affiliation:
Canadian Association of African Studies, and Department of Geography, Carleton University, Ottawa
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The formalisation of African Studies in Canada began in December 1962 when a Committee on African Studies in Canada was formed. The Committee was established with the encouragement of the Social Science Research Council and the Overseas Institute of Canada. At the initial meeting the Committee stated its purposes to be: the promotion of African studies in Canada, the creation of a national organisation for scholars interested in Africa in Canadian universities, the representation of Canada at the International Congress of Africanists and the publication of a newsletter. The first president was Professor Ronald Cohen of McGill University.

The first newsletter was published in November 1963 as The Bulletin of African Studies in Canada. Three volumes, each of two issues, were published, the last in May of 1966.

Type
African Studies Notes and News
Information
African Research and Documentation , Volume 15 , 1977 , pp. 28 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © African Research & Documentation 1977

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References

1 Savage, D. C., “African Studies in Canada”, Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol.1, No.l, 1967, pp.5-11.Google Scholar

page 29 note1 Savage, D. C., “African Studies in Canada”, p.11.Google Scholar

page 29 note2 Canadian Association of African Studies, Constitution Article 2.

page 29 note3 Loc. Cit., Article 5.

page 30 note1 The Association maintains a national office staffed by a bilingual administrative assistant at Carleton University,

Department of Geography,

Ottawa, Ontario,

Canada. K1S 5B6.

(Tel: 231-7100

page 30 note2 Bulletin/Newsletter, Canadian Association of African Studies/Association canadienne des études africaines, ed. John Owen, University of Saskatchewan.

page 30 note3 Bullock, R. A. and Killam, G. D., Resources for African Studies in Canada/Les études africaines au Canada: inventaire, Canadian Association of African Studies, Ottawa, 1976. Available from the Association at a cost of $5.Google Scholar