During the Fall 2000 term students met with Grace Owens, the executive assistant to the Canadian Studies Programme at the University of Edinburgh and attended special lectures given by Margret Atwood and George Elliot Clarke. In December students held the annual Christmas Tree decorating party. During the year the society participated in three Student Info Fairs. If you want to update your address or send any information for the annual news letter please forward it to Della. Topics of common interest can be discussed.
Students learn about each other's country and culture.
Each year, Canadian Studies students write letters and cards to Canadian Peacekeepers who are away from home during the December holiday season. This is one of several ways in which Canadian Studies students reach out to the broader community. Maple Ridge Penpals Students in Canadian Studies in 3305 and 4400 each have a penpal in Grades 4 and 5 at Glenwood Elementary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Their teacher, Rory Payment and Mary Charron, was most enthusiastic and helped the children prepare for us a video of themselves and their school. This year students are also writing to the grade 2 students of Anne Warr at Valmount Academy, King's Point, Newfoundland.