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Canada Days at MU, March 4-6, 2008

Please join us for us for our annual celebration of Canada Days at MU, March 4-6. All events are free and open to faculty, students, and the public.

Long Version of the Program:

Schedule

Short Version of the Program:

Tuesday, March 4

3:30 pm Neff 204 (Neff Auditorium)
Roundtable with documentary filmmaker Dominic Morissette (Afghan Chronicles) and School of Journalism Professors Stuart Loory and Byron Scott

7:00 pm Gannett 260 (Fisher Auditorium)
Screening of National Film Board of Canada film Afghan Chronicles (directed by Dominic Morissette). This documentary focuses on the press group Killid Media, which comprises two magazines (Killid and Mursal, a women's publication) and a radio station. The documentary reveals how this media phenomenon operates, thus portraying the rebuilding of a country that dreams of a better future. Q&A led by Professor Michael Grinfeld to follow.

Wednesday, March 5
12:00 noon       Memorial Union N201-202
Professor Craig Palmer (University of Missouri) presents a lunchtime lecture on “Made in Alberta, Using Parts from Newfoundland.” Pizza and soda provided.

Thursday, March 6
3:30p   Cornell 201 (Bush Auditorium)
Professor Peter Frise (University of Windsor) presents the lecture “Cool, Cutting Edge and Canuk -- Collaborative Auto Research in Canada.”

3:00p Strickland 114 [Note correction to time and location]
Screening of Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

Hosted by Professor Joanne Hearne and Film Studies students

7:00p Middlebush 12
Screening of Maurice Richard
This film portrays the life of Maurice “The Rocket” Richard, one of professional hockey’s greatest players. The first player to achieve fifty goals in fifty games, Richard struggles in a sport dominated by Anglophones. His 1955 suspension sparks an ethnic riot in Montreal. Winner of nine Genie Awards (Canada’s Oscar).

Past Canada Days at MU

April 2007 Canada Days at MU

Schedule (in Word)

February 2006 Canada Days at MU

Schedule (in Word)

Contact:

James Endersby, Coordinator
Canadian Studies
College of Arts & Science
office: 113 Professional Building
phone: 573-882-4283
Fax: 573-884-5131
email: endersbyj@missouri.edu