fulbright canada annual report 2011

Annual Report 2011

Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America

1 Messages from the Board Chair and the Chief Executive Officer

2 Fulbright Canada Board of Directors

4 The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program

6 2010-2011 Canadian Fulbright Award Recipients

8 2010-2011 American Fulbright Award Recipients

10 Fulbright Canada Community Programs

12 The Killam Fellowships Program

14 10 Years of the Killam Fellowships Program

16 Summarized Statement of Financial Position

18 Fulbright Canada Supporters

20 Fulbright Canada Secretariat

Brittany Flaherty (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), 2010-2011 Fulbright Student at the University of British Columbia.

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Programwww.fulbright.ca

The Killam Fellowships Programwww.killamfellowships.com

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COVER Patricia Latendresse (McGill University), Canadian Killam Fellow at Clemson University

Messages from the Board Chair and the Chief Executive OfficerThe Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States gives haven to those scholars who will forge relationships that will ensure that the world changes for the better. For a score and two years, Fulbright Canada has supported those scholars and future leaders, helping both countries. The Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America stands at the ready to provide the opportunities for Fulbright Scholars to affect these changes. Fulbright Canada remains committed to having these world-class scholars and researchers recognized as the next generation of leaders. The generous and continuing support of our private sector partners, along with the governments of Canada and the United States, allows us to state with conviction that our best years are yet to come.

It is with immeasurable pride and gratitude that I welcome to our Board Roseann Runte and Roxanne Dubé. At the same time, we bid adieu to John Ettling who has earned our deepest gratitude and sincere appreciation for the work he has done. John’s considerable talents and lasting contributions are in no small part responsible for making the Foundation’s first 22 years so remarkable.

And, it can never be forgotten and should always be recognized that we have exceptional staff. Saying thank you does not come close to capturing the appreciation the Board and The Foundation have for the world class staff assembled at the Foundation. They make all things seem possible, and their unfailing enthusiasm and herculean efforts allow the Board to imagine and plan without limitations. On behalf of the Board of Directors to the finest staff assembled, we give you our sincere and heartfelt thanks for making the Foundation the success it is today.

Mr. Roscoe C. Howard Jr.Board Chair

It is with much pleasure that I present the annual report of the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America. The Foundation’s story is one of pride, purpose, and commitment: to a generation of scholars, to enhancing and growing our collective research and productive capacity, and to a secure and prosperous relationship between our two great countries. Our various programs, led by our flagship Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program, play an important role in promoting international academic exchange and encouraging leadership and mutual understanding between Canada and the United States of America.

The Foundation experienced considerable growth and much success in 2011. I would like to personally congratulate our grantees, encourage more students and scholars to engage, and thank my colleagues at the secretariat, our partners throughout the academic community, our private sector supporters, and our support networks at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Embassy of the United States in Canada, and the United States State Department. I would also like to offer a special thank you to the dedicated members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Their leadership and their vision are the engines that drive Fulbright Canada’s success.

Dr. Michael K. HawesChief Executive Officer

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Susan Crystal Minister Counselor for Public Affairs

U.S. Embassy, Ottawa

Penelope KylePresident

Radford University

John EttlingPresident

SUNY Plattsburgh

Jack CurtinChief Executive OfficerGoldman Sachs Canada

Ron CovaisSenior Partner Détente Group

Ambassador David Jacobson

United States Ambassador to

Canada

Ambassador Gordon Giffin

PartnerMcKenna, Long &

Aldridge LLP

Gloria Larson President

Bentley University

Roscoe Howard (Board Chair)

PartnerAndrews Kurth LLP

American Directors

Board of Directors

“Living in the United States has greatly deepened my knowledge and understanding of Canada’s neighbour to the south in a way that only immersion can. My new American friends have exposed me to new perspectives and broadened my views. Going with them to see President Obama speak at the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin was an experience I will remember for a long time.”

Martina KunovicMcGill University

Canadian Fulbright Student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Michael Parham Area Vice-PresidentRealNetworks, Inc.

Roxanne DubéDirector General, Intergovernmental

Relations and Public Outreach

DFAIT

Hélène DesmaraisChairman and CEOCentre d’entreprises et d’innovation de

Montréal

Peter George Past-President

McMaster University

Kevin Kelly(Past Chair)

Past PresidentFidelity

Investments Inc.

Canadian Directors

Ambassador Gary DoerCanadian

Ambassador to the United States

Carl AmrheinProvost and Vice-

President, AcademicUniversity of Alberta

Luc Vinet(Secretary)

Past-RecteurUniversité de

Montréal

Daniel McCarthy(Treasurer)

Managing DirectorCredit Suisse

Securities (Canada) Inc.

Frank Sobey Chairman

Crombie REIT


“Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication to the humanizing of international relations.”

Senator J. William Fulbright1905-1995

Roseann Runte President

Carleton University

Joanne CuthbertsonChancellor Emerita

University of Calgary


Long regarded as the world’s premiere academic exchange program, the Fulbright Program attracts exceptional students and scholars from more than150 countries. Among the fastest growing of the bilateral exchanges is the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program.

The first cohort of Canada-U.S. Fulbright award recipients was named in 1991. Since that time, over one thousand and one hundred distinguished students, scholars, and professionals have participated in this educational exchange program. Canada-U.S. Fulbright students and scholars conduct research, teach, or study in their host country for either one semester or a full academic year.

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program is generously supported by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the United States Department of State, and a number of businesses, organizations, universities and individuals. More than 70 individuals received scholarships or fellowships in 2010–11. Of this group, most were traditional Fulbright student grantees or Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs.

The Traditional Fulbright Awards for Students and ScholarsThe Traditional Fulbright Awards for students are intended for graduate students, prospective graduate students, and junior professionals who wish to enrol in a graduate studies program, continue their current course of graduate study, or conduct an independent research project for a period of nine months in the host country. The Traditional Fulbright awards for scholars enable emerging and established scholars, post-doctoral researchers, and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at a university or research centre of their choice in the host country.

2010-2011 American Fulbright Student, Victor Albert (right), with the United States Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson.

“Very rarely does a person get an opportunity that will change the course of his/her life the way this program does. It sets you off on a trajectory academically, professionally, and per-sonally that otherwise would not be possible. It opens up circles, venues, and paths that can help propel one’s personal growth just by the very fact of being exposed to a new setting and being surrounded by great minds. The cultural and academic exchange between Canada and the United States, and by extension, all other people who come to the United States to study, is enhanced by the Fulbright Program. And as such it helps build future leaders and sustains, strengthens, and broadens the already strong relations between the two nations.”

Fadi MasoudUniversity of TorontoCanadian Fulbright Student at Harvard University

The Canada - U.S. Fulbright Program

The Visiting Research Chairs ProgramThe development of long-term partnerships between Canadian and American scholars and institutions is a priority of the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program. In support of this aim, the Foundation has developed a series of Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs at institutions in Canada and the United States. In 2010–11, 31 Chairs were appointed, and agreements were concluded for additional Chairs in 2011–12.

The Fulbright Specialist ProgramThe goal of the Fulbright Specialists Program is to promote exchanges that go beyond the traditional Fulbright activities of lecturing and research. This program is designed to provide American academics and experienced professionals with opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning, and a variety of other activities at Canadian institutions. Interested applicants may register to be added to a roster of American candidates. Canadian academic institutions may then request a Fulbright Specialist for a short term visit of two to six weeks.

The Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) ProgramThe Fulbright NEXUS Program brings together a network of junior scholars, professionals and mid-career applied researchers from States in the Western Hemisphere for a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright residential exchange experience. Up to 15 Fulbright NEXUS Scholars will conduct individual and team-based research projects designed to generate knowledge-based, policy-oriented solutions with practical implementation potential at the local, national, or regional levels. The Program will be hosted in Canada and Columbia and will focus on the three inter-connected themes: 1) Science, Technology, and Innovation, 2) Entrepreneurship, & 3) Sustainable Energy.

Fulbright Canada Mobility ProgramCurrent U.S. Fulbright students and scholars in Canada are provided with a number of specific enrichment opportunities. In addition to encouraging them to take on a much broader and more visible public profile in the national community, the Mobility Program seeks to provide U.S. Fulbright students and scholars with the opportunity to expand their network of professional contacts beyond the immediate setting of their Canadian host institutions. The most prominent enrichment activities are the Annual Orientation Program, the Student Professional Development Program, and the Visiting Scholar Speakers Program.

“The Fulbright program gives an unparalleled opportunity to pursue research and to deepen academic experience in the intellectually rich environment that abounds in universities across the United States, as well as in non-academic institutions in Washington and New York.”

Roy CulpepperCanadian Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The 2010-2011 cohort at Orientation 2010 in Ottawa



Catherine Laura Carstairs (University of Guelph) Fulbright Scholar University of California, Davis“Healthy Eating across the Border: Mid-Twentieth Century Health Reform”

Roy Culpeper (North-South Institute)Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars“Financial Sector Policy and Development in the Wake of the Global Economic Crisis”

Trevor Harrison (University of Lethbridge) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies at Kennesaw State University “Militarism and Political Culture: Canada and the United States Since 9/11”

Alison Howell (University of Manchester) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies at SUNY-Plattsburgh“The Politics of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Mental Health Policy in the Canadian and U.S. Militaries”

Lynda Lee Jessup (Queen’s University) Fulbright Scholar at The Rockefeller Archive Center“Soft Power and the State: Art Exhibitions and Canada-U.S. Foreign Policy, 1936-1974”

Tsvi Kahana (Queen’s University) Fulbright Scholar at New York University“The Notwithstanding Mechanism - American Theory, Canadian Practice”

Mark Kristmanson (National Capital Commission) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California“Public Diplomacy and the City: Capital Cities and Nation Branding”

P. Whitney Lackenbauer (University of Waterloo) Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University “Sovereignties, Security and Stewardship: Canadian-American Relations and the Arctic”

James Daniel McNiven (Dalhousie University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies at Michigan State University“The Yankee Road”

Jeremy Mouat (University of Alberta) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Transborder Studies at Arizona State University“The Columbia Exchange: Re-examining the Columbia River Treaty of 1961/1964”

Charmaine Andrea Nelson (McGill University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara“Sugar Cane, Slaves, and Ships: Race, Geography and Power in 19th century Marine Landscapes”

Marcia Mary Ostashewski (McMaster University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies at the University of Washington“Mixed musics: Aboriginal-European expressive culture and identity in Canada and the United States”

Guillaume St-Onge (Université de Québec à Rimouski) Fulbright Scholar at Oregon State University “Geomagnetic field dynamics and climate changes in the Arctic”

Karis Shearer (McGill University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at Vanderbilt University “Radical Pedagogy: Modernist Writers’ Interventions in the Development of Canadian Literature”

Fulbright New Century Scholars

Ian McCarthy (Simon Fraser University) Michigan State University“How Do University Research Parks Help Their Firms?”

Special Fulbright Canada Fellows

Joel Thibert (Quartier International de Montréal) Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy at Princeton University “Sustainability Policy as if Cities Mattered: Steps to More Effective Urban Environmental Policy Implementation in the North American Context”

Canadian Fulbright International Science and Technology Award Recipients

Heather Buckley (University of British Columbia) University of California, BerkeleyChemistry

Thane Kubik (University of Calgary) Rockefeller UniversitySynthetic Biology

Canadian Fulbright ScholarAward Recipients

2010-2011 Canadian Fulbright Award Recipients

Mathieu Maheu-Giroux(McGill University) Harvard UniversityEpidemiology

Vijay Narasimham (University of Ottawa) Stanford University Material Science and Engineering

John Zhang (University of Calgary) Columbia UniversityComputer Science

Joel Zylberberg (Simon Fraser University) University of California, BerkeleyPhysics

Canadian Fulbright Students and YoungProfessional Award Recipients

Cori Bender (University of Calgary) University of Alaska, Fairbanks“Inuit Political Identity and Transnational Processes”

Alexandre Cooper-Roy (University of Tokyo) Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Design of Advanced Radiation Shielding Materials for Space Applications”

Cameron Jefferies (Field LLP) University of Virginia“Masters of Laws with Focus on International Environmental Law”

Alanna Krolikowski (University of Toronto) George Washington University “United States-China Relations in the Aircraft and Space Sectors”

Martina Kunovic (McGill University) University of Wisconsin, Madison “The Meat of the Matter: The Role of Public Policy, Regulation and Ideology in Industrial Meat Production in Canada and America”

Robert MacNeil (University of Ottawa) University of California, Davis “The Political Economy of North American Climate Policy” Fadi Masoud (University of Toronto) Harvard University “A Post-Professional Master of Landscape Architecture”

Ian McGrath (York University) Georgetown University “Building Durable Solutions: The Influence of Canadian and U.S. Development Assistance in Northern Ecuador on Columbian Refugees”

Leslie Meier (University of Western Ontario) New York University “Promotional Ubiquitous Music: New Identities and Emerging Markets in the Music Industry”

Ju Hee Oh (University of Saskatchewan) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago “Investigating the Complexities of Inter-Racial Human Relations through Photographic Narrative”

Karnmaninder Saroya (Donnelly Management Advisory Services Ltd) Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Masters of Finance (Energy, and Environmental Policy)”


2010-2011 American Fulbright Award Recipients

American Fulbright ScholarAward Recipients

David Fadum Andersen (SUNY-Albany) Fulbright-Carlos Rico Award for North American Studies at the centre francophone d’informatisation des organisations (CEFRIO)“Full Information Product Pricing in the NAFTA Region: Technologies and Policies to Increase the Market Share of Fair Labor and Environmentally-Friendly Products”

Deborah Lines Andersen (SUNY-Albany) Fulbright-Carlos Rico Award for North Ameri-can Studies at the CEFRIO“Digital Government Initiatives in the NAFTA Region: Full Information Product Pricing and Library Systems”

Eileen Marie Angelini (Canisius College)Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at McMaster University “Le Tour de l’Amerique du Nord: Following the French in North America”

Bruce Eric Barnes (University of Hawaii) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in North American Studies at the University of Saskatchewan“Culture and Conflict Resolution in Asia/Pa-cific: US/Canadian Universities Collaborate”

Prosper Maurice Bernard Jr. (City University of New York) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Governance and Public Administration at the University of Ottawa“The Role of Middle Powers in the International Criminal Court: A Comparative Study of Canada and South Korea”

G. Scott Erickson (Ithaca College) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Knowledge-Based Enterprises at Queen’s University“Strategic Insights into Balancing Knowledge Development and Protection”

Patrick Nicholas Forrest (George Washington University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in North American Studies at the University of Alberta“Protracted Refugee Situations: Improving the U.S. and Canadian Response to an Ongoing Crisis”

Hugo A. Freund (Union College) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at Dalhousie University “Culture and Identity: A Transnational Study of Communities Living in the Appalachian Mountains of Canada and the United States”

Robert Thomas Granfield (SUNY-Buffalo) Fulbright Visiting Chair in North American Politics and Society at the University of Ottawa“The Rise of Canadian Pro Bono: Implications for Human Rights in Canada and Beyond”

Bradford Taylor Hudson (Boston University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Sustainable Commerce at the University of Guelph“Brand Heritage, Architectural History and Corporate Social Responsibility at Fairmont Hotels”

Khalil R. Iskarous (Haskins laboratories) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Language, Mind and Brain at McGill University“Speech Production and Perception Dynamics in Parkinson’s Disease”


Russell Matthew Lawson (Bacone College ) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Transnational Studies at Brock University“Like a Stream of Living Water: Missionary Accounts of Indigenous Religious Change in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Upper Canada”

Michael Robert Luthy (Bellarmine University) Fulbright Enders Visiting Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations at the University of Ottawa“Entrepreneurial Marketing and the Role of Modern Embassies”

Roger Henri Morin (U.S. Geological Survey) Fulbright Scholar at the Geological Survey of Canada“Characterizing the hydrogeologic properties of a U.S.-Canada transboundary aquifer through the analysis of geophysical well logs”

Suzanne Elizabeth Morrissey (Whitman College) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Science and the Environment at McMaster University“‘Symptoms of Canada’: Cultural identity, distinction, and the uses of complementary and alternative medicine in Canada”

Susanna Neuhaus-Schuck (SUNY-New Paltz) Fulbright Scholar at Memorial University“Current Shift / Icebergs in Flux”

Andrew Rehfeld (Washington University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Theory and Practice of Federalism at McGill University“Making Voters Smarter: Federalism, political judgment and the cognitive problems of democratic self rule”

Yumna Siddiqi (Middlebury College) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in North American Studies at Concordia University“It’s a Question of My Dignity: Narratives of Immigrant Garment Workers in Montreal”

Lahra Smith (Georgetown University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship at Queen’s University“Citizen Education in Multiethnic States: the Ethiopian Experience”

Naomi Bartz (University of Chicago) University of British Columbia“A Comparative Study of Mixed-Income Developments: Canada and the United States”

Brittany Flaherty (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) University of British Columbia“Linking Land Use, Water Quality, and Disease Outbreaks in British Columbia”

Alexander Ginsburg (University of Oregon ) McGill University“Climate Change and Culture Change in Salluit, Québec”

Jane Harbison (Denison University) McGill University“History, Memory, and Slavery in the French Atlantic”

Toni Holland (University of Texas Arlington) University of Alberta “U.S. and Canadian Poets Laureate: Raising National Consciousness of Poetry”

Tamera Jenkins (Park University) Simon Fraser University“Using Restorative Justice in Federal Correctional Institutions”

Andrew Levinson (Independent, NY) York University“Success or Failure: Ontario and New York State Disability and Health Policy”

Nora Mapp (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) Nova Scotia College of Art and Design“Tidal Pull”

Hudson McFann (Ohio State University Columbus) University of Toronto“Spatial Equity and Scale: Toronto’s International and Intra-Provincial Waste Exports”

Marc Schutzbank (University of Pittsburgh) University of British Columbia“Green Roof Urban Agriculture: Master of Science in Integrated Studies in Land Food Systems”

David Walsh (Arizona State University) University of Ottawa“Dene Traditional Knowledge and Scientific Research: The Forefront of Intercultural Dialog”

John A Soares, Jr. (University of Notre Dame) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in North American Studies at Carleton University“Canada and International Ice Hockey, 1947-87”

Brent LaBoiteaux Sohngen (Ohio State University) Fulbright Visiting Chair in Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics at the University of Alberta“Climate, Carbon Sequestration, and the Competitiveness of the Canadian Forest Sector in a Global Economy”

Noël A. Sturgeon (Washington State University) Fulbright Distinguished Lecturing Chair at York University“Defining Environmental Justice Cultural Studies”

Yuefeng Franklin Xie (Pennsylvania State University) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Water and the Environment at the University of Lethbridge“Impacts of new regulations and climate change on small water systems”

Lawrence M. Zbikowski (University of Chicago) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Cognitive Music Theory at McGill University“Foundations of Musical Grammar”

Fulbright Specialist Award Recipient

Vivian Gallman-DeRienzo (Florence-Darlington Technical College) Fulbright Specialist at Algoma University “Education”

Jeff Licht (Plants Across Communities Inc.) Fulbright Specialist at the University of Toronto “Environmental Science”

American Fulbright Students and YoungProfessional Award Recipients

Victor Albert (University of Florida) University of Toronto “Experimental and Theoretical Research into Novel Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”


Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Program


The Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Program provides small grants (between $2000US and $4000US) to current Fulbright Canada grantees and alumni of the program, to engage in environmental action in their communities. In 2010-11, Fulbright Canada supported 13 outstanding projects across Canada and the United States. The program serves as an excellent example that Fulbright students, scholars, and alumni, are truly motivated to make a difference in their communities. Fulbrighters are natural leaders, and this program provides additional financial resources to enable them to make a significant positive environmental impact.

The mandate of the Fulbright Program, to promote friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations between the people of both Canada and the people of the United States, is achieved primarily through student and scholar mobility programs. As awareness around the environmental impact of travel grows, more students and scholars are looking to off-set this impact in some way. The Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Program offers a unique opportunity to Fulbrighters to take action to reverse the impact of their travel, and develop new roots within their community.

2010-11 Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leader, Mark Shutzbank (left), with his partners from the Loutet Park Urban Farm in Vancouver

2010-2011 Eco-LeadersColin Anderson (Clearwater, MB)Jack Corbett (Oaxaca, Mexico)

James Grijalva (Grand Forks, ND)Keith James (Portland, OR)

Martina Kunovic (Madison, WI)Ruby Lam (Toronto, ON)

Stephen Litvin (Charleston, SC)Thomas Nail (Eugene, OR)

Mark Shutzbank (Vancouver, BC)Victoria Shaw (Duluth, MN)

Steven Steinberg (Arcata, CA)David Tabachnick (North Bay, ON)

John Ziker (Boise, ID)The Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Program

is made possible through the generous support of:


Fulbright Canada-U.S. Embassy in Ottawa Community Leadership ProgramGiven the success of the Eco-Leadership Program, the next step was to develop a second program to include community-based initiatives beyond the environmental sector. In partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, the Community Leadership Program (CLP) was launched in the late fall of 2010. CLP grants support a fixed number of initiatives in Canada on a regional basis, and encourage collaboration between Fulbright grantees and alumni (as well as past and present recipients of other U.S. Government awards). Applicants were asked to identify projects in their community (with a maximum budget of $8000CAD) and seek the support of at least two other regional alumni. In it’s first year, two projects were supported that epitomized the outstanding character and leadership qualities inherent in Fulbrighters.

Team leader Ailsa Craig received a CLP award to work with her fellow Newfoundland Fulbright alumni Yolanda Wiersma, Jennifer Selby and Angela V. Carter. Ailsa’s project, entitled “Make it Better on the Rock,” is an outreach and education initiative to connect local, national and American resources for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) youth in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Team leader Kevin Chin wanted to inspire leadership skills amongst young people from disadvantaged communities using human rights education tools. Together with the NGO Equitas and his fellow Montreal-based Fulbright alumni Andrée-Anne Cormier, Jenny Montgomery, and Karis Shearer, Kevin organized and ran leadership workshops throughout the year that engaged both community educators and youth in issues relating to human rights.

“The 2010-11 Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Project “Science Institute for Educators: teacher training in current water issues” was a great success. We distributed 121 kits, created a library, led 8 workshops, reached teachers in various grades, occupational stages and several states, and created a network between local organizations, scientists and teachers that will continue into the future.”

Victoria Shaw2010-11 Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leader

“We planted corn. Mine was the giantest.” - Kayden, 6Kayden and children from a downtown Toronto daycare centre helped Eco-Leader Ruby Lam to build an organic urban garden at the centre.

The Killam Fellowships Program

2010-11 American Killam Fellows

VICTORIA BANAS, BIOLOGY, MUSICFrom SUNY-Plattsburgh to Mount Allison University

ROBERT BRADLEY, ECONOMICS, ENGLISHFrom Bridgewater State University to York University

KRISTIN BROWN, ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONFrom the University of Maine at Orono to UPEI

NATALIE BUCHINSKI, FRENCH & FRANCOPHONE STUDIES, RELIGIOUS STUDIES

From Ithaca College to the University of Ottawa

CHRISTOPHER CHEVALLIER, POLITICAL SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

From American University to Mount Allison University

STEPHANIE FIRTH, ENGLISH, FRENCH From Clemson University to l’Université de Montréal

THOMAS FRIEDENBACH, HISTORY, CHINESEFrom Whitman College to the University of British Columbia

ALIA GANT, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONFrom American University to Carleton University

BRIDGETTE GILLILAND, ANTHROPOLOGY From Arizona State University to UPEI

IVY GOOCH, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, FRENCHFrom the University of Washington to McGill University

GREGORY JOHNSEN, ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES From the University of Washington to McGill University

KRISTIN KIROUAC, POLITICAL SCIENCE, FRENCH, CANADIAN STUDIES

From the University of Maine at Orono to l’Université Laval

MALLORY LAVOIE, JOURNALISM, FRENCHFrom the University of Maine at Orono to l’Université Laval

SELENA LILLY, PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGYFrom SUNY-Plattsburgh to Queen’s University

EMILY PHILLIPS, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, ECONOMICS From American University to Mount Allison University

JEFFREY THOMPSON, PSYCHOLOGY, MANAGEMENT From Clemson University to the University of Victoria

MARTIN ZIECH, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, GERMAN From American University to Dalhousie University


The Killam Fellowships Program, which is supported by the American Killam Trusts and will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2012, is designed to develop a cadre of young leaders committed to enhancing mutual understanding between Canada and the United States. The Killam Fellowships program provides exceptional undergraduate students from universities in Canada and the United States with the opportunity to spend either one semester or a full academic year in their host country.

These awards are the first of their kind between Canada and the United States. In its inaugural year, the Killam Fellowships Program engaged 13 American and Canadian undergraduate students in educational exchange. In 2010–11, awards were granted to 32 students.

“Beyond familiarizing myself with Canada, I also discovered Vancouver was a truly international city. I returned to the U.S. with friends from Norway, China, Japan and Slovenia. Though I still have never left North America, I have never felt so close to the emerging global community ... My experience in Canada truly broadened my horizons and exposed me to a range of new perspectives which I will take with me for a long time.”

Thomas FriedenbachWhitman CollegeAmerican Killam Fellow at the University of British Columbia

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2010-11 Canadian Killam Fellows

GABRIELLE ABRAHAMS, ENGLISHFrom Dalhousie University to Smith College

CATHERINE CHIABAUT, FRENCH LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHYFrom McGill University to New York University

REBECCA DIXON, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SPANISHFrom Mount Allison University to American University

ELIZABETH DUBOIS, COMMUNICATIONFrom the University of Ottawa to American University

CHIHAB EL KHACHAB, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGYFrom the University of Ottawa to the University of Washington

RITESH GUPTA, HEALTH SCIENCESFrom McMaster University to Clemson University

CATHERINE KENNY, ENGLISH, SOCIOLOGYFrom Memorial University to Ithaca College HIAM KOGIASHVILI-AMAR, LAW AND SOCIETYFrom York University to Arizona State University

PATRICIA LATENDRESSE, AMERICAN HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGYFrom McGill University to Clemson University

ALEX LEOPOLD, POLITICAL SCIENCE From Concordia University to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

CARL MILLER, CIVIL ENGINEERINGFrom the University of Calgary to California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo

NICOLE MURRELL, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, CHEMISTRY From the University of Alberta to the University of Maine at Orono

CONSTANCE NAUD-ARCAND, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, POLITICAL SCIENCEFrom l’Université de Montréal to Bridgewater State University

ANDRIY TOVSTIUK, MARKETING, BUSINESS, ECONOMICSFrom the University of Alberta to American University

JEAN-LUC XAVIER, BUSINESS, ACCOUNTINGFrom York University to SUNY-Plattsburgh


The Mobility Program

The Killam enrichment activities, allowing for both professional and personal growth, while promoting fellowship among the participants, are an integral part of the Killam Fellowships program. Fulbright Canada, in conjunction with the American Killam Trusts, is pleased to provide current Killam Fellows with a number of specific enrichment opportunities, including Fall Orientation in Ottawa and the Spring Seminar in Washington, DC.

The Cultural Awareness Program provides Killam Fellows with funds to undertake an academic and/or cultural activity in a city or region other than the location of their host university. While the activity does not have to be directly related the student’s program of study, its objective should be to broaden the student’s understanding of the host country and expand his or her horizons.

It is through additional benefits, such as the mobility program, that Fulbright Canada differentiates itself from other scholarship-granting Foundations, allowing the Killam fellows to develop the requisite personal and ambassadorial skills.

2010-2011 Canadian Killam Fellow, Rebecca Dixon from Mount Allison University to American University, and 2012 Rhodes Scholar

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10 Years of the Killam Fellowships Program

In the fall of 2002, Fulbright Canada and the American Killam Trusts, motivated by their passion for educational excellence and their vision of an enduring Canada-U.S. relationship, founded the Killam Fellowships Program. Together, they created a unique, high-profile scholarship program that would allow undergraduate students from the United States and Canada to participate in a formal, structured program of academic cultural exchange.

The Killam Fellowships Program is an enduring legacy to Constance Killam and Elizabeth Killam Rodgers, two women who were born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, but spent the majority of their lives in Marshfield, Massachusetts. They were sisters of Sir Izaak Walton Killam, a Canadian financier who, during the first half of the 20th century, emerged as one of Canada’s greatest philanthropists. Like their brother, Elizabeth and Constance Killam were committed to the advancement of education and to the promotion of international understanding.

Throughout its 10 years, the Killam Fellowships Program has grown immensely. In its first year, 13 students from 20 partner institutions participated in the program. Ten years later, the program will be offering nearly 40 awards to students in 2012, and will involve 42 institutions, representing all regions of North America. The program has truly grown into a continental exchange program.

The Open Competition

Initially, the program was exclusively for official partner institutions. Students from a select group of Canadian partner institutions could participate in a reciprocal exchange with students from a select group of institutions in the United States. In 2007, in the program’s 5th year, the open competition was introduced, allowing students from any degree-granting institution in either country to attend classes at any degree-granting institution in their host country, opening the door to thousands of exceptional undergraduate students.

Group photo of Killam Fellows at the Killam Spring Seminar in Washington, DC in 2009


Killam Fellows at the Annual Fulbright Canada Hockey Game

The Killam Experience

The Killam Fellowships Program offers undergraduate students an exchange experience that is unique to North America. All Killam Fellows, both Canadian and American, travel to Ottawa in September for the Annual Fall Orientation Program. While in Ottawa, Killam Fellows have the opportunity to meet and interact with the American

Fulbright students and scholars, while they participate in a series of cultural and academic activities, culminating in the Annual Fulbright Canada Hockey Game. Each student will then travel to their host institution, where they will have an opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the culture of their host community, while earning credits towards their undergraduate degree. While on exchange, students also have an opportunity to visit another part of their host country to experience more of the rich cultural tapestry of the United States and Canada. Many students, having forged strong bonds of fellowship at the Fall Orientation Program, take this opportunity to visit other Killam Fellows in another part of the country. Then, in the spring, after their exchange is complete, all Killam Fellows will again convene in Washington, DC for the Killam Spring Seminar; three days of academic and cultural activities in America’s capital. By the end of their time on exchange, Killam Fellows have a deep-seeded understanding of their host country and have forged strong relationships with colleagues from across the continent that will benefit them throughout their lives.

To build on the strong connection between Killam Fellows, Fulbright Canada introduced the Killam Community Action Initiative (KCAI) in 2011. This program, which is based on the model of the highly successful Fulbright Canada Community Leadership Program, offers teams of Killam Fellows and alumni small grants that may be used to support a project, event or activity that will have a beneficial impact on their home or host community. In its first year, two excellent projects have received KCAI grants. Anne Larkin will be leading a group in Vancouver that will host a “Passport to Permaculture” summer camp for children. While Mallory Lavoie will be leading a team of

Killam alumni to host a French Immersion Summer program for youth in the State of Maine.

The Annual Elizabeth Killam Rodgers and Constance Killam Public Lecture

Each September, coincident with the Fall Orientation Program, Fulbright Canada hosts the Annual Elizabeth Killam Rodgers and Constance Killam Public Lecture. This lecture offers the public in Ottawa an opportunity to hear from speakers of renown on topics of shared importance to Canada and the United States. Notable speakers include historian and journalist Andrew Cohen, blogger, activist and Fulbright alumnus Cory Doctorow, and Dr. Ruth Simmons, Fulbright alumna and President of Brown University.


“During this exchange, the knowledge or presumptions that I had of the United States gave way to a gradual understanding of its culture. It’s so different to know about something from afar than to experience it firsthand. If the United States used to be like a noticeable stranger whose going-ons are much talked about, it now seems to me more like a friend; close and warmly familiar. That is the true signifi-cance of my Killam experience.”

Keran Xu2007-08 Canadian Killam Fellowat Wellesley College

Ruth Simmons Cory Doctorow

AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS

The accompanying summary financial statements of the Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America (Fulbright Canada), which comprise the summary statement of financial position as at August 31, 2011, the summary statement of operations for the year then ended, and related notes, are derived from the audited financial statements prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, of Fulbright Canada as at and for the year ended August 31, 2011.

We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated November 18, 2011.

The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied in the preparation of the audited financial statements of Fullbright Canada. Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of Fulbright Canada.

Management’s Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements on the basis described in note 1.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, “Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements”. Opinion

In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of Fulbright Canada as at and for the year ended August 31, 2011 are a fair summary of those financial statements, in accordance with the basis described in note 1.

Chartered Accountants, Licensed Public AccountantsNovember 18, 2011Ottawa, Canada


Summary Statement of Financial Position

August 31, 2011, with comparative figures for 2010 2011 2010 Assets Current assets: Cash $732,278 $827,260 Amounts receivable 36,178 24,958 Prepaid expenses 8,581 11,087 777,037 863,305 Investments 955,439 1,023,233 Capital assets 45,572 44,920 Restricted cash - funds held in trust 200,000 200,000 $1,978,048 $2,131,458 Liabilities and Net Assets

Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $46,799 $43,330 Deferred revenue 799,809 1,030,807 846,608 1,074,137 Funds held in trust 200,000 200,000 Employee future benefits 136,657 100,950 Net assets: Unrestricted 335,833 348,073 Internally restricted 50,000 50,000 Invested in capital assets 45,572 44,920 Killam endowment 50,000 0 Endowment 313,378 313,378 794,783 756,371 $1,978,048 $2,131,458

Summary Statement of Operations

Year ended August 31, 2011, with comparative figures for 2010

2011 2010 Revenue: Grants $1,440,141 $1,643,680 Donations and contributions 1,408,652 1,248,797 Other 106,396 6,813 2,955,189 2,899,290 Expenses: Awards: Scholarship 387,796 671,949 Fellowship 838,582 637,695 American Killam fellowship 193,414 201,194 Eco-leadership/community leadership 57,268 0 Mobility program 194,318 188,533 Program I - development 99,936 154,859 Program II - delivery 173,313 178,223 Administration 864,294 885,924 Other 141,333 171,214 2,950,254 3,089,591

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses from operations 4,935 (190,301)

Foreign exchange loss on investments 55,944 34,023

Deficiency of revenue over expenses $(51,009) $(224,324)


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“The cultural exchange I experienced was defined not only by music and theatre, but also by my immersion in those cultural activities embedded in the rhythms of everyday life. Attending local festivals, flea markets, and parades, spending time in public parks and at local diners, and talking baseball with locals and watching games at Yankee Stadium--these, too, offered occasion to learn about American culture and to develop a great affection for this city and this country. While on my Fulbright exchange, I made a concerted effort to engage in conversation with both fellow academics and with New York residents whose backgrounds and careers vary greatly from my own. I am the better for it.”

Leslie Meier University of Western Ontario

Canadian Fulbright Student at New York University

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“Two Sallumiut friends who had shown me extraordinary generosity took a trip to Montreal. I was able to treat them to some of my favorite places in the city and repay some of their kindness. Spending two days with them, I realized that the relationships I built in the Canadian Arctic are not primarily about my research. Instead, they were born out of the shared curiosity that we experience when we meet people from different places and backgrounds. I learned a great deal about Inuit culture and a great deal more about what it means to relate to others.”

Alex GinsburgUniversity of OregonAmerican Fulbright Studentat McGill University

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Secretariat Staff

Michael K. Hawes, PhDChief Executive Officer

Graeme CunninghamExternal Relations Officer

Nesreen El-OnsiAdministrative Assistant Maternity Replacement, Jade McInnis

Michelle EmondProgram Officer (Students)

Brad HectorProgram Officer (Scholars)

Ava KovatsSenior Finance Officer

Jennifer ReganChief Program Officer

Jesse SchellExecutive Assistant/Alumni Coordinator

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