Here are a few announcements that I thought I'd pass along here instead of taking class time to do so....

Looking to pick up an extra credit over the winter break?
Continuing Education has added a second section of my course on

Looking for a course to take this spring? Here's a great one:

GEOGRAPHY 196Z1 (10024)/AIS 196Z1 (10025) MONTREAL: A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH

The course presents a geographical view on the historical and more recent dynamics of human activity in Montreal. It presents and explores both the internal structure of the city, and its relation to the rest of North America and the world, with special interest for the U.S. Northeast. We will look how, during more than 350 years, Montreal has integrated several influences to become a multicultural, economically dynamic, cosmopolitan city.
The course includes a field day in Montreal.
Pierre Deslauriers Wednesday 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Rowell 111

For everyone:
Michigan State University is offering a great summer course in Vancouver that might interest you.

A brief description of the program follows and more information can be found at this URL: http://studyabroad.msu.edu/programs/canadafuture.html

'The Transformation of North America: The Political and Policy Consequences of "Deep Integration" in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)'.
This study abroad program adopts a Canadian perspective on the rapid reshaping of North American society resulting from so - called “deep [economic] integration” The opening focus will be on how economic initiatives - notably, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - are already moving the continent's three nations in this direction. Our more general concern, however, will be on understanding how such developments are contributing to a narrowing of U.S.- Canadian differences in various policy areas, including social welfare, and---ultimately but more arguably--- to eventual emergence of a new continental political order. Intellectual and popular resistance to these trends will also be examined. In sum, the program focuses on some of the fundamental issues now confronting Canada in particular and North American society in general.

All participants will attend classes on program themes, but there will also be ample opportunity for individual study, depending on personal interests. Thus, business and economics students may wish to explore how deep integration is transforming the Vancouver area economy; social science and social work students can likewise investigate how Canadian social structure and public policy have been comparably impacted by the same process.

I urge anyone who would like to travel or experience something new this summer to study on this trip! In addition, Vancouver is one of the most amazing cities in North America! This program is open to ALL universities and graduate students!