http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/ 2008-04-14T23:29:43-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/04/canadian_studie.html Late last week, a Canadian Press reporter looking for a story happened upon the Burlington Free Press article on the closure of our program office and the withdrawal of program funding to Canadian Studies. The resulting Canadian Press story hit... pwmartin 2008-04-14T23:29:43-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/04/the_closure_of.html \ Canadian Studies office, 589 Main Street Dear friends, Recently, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences informed me that she intends to withdraw all funding ($35,000, which covers our staff and office costs) from the Canadian... pwmartin 2008-04-05T01:12:22-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/04/advising_for_fa_2.html Fall registration begins for Seniors on Tuesday, April 8, and opens up for everyone else gradually over that week. Make sure to check the UVM Registration schedule to see when you may begin registering for Fall classes. I'm setting aside... pwmartin 2008-04-05T00:04:56-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/03/ah_yes_good_ol.html Lowetide is quickly becoming one of my favourite blogs: This is Stan Weir. Stan Weir was born in a log cabin that he built with his bare hands. Stan Weir can lick his elbow. Stan Weir puts the fun in... pwmartin 2008-03-26T15:18:23-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/03/is_america_read.html I found this cartoon in my mailbox this morning after pitching the importance of Canadian Studies to the University administration. Canadian Studies... pwmartin 2008-03-26T14:49:07-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/03/im_counting_on.html Like many Oilers fans, I'm feeling the Stan Weir magic. Stan is going to lead us into the playoffs, I just know it. As I learned today on Lowetide, one of the best Oilers blogs there is, Stan Weir wrote... pwmartin 2008-03-24T12:17:06-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/03/it_is_not_every.html I still have no plans to become a dual citizen of the US and Canada, but if I could vote in the upcoming election this great speech would have made up my mind once and for all. Wow.... pwmartin 2008-03-18T13:12:54-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/03/champlain_was_h.html (The first part of my new series on why Canadian Studies is an important part of the University of Vermont) 2009 marks the quadracentennial of the arrival of Samuel de Champlain in our area. A new exhibit at the Boston... pwmartin 2008-03-13T13:12:07-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/03/things_i_love_a.html I was roused from my depression about the latest election results in Alberta this week by my friends Richard and Richard who sent me a link to this hot news story from the homeland: OTTAWA (AFP) - The town of... pwmartin 2008-03-10T00:58:17-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/02/canadian_vs_us.html I've been keeping my head down of late trying to get more work done. One of the things that keeps me from disappearing entirely into my office and cutting myself off from the world is the US election. Well, we're... pwmartin 2008-02-11T23:01:13-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/01/check_out_itsum.html In the news today:Inuit filmmaker Zach Kunuk and his co-producer Norman Cohn grabbed worldwide attention for their film "Atanarjuat" when it won a medal at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, but neither expected the accolades and attention to trickle down... pwmartin 2008-01-16T13:43:16-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/01/moving_to_canad.html Every semester, two or three students who don't know me drop by my office to ask for advice about how they could move to Canada. I don't usually have much advice to give them, having only experienced the bureaucracy involved... pwmartin 2008-01-16T10:35:44-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/01/what_if_canadia.html This news story made me chuckle today. When we talk about the differences between Canadian and American politics in my classes, student frequently say: "So, the Conservatives are the equivalent of the Republicans and the Liberals are the same as... pwmartin 2008-01-07T22:51:15-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/01/free_online_cou.html Online university courses big hit (CBC News) The free online courses offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are getting more than a million hits a month, an example of the burgeoning interest in internet education. Including translations on... pwmartin 2008-01-03T13:12:15-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/archives/2008/01/city_of_champio.html Edmontonians blog their way to a world record Less than a day into the new year, the City of Champions gained a new set of world record holders. "We will be setting the world record for the largest community blogging... pwmartin 2008-01-02T20:31:39-05:00