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Canadian Studies

Welcome to the Canadian Studies Program!
We are a vibrant multidisciplinary community of students and scholars from the humanities to the social sciences who critically engage Canada’s past and present and seek to understand Canada’s place in the world. Read More

Meet the new chair of Canadian Studies

Read more about Dr. Minelle Mahtani, and the Canadian Studies program here.

Previous McLean Family Lectures available HERE

More about the McLean Family Series in Canadian Studies HERE

Core Courses

CDST 350B: Canadian Studies

News

March 26, 2025: Mclean Family Lectures – Fossil Fuels and the Project of Canada

Debut Memoir by Minelle Mahtani, Chair of Canadian Studies, makes CBC Reads List

Remembering David McLean

2025 Mclean Family Lectures – Canada and the Comparative Politics of Carbon Taxes

2025 Mclean Family Lectures – Climate Change and Canadian Federalism: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

McLean Family Chair in Canadian Studies Dr. Kathryn Harrison receives 2024 Peter Wall Legacy Award

Pancouver Article: “UBC students create cognitive disequilibrium by challenging narratives around Canadian studies”