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 During the 2011-12 semesters, Dr Houle will be based at McGill University's Institue for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies. 

Dr Karen Houle is currently the Muriel Sparks Visiting Scholar, at McGill University's Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies.

Dr Stefan Linquist teaches the new Philosophy Field Course in Tofino, British Columbia (see course blog). 

Dr Karen Houle awarded a CIHR grant to develop a teaching manual in Ecosystem Approaches to Health. 

I am delighted to be able to announce that John Russon has been awarded the UGFA Distinguished Professorial Award for the College of Arts for 2010 by the UGFA Teaching Awards Committee. Congratulations to John for this signal and much-deserved accolade for his outstanding teaching.

I am delighted to be able to announce that John Russon has been awarded the UGFA Distinguished Professorial Award for the College of Arts for 2010 by the UGFA Teaching Awards Committee. Congratulations to John for this signal and much-deserved accolade for his outstanding teaching.

Scottish Studies Fall Colloquium: get the flyer (.pdf) This year's featured speakers are Dr. Leith Davis of Simon Fraser University and Dr. Lucille Campey, author of many books on Canadian immigration. Please join us at Rozanski Hall on the University of Guelph's campus, Saturday, 25 September. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.

Scottish Studies Fall Colloquium: get the flyer (.pdf) This year's featured speakers are Dr. Leith Davis of Simon Fraser University and Dr. Lucille Campey, author of many books on Canadian immigration. Please join us at Rozanski Hall on the University of Guelph's campus, Saturday, 25 September. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.

Nicole Drisdell's M.A. thesis defence, "Protestant Polemic in Post-Edict France: Pierre du Moulin and the Seventeenth-Century Huguenot World, 1598-1625," will take place on September 10, 2010 in MacKinnon Extension 2020 from 1:30-3:00pm. All welcome! Get the abstract: (.pdf)

Nicole Drisdell's M.A. thesis defence, "Protestant Polemic in Post-Edict France: Pierre du Moulin and the Seventeenth-Century Huguenot World, 1598-1625," will take place on September 10, 2010 in MacKinnon Extension 2020 from 1:30-3:00pm. All welcome! Get the abstract: (.pdf)

Congratulations to Matt Lennox and Zoe Whittall.

Matt Lennox, currently a second year student in the MFA, is on the short list in the short story category of the annual ReLit Awards, for his collection Men of Salt, Men of Earth.

MFA alum Zoe Whittall has been shortlisted for her novel, Holding Still as Long as Possible.