Why Canadian Studies at Dalhousie? In this era of globalized economies and a growing sense of international citizenship and responsibilities, Canadian Studies programmes are enjoying something of a renaissance. Knowing ourselves and understanding our place in the world as Canadians remains a legitimate, even urgent task for students and scholars alike.

Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University has always been based upon a very strong tradition of research and teaching in a wide range of Faculty of Arts and Social Science and Faculty of Science departments and in other associated faculties and professional schools such as Health Professions, Law, and the King’s School of Journalism. The new Dalhousie Canadian Studies Programme, with its various options, allows students to deepen their understanding of Canada in an exciting and coherent interdisciplinary context. As a second field of study leading to an Emphasis or a Minor, a Double Major or a Joint Honours B.A. or B.Sc., it provides the opportunity to enrich and enhance a student’s work on Canadian topics beyond his or her primary departmental home. To this end, Canadian Studies provides both a group of core classes taught by our cross-appointed faculty and a long list of offerings “approved with Canadian Studies” from the various contributing departments throughout the University.

Former students of Canadian Studies have found that this interdisciplinary study has been of benefit to them in a wide range of activities and careers including journalism, teaching at all levels, and graduate and professional studies.