This conference will consider a breadth of subjects in relation to the construction, evolution, evaluation and representation of modern Canada and its appreciation and recognition of matters of cultural difference.

Canada is renowned for “incorpora[ting] an embrace of diversity into their national mythologies” (Kernerman, 2005). This conference will consider a breadth of subjects in relation to the construction, evolution, evaluation and representation of modern Canada and its appreciation and recognition of matters of cultural difference. Papers are welcomed from any disciplinary approach and include those which offer an informed view of Canada in comparative context.

Papers will be especially appreciated in the following areas:

• multiculturalism, citizenship, policy, management
• law, human rights, constitution, freedom
• societies, integration/disintegration, inclusion/exclusion
• diversity, ethnicity, tolerance
• cultures and literatures
• representation, identity, self, history, meaning and recognition
• well being, the local and the global
• metropolis, cities, towns and ruralis