Objectives
To encourage in-depth inclusion of Canadian content in comparative research/projects that have policy relevance for Canada-U.S. relations as well as Canadian social, economic, political, security, and quality of life issues. Topics particularly relevant to Canada-U.S. relations include trade and economics, defense and security cooperation, border management, energy, softwood lumber, environment and natural resource management, and agriculture. Other topics include comparative urban planning, health care delivery, multicultural educational policies, environmental law, etc.
Eligibility
Students in any discipline or professional school who are in the process of preparing a graduate thesis or doctoral dissertation related in substantial part to the study of Canada, Canada-U.S. relations or comparative policies in North America. Students must be US citizens or permanent residents.
Conditions
- The student must be enrolled in a full-time masters or doctoral program at an institution in the United States;
- The student must present their research at an Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. meeting.
Application
- CV
- one-page proposal outlining the thesis/dissertation project that states why research matches the fellowship;
- letter of support from the student’s thesis/dissertation chair
Past Winners
Clea Harrelson, a PhD student in Anthropology and Environmental Policy at the University of Maine, has been awarded the 2024 ACSUS-Enders Graduate Fellowship. Her project is titled “Bridging the Lobster Industries of Maine and Eastern Canada.” Her fieldwork will consist of carrying out participant observation and semi-structured interviews with fishers and fisheries associations in the Bay of Fundy region, such as Fundy North, to understand their needs and interests and help establish collaborative strategies for resilience.
Devan Blackwell, a PhD Candidate in Education Management at Hampton University, has been awarded the 2023 ACSUS-Enders Graduate Fellowship. Under this fellowship, Devan will be conducting fieldwork in Montreal for his project titled “Une lentille civique (A Civic Lens): Film Use as a Pedagogical Tool for Civic Education in Middle School Social Studies.”
Samantha Farquhar has been awarded the 2022 ACSUS-Enders Graduate Fellowship. Samantha is a PhD student in Integrated Coastal Sciences at East Carolina University, and is completing a project on “The impact of indigenous-led commercial fisheries development on Arctic food systems.”
