Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Tanaka Fund Program for Japanese-Language Education)
University College of the Fraser Valley
University of Alberta
University of Manitoba
University of Toronto
2005-2006
Fellowship Program
(Scholars and Researchers)
None awarded
(Doctoral Candidates)
None awarded
(Short-Term Fellowships)
Dr. James Tiessen, McMaster University, "Japan's Top Hospitals: The emergence and indentification of best practice"
Dr. James Herbert, Lakehead University, "A Comparative Study of Popular Japanese and European Folktales"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
University of Toronto, "The City, the Body and the Text in Modern Japanese Literature"
Japanese Studies Association of Canada, "The EAC-JSAC Alberta Conference 2005: Connections and Identities in East Asia and Beyond"
University of Montreal, Philosophers of Japan
The Prince Takamado Library Support Program
Royal Ontario Museum, H.H. Mu Far Eastern Library
McMaster University
Carleton University
Université du Québec à Montréal
Centre for East Asian Studies, Université de Montréal
University of Calgary
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Victoria, McPherson Library
Intellectual Exchange Projects
Munk Centre for International Studies at University of Toronto, "Shibusawa North American Seminar"
Grant Program for Cultural Exchange at the Grass-roots Level (Domestic Application)
Earth Symposium in Japan
Photo Essay Cafe Project
International Student Symposium
Yosakoi&Soran
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program for Japanese Studies)
University of Alberta
York University
(Tanaka Fund Program for Japanese-Language Education)
University of Alberta
University College of the Fraser Valley
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
Short Term Visitors Program (*)
Geoffrey Taylor, Director of the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront Centre, ON
2004-2005
Fellowship Program
(Scholars and Researchers)
Dr. David William Edgington, University of British Columbia, "Multicultural Planning in Japanese Cities"
Dr. Ken Kawashima, University of Toronto, "Colonialism, Culture and Korean Labor Power in Japan (1917-1937)"
Dr. Livia Monnet, Université de Montréal, "Women's Cinema and New Media Art in Contemporary Japan: History, Theory, Criticism and a Digital Device"
Dr. Satoshi Ikeda, University of Alberta, "Japan's Failed Modernization and the Crisis of Ideology: East Asian Regional and World System""
(Doctoral Candidates)
Catilin Griffiths, University of Toronto, "Itinerant Nuns and Monks of Medieval Japan"
(Short-Term Fellowships)
Dr. Anne McKnight, McGill University, "Nakagami Kenji and Postwar Minoritarian Literature"
Dr. Nam-lin Hur, University of British Columbia, "Zen Monks and the Japanese Invasion of Chosen Korea, 1592-1598: The Case of Seisho Jotai"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Canadian Asian Studies Association, "Tensions and Linkages: CASA 25th Anniversary Conference"
Japanese Studies Association of Canada, "The Anniversary Year 2004, Why Japan Matters More Than Ever Before"
The Prince Takamado Library Support Program
Carleton University
Saint Mary's University
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
Support Program for Core Organizations in Japanese Studies
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program for Japanese Studies)
University of Alberta, 2nd year
(Tanaka Fund Program for Japanese-Language Education)
University of Toronto, 1st year
York University, 2nd year (Applied for Special Grant, but granted under Tanaka Fund)
Short Term Visitors Program (*)
Mary E. Hofstetter, President and CEO of The Banff Centre, AB
Group Tours Program (*)
(Secondary School Educators)
Bethany Doiron, Prince Edward Island Department of Education
David Herron, Aberdeen Composite School, AB
Robert Koole, Society of Christian Schools in British Columbia
2003-2004
Fellowship Program
(Scholars and Researchers)
Dr. Marc Driscoll, University of Alberta, "Japanese Modernism as Global Modernism: Re-situating the Erotic-Grotesque-Nonsense"
(Doctoral Candidates)
Joël Perron, University of Toronto, "Okakura Kakuzo and Irreconcilable Japonismes"
(Short-Term Fellowships)
Dr. Robert Carter, Trent University, "The Practice of Ethics / The Ethics of Practice"
Dr. Romin Tafarodi, University of Toronto, "Self-esteem in Japan and Canada: A structural analysis"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Japan Studies Association of Canada, "Japan at a Crossroads, Japan Studies Association of Canada 16th Annual Conference"
University of British Columbia, Institute of Asian Research, "Dimensions of Japanese Ethnicity Within and Without, 1543-1945"
University of Toronto, Department of Sociology, "New Challenge for Welfare State Research"
The Prince Takamado Library Support Program
Carleton University
Huron University College
Université Laval
Royal Ontario Museum
University of British Columbia Library
University of Lethbridge Library
University of Manitoba Library
University of Ottawa
University of Victoria Library
Support Program for Core Organizations in Japanese Studies
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program for Japanese Studies)
Mount Allison University, 1st year
University of Alberta, 1st year
York University, 1st year
(Tanaka Fund Program for Japanese-Language Education)
University of Alberta, 3rd year
York University, Visiting Language Lectureship
Short Term Visitors Program (*)
Wayne Baerwaldt, Director, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, ON
Group Tours Program (*)
(Secondary School Educators)
Glenn Taylor, Elizabeth Sutherland School, NS
Heather Waldie, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, AB
Paul McNamara, St. James High School, ON
2002-2003
Fellowship Program
(Doctoral Candidates)
Christina Laffin, Columbia University, "Women and Cultural Production: A Socio-literary Critique of Heian and Kamakura Travel Diaries"
Monika Dix, University of British Columbia, "Women, Religion and Myth: Presentations of Chujohime in Religious and Secular Hand Scroll Paintings"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Carleton University, "Perspectives and Prospects on Canada-Japan Relations"
Japan Studies Association of Canada, The 15th Annual Conference of Japan Studies Association of Canada
University of British Columbia, Institute of Asian Research, "Conference on Social and Political Change in Japan"
University of Calgary, Department of Germanic, Slavic & East Asian Studies, "Historical Consciousness, Historiography, and Modern Japanese Values"
University of Victoria, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, "Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada"
Library Support Program
Carleton University
McGill University
McMaster University Library
Renison College, University of Waterloo
Saint Mary's University
Simon Fraser University Library
Université de Montréal
University of British Columbia Library
University of Calgary Library
University of Lethbridge Library
University of Manitoba Library
University of Toronto, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
University of Western Ontario, The D.B. Weldon Library
Support Program for Core Organizations in Japanese Studies
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program for Japanese Studies)
University of Toronto, Staff Enhancement, 3rd year
York University, Osgoode Law School, Visiting Professorship
(Tanaka Fund Program)
University of Alberta, Continuing Position, 2nd year
University of British Columbia, Continuing Position, 2nd year
Short Term Visitors Program (*)
Kitty Scott, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Canada
Uchida Fellowship (*)
Yves Sheriff, Artistic Programmer, Theatre USINE C, Montreal
2001-2002
Fellowship Program
(Scholars and Researchers)
Dr. Eric Cazdyn, University of Toronto, "Globalization and Japan: Between Aesthetics and Political Economy"
Dr. Jacob Kovalio, Carleton University, "Asianism in Japan and Asia-Pacific: Meaning, Importance, and Future Potential Impact"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Japan Studies Association of Canada, 14th Annual Conference
ORBICOM at Université du Québec à Montréal, "The International Network of UNESCO Chairs and Associates in Communications"
University of Alberta, "Across Time and Genre: Reading and Writing Japanese Women's Texts"
Library Support Program
Bishop's University Library
Carleton University Library
Huron College, University of Western Ontario
McGill University, McLennan Library
McMaster University Library
Renison College, University of Waterloo
Royal Ontario Museum, H.H. Mu Far Eastern Library
Saint Mary's University Library
Université du Québec à Montréal
Université Laval Library
University of Alberta Library
University of British Columbia Asian Library
University of Lethbridge
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program for Japanese Studies)
University of Manitoba, Staff Enhancement, 1st year
University of Toronto, Staff Enhancement, 2nd year
University of Victoria, Staff Enhancement, 2nd year
(Tanaka Fund Program)
Carleton University, Continuing Position, 3rd year
University of Alberta, Continuing Position, 1st year
University of British Columbia, Continuing Position, 1st year
Short Term Visitors Program (*)
Tom McSorley, Executive Director, Canadian Film Institute
Group Tours Program (*)
(Secondary School Educators)
Christine Anne Bacon, Philemon Wright High School, Hull, QC
Carol Anne Caulderwood, Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board, Mississauga, ON
John James Darroch, Palliser Regional Division NO. 26, Lethbridge, AB
Jean-Louis Elie, St. Thomas High School, Pointe-Claire, QC
John Frederic Grimmer, Harrison Trimble High School, Moncton, NB
Pamela Marie Kainola Potvin, Sudbury Secondary School, Sudbury, ON
Rémi Joseph Lévesque, Moncton High School, Moncton, NB
Rika Lynn Luttin, Sentinel Secondary School, W. Vancouver, BC
Invitation Program for International Conferences (*)
Mary R.T. Gordon, Founder and Director, Roots of Empathy?
Prof. Robin Broadway, Professor, Queen's University
Prof. Hosea Hirata, Assistant Professor, Tufts University
2000-2001
Fellowship Program
Dr. Tsuyoshi Kawasaki, Scholar, Simon Fraser University, "Post-classical Realism as the Theoretical Foundation of Japanese Security Policy"
Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh, Scholar, University of British Columbia, "General Nogi's Wife: Gender and Japanese Modernity"
Catherine Osborne, Artist/Writer, "Japan in the Year 2001", research for a series of articles on contemporary Japanese art
Dr. Teri Jane Ursacki, Scholar, University of Calgary, "Changes in Managerial Promotion Practices in Japanese Corporations: Extent, Determinants and Consequences"
Dr. Raymond Vézina, Scholar, Université du Québec à Montréal, "A Study of Makoto Nakamura's Posters for Shiseido Company"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Japan Studies Association of Canada, 13th Annual Conference, October 5-6 at the University of British Columbia
McGill University, "Japan and the Institutions of National Translation," January 14-16 at McGill University
Library Support Program
Carleton University
McGill University, McLennan Library
Renison College, University of Waterloo
Royal Ontario Museum
Sheridan College
Toronto Public Library
Université de Montréal
University of Alberta Library
University of British Columbia, Central Library
University of Calgary Library
University of Toronto, East Asian Library
University of Victoria, McPherson Library
University of Western Ontario Library
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program for Japanese Studies)
University of New Brunswick at Saint John, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of Toronto, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of Toronto Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of Toronto Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2nd year
University of Victoria, Staff Expansion, 1st year
(Tanaka Fund Program)
Carleton University, Continuing Position, 2nd year
McGill University, Continuing Position, 1st year
University of Regina Language Institute, Visiting Language Lectureship, 1st year
University of Toronto, Continuing Position, 3rd year
Short Term Visitors Program (*)
Don McKellar, Film Director/Writer/Actor
Group Tours Program (*)
(Secondary School Educators)
Monique Brisson, West Isle Composite High School, Elmsdale, PE
Michelle Fletcher, Walter W. Brown High School, Langham, SK
Paul Forestell, County Central High School, Vulcan, AB
Barry Halloran, MacDonald Complex, Sydney, NS
Sally McAllister, Fredericton High School, Fredericton, NB
Marlene Lambe, Calgary Catholic School District, Calgary, AB
Richard Rajotte, J.H. Bruns Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB
Joy Sceviour, Lewisporte/Gander District #6 School Board, Gander, NF
1999-2000
Fellowship Program
Dr. Thomas Heyd, University of Victoria, "Nature in Japanese Culture: Beyond Paradox"
Dr. Wenran Jian, University of Alberta, "Japan's Response to the Rise of China as a Potential Superpower"
Kerri Sakamoto, Writer, Research for second novel, "Love in the Flesh"
Setsu Shigematsu, Doctoral Candidate, Cornell University, "Second Wave Feminist Theory in Japan: Activists, Academics, and the Media"
Alwyn Paula Spies, Doctoral Candidate, University of British Columbia, "Reading the Self: Shoujo Fiction"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Saint Mary's University, 12th Annual Japan Studies Association of Canada Conference
UBC Institute of International Relations, "Understanding Japan in the 21st Century"
Library Support Program
Bishop's University
Carleton University
Langara College Library
McGill University, McLennan Library
McMaster University
Ontario College of Art & Design
Royal Ontario Museum
Université de Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
Université Laval Library
University of Alberta Library
University of British Columbia Library
University of Calgary Library
University of New Brunswick, Harriet Irving Library
University of Toronto, Far East Asian Library
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program for Japanese Studies)
University of Alberta, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of British Columbia, Staff Expansion, 3rd year
McGill University, Staff Expansion, 3rd year
Université de Montréal, continuing Position, 3rd year
University of Toronto, Staff Expansion, 2nd year
University of Toronto, Post Doctoral Fellowship, 1st year
University of Victoria, Staff Expansion, 3rd year
(Tanaka Fund Program)
University of Alberta, Visiting Language Lectureship, 2nd year
Carleton University, Continuing Position, 1st year
Huron College, Continuing Position, 3rd year
Université de Montréal, Continuing Position, 3rd year
University of Toronto, Continuing Position, 2nd year
Short Term Visitors Program (*)
Michael Ondaatje, Author
Group Tours Program (*)
(Secondary School Educators)
Michael Black, MacDonald Cartier High School, St. Hubert, QC
Anne-Marie Delisle, John Paul I High School, St. Leonard, QC
Michael Fong, Balmoral Jr. Secondary School, N. Vancouver, BC
Gordon Graham, St. Michael's High School, Low, QC
Naile Kudeki, Lachine High School, Lachine QC
Nancy Materman-Boyd, Rockridge School, W. Vancouver, BC
Catherine Prokosh, Lester B. Pearson School Board, Beaconsfield, QC
Peter Scott, Argyle Secondary School, N. Vancouver, BC
1998-1999
Fellowship Program
Dr. Jill Grant, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, "Planning Sustainable Communities in Japan"
Dr. Nam-lin Hur, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, "Death and Social Order in the Tokugawa World"
Jirina Marton, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, "Japanese Myths and Tales in Western Culture"
John McCarthy, Doctoral candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, "Modern Japanese Literature and National Origins"
Dr. Joe Moore, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria, "The Post-War Revival of Japanese Jazz"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Université Laval, Centre for Japanese Research, "Studies in Japanese Outdoor Space Exploitation"
Saint Mary's University, "1998 Japanese Studies Association of Canada Conference at University of Northern British Columbia"
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Management, "The Internationalization of the Japanese Management System"
Library Support Program
Carleton University
Mount Allison University
North York Public Library
Royal Ontario Museum, H.H. Mu Far Eastern Library
Saint Mary's University
Simon Fraser University
St. Francis Xavier University
Trent University
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
Université Laval
Université de Montréal
University of New Brunswick
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program)
McGill University, Staff Expansion, 2nd year
Mount Allison University, Visiting Professorship
University of British Columbia, Staff Expansion, 2nd year
Université de Montréal, Staff Expansion, 2nd year
University of New Brunswick, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of Toronto, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of Victoria, Visiting Professorship
(Tanaka Fund Program)
University of Alberta, Visiting Language Lectureship
Bishop's University, Continuing Position, 3rd year
Huron College, Continuing Position, 2nd year
Université de Montréal, Continuing Position, 2nd year
University of Lethbridge, Continuing Position, 1st year
University of Toronto, Continuing Position, 1st year
Uchida Fellowship(*)
Cathy Levy, Arts Administrator, Harbourfront Centre, "Developing Artistic Collaborations in Dance Between Canadian and Japanese Artists"
Group Tours Program (*)
(Secondary School Educators)
Patricia Cibinel, Fort William Collegiate Institute, Thunder Bay, ON
Odvar Hagen, LaSalle Secondary School, Sudbury, ON
Peter Kehoe, Immaculata High School, Nepean, ON
Edwin Otten, Bishop Allen Academy, Etobicoke, ON
Lynda Sharratt, York Region District School Board, Newmarket, ON
Kathryn Wallace, Banting Memorial High School, Alliston, ON
Marc Gaulin, École Secondaire Georges-P-Vanier, Hamilton, ON
Michael Pearce, Oakridge Secondary School, London, ON
Group Invitation Program (*)
Parliamentary Interns, Ottawa
Group Tour Program for Specialists (*)
Library Training Program, Gonnami Tsuneharu, University of British Columbia, Asian Library
1997-1998
Fellowship Program
Alan Belcher, Sculptor and Photographer, Artist residency and research
Françoise Cormier, Artist, "The Touched and the Untouched"
Dr. Paul David Hoelzley, Associate Professor of Music, Trinity Western University
Dr. Rodica Livia Monnet, Université de Montréal, Department of Literature, "Cinema and Cinematic Visuality in Japanese Culture in the 1920s and 1930s"
Sinh Vinh, Professor in the History and Classics Department, University of Alberta
Alan Thompson, Doctoral Candidate, University of Toronto, "Intercultural Varieties of English in Japan"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (Professor Kazuko Nakajima: 1997 Japanese Teachers' Summer Workshop), ON
University of Toronto (Dr. Michael Donnelly: Japanese Studies Association of Canada Conference)
University of British Columbia, Centre for Japanese Research (Dr. Keizo Nagatani: The Edo Period, In Past and Present)
University of Victoria, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (Dr. Timothy J. Craig: Conference on Japanese Popular Culture)
Library Support Program
University of Alberta Library
University of British Columbia
Carelton University Library
Huron College
MacKimmie Library, University of Calgary
McGill University
McMaster University
Renison College
Royal Ontario Museum
Saint Mary's University
Trent University
Université de Montréal
Université Laval
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program)
McGill University, Staff Expansion, 1st year
Mount Allison University, Staff Expansion, 3rd year
Mount Allison University, Post-doctoral Fellowship
Université de Montréal, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of British Columbia, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of Calgary, Staff Expansion, 2nd year
University of Victoria, Staff Expansion, 1st year
(Tanaka Fund Program)
Bishop's University, Continuing Position, 2nd year
Carleton University, Continuing Position, 3rd year
Huron College, Continuing Position, 1st year
Université de Montréal, Visiting Language Lectureship
Short Term Visitors' Program (*)
Elizabeth Bradley, Director, Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts
Medium Term Visitors Program (*)
Robert Fulford, Author and Journalist
Group Tour Program for Specialists (*)
Parliamentary Internship Programme, ON
1996-1997
Fellowship Program
Dr. Yoko-Collier Sanuki, University of British Columbia, "Functions of Subordinate Clauses in Japanese Conversational and Written Discourse"
Dr. Jacob Kovalio, Carleton University, "Yudayakaron-Japanese Anti-Semitism as Ultranationalism"
Dr. Laure Lynne Paquette, Lakehead University, "Japan as the Linchpin of Canadian Policy in East Asia"
Dr. Paul Kenneth Parker, University of Waterloo, "Japanese Trade and the Environment: An Evaluation of the Ecological Footprint of Japanese Commodity Trade"
Dr. Catherine Russell, "Women in Japanese Film 1930-1960"
Dr. Thomas Craig Waldichuk, York University, "Quality of Life of the Elderly in Konjuka Settlements"
Dr. X. Jie Yang, University of Calgary, "A Research on Chinese Stories in Medieval Japanese Literature"
Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program for Japanese Studies
Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (Professor Kazuko Nakajima: 1996 Japanese Teachers' Summer Workshop), ON
Saint Mary's University (Dr. James Morrison: Japanese Studies Association of Canada Conference)
University of Alberta, East Asian Studies Department (Dr. Sonja Arntzen: Japan Panels at ASPAC, 1996)
Université de Montréal (Dr. Bernard Bernier: Redefining Japanese Modernity, Modernism and Postmodernism)
University of British Columbia, Centre for Human Settlements (Dr. Thomas Hutton: The Post-quake Reconstruction of Kobe: Economic, Land Use and Housing Perspectives)
Library Support Program
Acadia University
Bishop's University
Carleton University Library
Huron College
MacKimmie Library, University of Calgary
McGill University
McMaster University
Mount Allison University
Queen's University
Renison College
Royal Ontario Museum
Université de Montréal
Université Laval
University of Alberta Library
University of British Columbia
University of Manitoba Library
University of New Brunswick
University of Northern British Columbia
University of Toronto, East Asian Library
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Administered Programs
(Special Grants Program)
Bishop's University, Post-doctoral Fellowship
Bishop's University, Staff Expansion, 1st year
Simon Fraser University, Staff Expansion, 3rd year
University of Calgary, Staff Expansion, 1st year
University of Toronto, Staff Expansion, 1st year
(Tanaka Fund Program)
Carleton University, Continuing Position, 2nd year
Mount Allison University, Continuing Position, 2nd year
Saint Mary's University, Continuing Position, 3rd year
Simon Fraser University, Continuing Position, 3rd year
Short Term Visitors' Program (*)
Margaret Atwood, Poet and Author
Bernard J. Shapiro, President and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University
Group Tour Program for Specialists (*)
Lesley Krueger, Author
Daniel Stoffman, Author
Parliamentary Interns