The Canada Program, funded by the William Lyon Mackenzie King endowment, examines Canadian economic, social, cultural, and political issues in their domestic and international dimensions. The program comprises a seminar speaker series, an annual faculty conference, graduate and undergraduate student affiliates, and two annual visiting professorships: the William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, who chairs the seminar and organizes the faculty conference; and the William Lyon Mackenzie King Research Fellow.

The Canada Seminar meets several times each semester to host presentations by invited scholars, artists, public figures, and experts from various disciplines. The seminar provides a forum for the lively exchange of ideas on a wide range of issues and offers the Harvard community of faculty and students a perspective on Canadian scholarly and public life.

Francine Mckenzie, associate professor, Department of History, Western University, is the 2012–2013 William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies. Ben Herzog, a former senior fellow at the Center for Comparative Research at Yale University, is the 2012–2013 William Lyon Mackenzie King Research Fellow.

Awards and Benefits

The Center will award undergraduate thesis research grants of up to $4,000 each for field research in Canada. Recipients of the grants will be named Undergraduate Associates of the Weatherhead Center and are expected to present their thesis research at a conference in the spring semester before their theses are due.

Requests for out-of-cycle support for nominal amounts, designed to assist with unforeseen thesis-research expenses, are considered on a case-by-case basis. Inquiries, which will be reviewed and evaluated as needed, should be sent directly to the Canada Program.

Who Is Eligible

The Center invites the applications of Harvard College students, generally juniors who will be writing senior honors theses, whose research is focused significantly on Canadian issues.

Terms

Recipients of the Canada thesis grants will be encouraged to participate in the Canada Seminar and to become involved in other aspects of the Canada Program. For more details on the Canada Program, please contact Helen Clayton.

How to Apply

The Weatherhead Center uses a common application form, CARAT. Before beginning your application in CARAT, make sure you read all application instructions which you will find when you log into CARAT on the top menu under “Funding Sources and Supplements.” Once there, scroll down and carefully read all of the details and instructions for Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Undergraduate Thesis Research Grants.

Deadline

February 15, 2013