10:15 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Taylor Performing Arts Center
Admission: free

This talk introduces you to Canada’s history, geography, politics and government, economy, social policy and health care system, international relations, and how the persistence of the “French fact” impacts Canadian society.

Mark Kasoff is professor emeritus of Canadian studies and economics at Bowling Green State University, where he founded BGSU’s Canadian Studies Program in 1991. Along with Patrick James, Dr. Kasoff is co-editor of Canadian Studies in the New Millennium (University of Toronto Press, 2008), the most widely used Canadian Studies textbook. Dr. Kasoff, who was editor of The American Review of Canadian Studies from 2002-06, has published numerous articles and book chapters on Canadian international trade and direct investment.