The Canadian Literature Research Unit at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, invites everyone to the 16th edition of Canada Week (23-27 March 2026).
Canada Week consists of a series of lectures on the history, literature, and culture of Anglophone and Francophone Canada, as well as a number of other events promoting Canadian studies and Canada itself.
This year, the main events of Canada Week include:
- three sessions of academic lectures delivered by invited guests from other institutions as well as Canadian studies scholars from UAM;
- two sessions of student presentations;
- a meeting with Canadian politician of Polish descent Thomas Lukaszuk and Joanna Bogusławska (Agatha Rae)—co-author of the book Pozdrów Reagana, an auto/biography of Lukaszuk published in February this year;
- a screening of the film Pride Vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story (2024) with an introductory talk.
All events will take place in AULA, Collegium Heliodori, ul. Grunwaldzka 6, Poznań. The lectures and talks can be watched online via Zoom (registration required) and on the Faculty of English Facebook page.
Register here [external link]
The organizers acknowledge the invaluable support of the Faculty of English, AMU School of Languages and Literatures, AMU Welcome Centre and the Embassy of Canada to Poland.
Canada Week 23–27 March 2026
Program
March 23 (Monday)
9:45-11:15 Aula — Session I
- Opening remarks
- Agnieszka Rzepa (UAM) – “Black Canadian life writing: building solidarities with Indigenous peoples—towards common politics"
- Michał Kapis (UAM) – "Beyond Pocahontas and Brother Bear: Ecological perspectives in the works and lived experiences of First Nation authors"
11:30-13:00 Aula — Session II: Student session
- Marta Koprucka - “Hearing Wheetago’s call: Cultural monsters and a way forward”
- Weronika Dziurleja - “Black Presence on the Canadian Prairies: Exploring Notions of Home and Belonging in ‘Arrival’ by Titilope Sonuga”
- Kaja Palicka - “The sound of vulnerability: Mental health in Shawn Mendes’ lyrics”
- Diana Markiewicz - “Canadian superheroes: national representation in American and Canadian comic books”
13:15-14:45 Aula — Session III: Student session
- Magdalena Szukalska - "Discovering your past: Parental abandonment in Sarah Suk’s The Space Between Here & Now"
- Paulina Zielińska - “Bound to water: The symbolism of kappa in Hiromi Goto's The Kappa Child”
- Julia Bednarczyk - "I Wanted to Fill the Hollow with Sound and Pain." The Significance of Voice, Silence, and Storytelling in Japanese-Canadian Fiction: Hiromi Goto’s Chorus of Mushrooms”
- Jędrzej Lewicki - “’…and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.’ Animal sobriquets in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake”
24 March (Tuesday)
9:45-11:15 Aula — Session IV
- Anna Branach-Kallas (UMK) - “Fascist and Non-Fascist Movements in Canada: Transnational and Subaltern Geographies of Connection”
- Tomasz Soroka (UJ) - “Is Canada Breaking Up with the United States?: Canada’s Strategic Reorientation in a Changing World Order”
11:30-13:00 Aula — Session V (in Polish)
- Marcin Bzdawka (UAM/UJ) – „Nasze łańcuchy zostały zerwane. Kanadyjscy entuzjaści czternastej kolonii”.
- Małgorzata Czubińska (UAM) - „Francuski kontra reszta świata? Język, tożsamość i polityka językowa Quebecu”
13:15 – 14:45 Aula — Session VI
Politics, Identity, and Storytelling: A Conversation with Thomas A. Lukaszuk and Agatha Rae
26 March (Thursday)
18:30-20:00 Aula
Movie night: Pride Vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story (dir. Darrin Hagen)
