UCD Dobbin Centre for Canadian Studies
The Dobbin Centre fosters cultural, scholarly, and creative connection and exchange between Ireland and Canada.
Centre Mandate
The UCD Dobbin Centre for Canadian Studies promotes research and teaching in the interdisciplinary area of Canadian studies at University College Dublin. The Dobbin Centre fosters cultural, scholarly, and creative connection and exchange between Ireland and Canada. It seeks to advance knowledge of the diversity of Canada's cultures and promotes initiatives in the official languages of Canada and Ireland: English, French, the Indigenous languages of Turtle Island, and Irish. It works with the Canadian and Irish governments, and Canadian studies organisations on the island of Ireland, in Canada, and internationally. It is composed of a core steering committee and members from across UCD and Canada. It is housed in the School of English, Drama and Film, UCD College of Arts, and collaborates with Colleges and Schools from across the University.
"Imagining Home"
Jane Urquhart, acclaimed Canadian author and 2017/18 Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies at UCD and Dr Paul Halferty, Director of Canadian Studies at UCD, hosted 'Imagining: Home' in June 2018. It celebrated the literary connections between Ireland and Canada, with participating authors Margaret Atwood, John Banville, Anne Enright and Frank McGuinness.