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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="x-scope"><span class="qowt-font1-calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">It is a pleasure to invite you, on behalf of Dr. Christopher Kirkey, to join us for the “Professional Research and Development Lunchtime Presentation Series” featuring </span></span><span class="qowt-font1-calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dr. Christina Keppie, Director of the Center for Canadian-American Studies, at Western Washington University<span style="color:black">.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span class="qowt-font1-calibri"><span style="color:black">TALK TITLE: </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Celebrating an Acadian “Civil Society.”<br></span><span class="qowt-font1-calibri">DATE/TIME: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at noon</span> <br><span class="qowt-font1-calibri">LOCATION: The Center for the Study of Canada, SUNY Plattsburgh</span> 133 Court Street<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">OVERVIEW: <span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Held every five years since 1994, the World Acadian Congress (<i>Congrès mondial acadien</i>, or CMA) is an international gathering of Acadian culture. Its mission is to fortify the ties among Acadian communities around the world. We’ll examine some of the challenges faced by Acadians to accomplish this task and look at a small qualitative analysis illustrating the importance / values the CMA brings to participants.</span></p><p class="qowt-stl-normalweb"><span class="qowt-font1-calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NOTE: Lunch will be provided. Your kind RSVP by Thursday, February 23<sup>rd</sup> to help us confirm catering needs would be appreciated.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="x-scope"><span class="qowt-font1-calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kind thanks, in advance, for your consideration and response. </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1omIlJ8E_CDnJdkEldzCl-acA5W0VYJ_r/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1omIlJ8E_CDnJdkEldzCl-acA5W0VYJ_r/view?usp=sharing</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4472c4"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>