We had a very successful series of Canadian Studies panels at this year's Council for the America 's meetings February 10-11, 2006, in Savannah Georgia. There were two panels and seven speakers, covering a variety of Canadian Studies topics which included

• For the National Good: The Challenge to Public Ownership of Telecommunications and the Canadian West, 1980-1993 by Ronald S. Love, Department of History, University of West Georgia
• Canadian Memory in Elizabeth Bishop's Work by Robert Kelly, Department of English, Macon State College
• Canada 's Aboriginal Voices Radio: "Native Radio for the Urban Native" by Larry Etling, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, Valdosta State University
• The Other Way West: Early Exploration of Western Canada by Doug R. Oetter, Georgia College and State University
• Information Technology: Canada vs. United States by Gerald W. Adkins, Professor of Information Technology & Marketing, Georgia College & State University
• The Bonus, the Buck and the Boodle: Industrial Subsidy Patterns in 19 th Century Ontario by Heather Nicol, Director, USG Center for Canadian Studies, University of West Georgia
• Planning at the Edge: The Evolution of Ontario 's Planning Legislation since 1970 by Rupert Dobbin, Department of Political Science, University of West Georgia

The Conference was “kicked off“ Friday evening by a reception sponsored by the USG Canadian Studies Center.