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The
British Association for Canadian Studies
(BACS)
is a membership-based academic association that is also a registered UK charity.
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BACS was founded in 1975 in order to promote
Canadian studies
in the
United Kingdom
.
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Along with the establishment of the Academic Relations Unit at the
Canada House
, it significantly helped the growth of Canadia Studies in the UK in the 1970s.
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The organization has 400 members as of somewhere around 2016, and holds an annual conference attended by around 150 academics and postgraduate students each year.
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It also publishes a peer-reviewed journal called the
British Journal of Canadian Studies
.
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It contains seven specialist groups for academics, on aboriginal studies, economics, architecture, literature, law, and
Quebec
as well as a resources group.
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BACS is a member of the
International Council for Canadian Studies
(ICCS), of which it was a founding member in 1981.
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