The History of the Centre

The Canadian Studies Programme and the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, were among the first of their kind in Canada. With the establishment of the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Chair of Canadian Studies in 1969, Mount Allison introduced an interdisciplinary programme of study that coordinated the work of various departments and allowed students to pursue an undergraduate degree in Canadian Studies.

A decade later, the home of Marion and Captain R.V. Bennett, the brother of former Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, was bequeathed to Mount Allison to become the Centre for Canadian Studies. Officially opened by the Governor-General of Canada, the Right Honourable Edward Schreyer, in 1979, the Centre for Canadian Studies has become an important institution dedicated to the study of Canada.

Click here for a Web site about Dr. George Stanley, the Centre's first director and designer of the Canadian Flag.