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| Abbreviation | BACS |
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| Formation | 1975 |
| Type | Academic Association, Charity |
| Registration no. | 272144 |
President | Tony McCulloch |
| Affiliations | International Council for Canadian Studies |
| Website | https://britishassociationforcanadianstudies.com/ |
TheBritish Association for Canadian Studies(BACS) is a membership-based academic association that is also a registered UK charity.[1] BACS was founded in 1975 in order to promoteCanadian studies in theUnited Kingdom.[2] Along with the establishment of the Academic Relations Unit at theCanada House, it significantly helped the growth of Canadian Studies in the UK in the 1970s.[2] 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.[2] It also publishes a peer-reviewed journal called theBritish Journal of Canadian Studies.[2] It contains seven specialist groups for academics, on aboriginal studies, economics, architecture, literature, law, andQuebec as well as a resources group.[2] BACS is a member of theInternational Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS), of which it was a founding member in 1981.[1]
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