Marie Nathalie LeBlanc

}  Many thanks to Janice Graham (past president) for her great work and commitment to CASCA, especially her work on the survey of Canadian anthropologists and her involvement with issues pertaining to the funding of medical anthropology

}  Many thanks to Craig Proulx (secretary) for having kept our running business in excellent order and for having organized CASCA 2011 in Fredericton.

}  Many thanks to Chris Fletcher (MAL) for his important work in Culture.

}  Welcome to Susan Vincent as our new secretary }  Welcome to Charles Menzies as a new MAL

§  Preside and prepare two interim meetings: September 2011 and January 2012

§  Sign contract with PopClic for the website (see, Michel Bouchard’s report)

§  No candidacy for the Weaver-Tremblay prize this year §  Coordinate the relationship between the CASCA

executive and the CASCA 2012 LOCs §  Next CASCA conference in Victoria in May 2013 §  Executive changeovers: �  MAL (Chris Fletcher->Charles Menzies) �  Secretary (Craig Proulx ->Susan Vincent) �  President elect - TBD �  Practicing anthropologist

§  Building-up the listings on the CASCA website and the job adds (see, Karli Withmore report)

ACTIONS recommended: ◦  Examine the possibility of integrating some of the

archival material in the website ◦  Create CASCA Blog (s), Twits …

◦  As indicated at the last AGM in Fredericton, I had committed to look at the issue of resolutions and by extension the Resolution Committee (with Craig Proulx) ◦  Organize the CASCA 2012 executive panels �  Envisioning the Unexpected: the Future of Canadian

Anthropology �  Practicing anthropologists ◦  Encourage meetings of CASCA existing groups at

the CASCA 2012 conference �  medical anthropology �  environmental anthropology

◦  With other associations �  Represent CASCA at the AAA in Montreal in 2011

�  Booth �  Welcome reception �  CASCA Reception �  Two pieces in Anthro News, one on CASCA (with Janice Graham and Lisa

Philips) and on Montréal (with Deirdre Meintel) �  Represent CASCA at the WCAA interim meeting in Montréal in 2011

during the AAA (with Ellen Jude, see Ellen Jude’s president elect report) �  Attend the CFHSS meeting in Montréal on March 29th, 2012 �  Present the offer of joint membership with CASID

◦  With the general public (focus on issues pertaining to education, knowledge and funding) �  Letter to support the CAUT (Canadian Association of University

Teachers) in its “Campaign to protect Library and Archives Canada (LAC) �  Letter to the CFHSS in reaction to the CHIR consultation, under Janice

Graham’s guiding �  Resolution and letter to Minister of education and Prime minister of

Québec to support the student’s movement in Québec

}  WCAA membership }  CFHSS membership }  Joint membership with CASID }  Resolution Committee }  Archivist nomination

}  TBA – after the pre-conference executive meeting

}  TBA – after the pre-conference executive meeting

}  TBA – after the pre-conference executive meeting

}  TBA – after the pre-conference executive meeting