Canada Program

Our Mission

“A program of research and teaching which can have a marked effect on deepening and widening the understanding between the United States and Canada.”

—From a 1966 letter signed by Neil Hosler McElroy and David Rockefeller

Canada Research Spotlight

The Serpent Mound of the Ohio Valley

A close look at Harvard’s complex relationship to an ancient Indigenous monument through our Story Map.

Vintage postcard of arial view of Serpent Mound in Ohio.

Want to be part of the Canada Program?

For Harvard Undergraduates

Funding Opportunity

The Canada Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs will award undergraduate thesis research grants of up to $5,000 each for field research in Canada.

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Mural of a woman in indigenous dress in Montreal, Canada.

For Harvard Graduate Students

Funding Opportunity

The Canada Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs awards dissertation fellowships to support Harvard graduate students who focus at least half of their dissertation topics on Canada.

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Image of a pipeline in Canada running through the middle of a forest.