#  Canada Program 

 
##  Upcoming Events 

 [ Learn more about our upcoming seminars and special events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar) 

 
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##  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**


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##  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.


 [ Learn more about the Serpent Mound arrow\_circle\_right ](https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/blog/the-serpent-mound-of-the-ohio-valley) 

 
      ![Vintage postcard of arial view of Serpent Mound in Ohio.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8341/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/canada_program/files/postcard-noborder.png?h=b28f8d75&itok=medH3UgE) 

 
##  Want to be part of the Canada Program? 

 
  [### William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellowships

 ](/william-lyon-mackenzie-king-postdoctoral-fellowship)Funding Opportunity

The Canada Program at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs hosts two William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellowships. The fellowships are two-year positions.

[Learn More](/william-lyon-mackenzie-king-postdoctoral-fellowship "William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellowship") &gt;


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  [### For Harvard Faculty, Departments &amp; Schools 

 ](/harvard-faculty)Funding Opportunity

The Canada Program invites proposals from Harvard faculty, departments, and schools across the University, for research funding on a Canadian topic,

[Learn more](/harvard-faculty "For Harvard Faculty, Departments, and Schools") &gt;


   ![Indigenous carving of an animal head in black, red, and orange.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8341/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-03/Cards-Homepage-Carving.jpg?itok=OwhT25HI) 

 
  [### For Harvard Undergraduates

 ](/student-funding/thesis)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.

[Learn more](/student-funding/thesis "For Harvard Undergraduates") &gt;


   ![Mural of a woman in indigenous dress in Montreal, Canada.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8341/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-03/Cards-Homepage-MuralWoman.jpg?itok=zzyRXGQp) 

 
  [### For Harvard Graduate Students

 ](/student-funding/dissertation)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.

[Learn More](/student-funding/dissertation "For Harvard Graduate Students") &gt;


   ![Image of a pipeline in Canada running through the middle of a forest.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8341/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-03/Cards-Homepage-Pipes.jpg?itok=079zc39r)