12 CANADIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
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The Royal Ontario Muséum announces the annual Veronika Gervers Research Fellowshlp in Costume and Textile History. An award of up to $9,000 will be awarded to a scholar interested in the history of textiles or costumes and who makes use of the muséums’ collection. For information contact: Chair, Veronika Gervers Memorial Fellowship, Textile Department, Royal Ontario Muséum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6; (416) 586-5790. Application deadline is November 15,1989.
The Multicultural History Society of Ontario and the Ontario Historical Society jointly offer the History of Ontario’s Peoples
Grant Programme. Grants of up to $5,000 are available to help non-profit societies in projects that raise public awareness of the history of a particular culture or cultures in Ontario. For information and application forms contact: Robert Leverty, Programme Co-ordinator, Ontario Historical Society, 5151 Yonge Street, Willowdale, Ontario, M2N 5P5; (416) 226-9011. The American Antiquarian Society Research Fellowship Programme is available for scholars wishing to consult the
library in Worcester, Massachusetts. Short and long-term fellowships are available for the year starting June 1, 1990. For information on the programme contact: John B. Hench, Associate Director for Research and Publication, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Mass. 01609; (508) 752-5813 or 755-5221.
The application deadline for the Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research to encourage research and development in the field of human rights is October 1, 1989. Administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the fellowship is worth $45,000 plus an additional $10,000 for research expenses. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, hâve a graduate degree or the équivalent in a relevant research field and at least five years expérience in their field. It is not intended to finance a degree program. Applications from: SSHRC, P.O. Box 1610, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 6G4.
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh offers 25 fellowships for periods
of between two and six months commencing in the spring of 1990. Application deadline is December 1, 1989. Contact: Professor Peter Jones, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9NW; (031) 662-4174.
Nomination forms for individuals, groups, corporations, levels of government and educational institutions for the Canadian Parks Service annual Heritage Awards in récognition of exceptional or innovative achievement in the conservation of Canada’s natural and cultural héritage are available from: Canadian Parks Service Heritage Awards Coordinator, 6th floor, 351 St. Joseph Blvd., Hull, Que; (819) 997-2800. Nominations by September 15.
