German Studies Canada

{{Infobox organization

|name = German Studies Canada/Études Allemandes Canada

|abbreviation = GSC/ÉAC

|formation = 1962

|type = Educational association

|purpose = to promote German studies in Canada

|region_served = Canada

|language = English, French, German

|leader_title = President

|leader_name = Markus Stock
Associate Professor
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
University of Toronto}}

German Studies Canada or Études Allemandes Canada (GSC) is a professional, not-for-profit learned society promoting German Studies in Canada. The association was founded as the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) by professors from twelve Canadian Universities in 1962.[http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&index=ent&srchtxt=CAUTG Government of Canada. Termium Plus]{{cite journal

| last = Guse

| first = Anette

| date = 2010

| title = Kanada: Deutschstudien im Wandel—von neuen Gegebenheiten zu Ansätzen einer Selbsterneuerung

| trans-title= Canada: German Studies in Transition: From New Conditions to Self-Renewed Approaches

| language = German

| journal = Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German

| volume = 43

| issue = 1

| pages = 2–10

| doi = 10.1111/j.1756-1221.2010.00058.x

}} Since then, GSC has enabled faculty, graduate students, and supporters to advance German Studies in higher education. For example, since 1973 GSC has administered the Canadian Summer School in Germany, which enables Canadian undergraduates to travel to Kassel to improve their German.{{cite web

|url= http://www.queensu.ca/llcu/study-abroad/exchanges/germany

|title= The Canadian Summer School in Germany

|author=

|website= Queensu.ca

|publisher= Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Queen's University

|access-date= 2017-08-31

|quote= The Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG) offers university-level language and culture studies in Kassel, in a unique and intensive immersion program. The CSSG is organized under the auspices of the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) and offers courses at the intermediate and advanced level. For a period of approximately 6 1/2 weeks, students participate in a full course (approximately 85 hours of classroom instruction) and in numerous additional activities.}} The association also helped run the now-defunct Werkstudentenprogramm (Work-Student Program), which allowed Canadian students to spend their summers working in Germany.{{cite web

|url= http://www.queensu.ca/llcu/study-abroad/exchanges/germany

|title= The Work-Student Program (Werkstudentenprogramm)

|author=

|website= Queensu.ca

|publisher= Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Queen's University

|access-date= 2017-08-31

|quote=The Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG), in co-operation with the Zentrale Arbeitsvermittlung (ZAV) and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), organizes a program of work and travel in Germany from May until August each year. This program gives Canadian students looking for valuable work experience or want to improve their command of the German language the opportunity to work at summer jobs in Germany. Through this program students will find employment in the tourist, service, or manufacturing industries and in business, for an eight to twelve- week period, after which, if so arranged, they are free to travel.}}{{cite book

|last=

|date=2008

|title= Work and Travel in Germany

|location= Berlin, Ottawa

|publisher= Embassy of Canada (Berlin) Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Ottawa

|page= 4 (PDF download)

|url=http://www.experience-germany.ca/download_file/view/135/84/}}

GSC hosts an annual conference{{cite book

|last= Schmenk

|first= Barbara

|editor1-last= Krumm

|display-editors=et al

|date= 2010

|chapter= Deutsch in Kanada

|title= Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache

|trans-title= German as a Foreign and Second Language

|language=German

|location= Berlin

|publisher= Walter de Gruyter

|page= 1707

|isbn= 9783110205084}} as part of the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, where speakers present research related to German language, literature, culture, and pedagogy.{{cite book

|last= Schmenk

|first= Barbara

|editor1-last= Krumm

|display-editors=et al

|date= 2010

|chapter= Deutsch in Kanada

|title= Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache

|trans-title= German as a Foreign and Second Language

|language=German

|location= Berlin

|publisher= Walter de Gruyter

|page= 1708

|isbn= 9783110205084}} The association also publishes Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies through the University of Toronto Press.[http://www.utpjournals.com/Seminar Seminar's journal page hosted by the University of Toronto Press] In 2012, GSC recommended that German departments at Canadian universities update their programs to comply with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.{{cite journal

| last = Arnott

| first = Stephanie

|display-authors=et al

| date = 2017

| title = The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in Canada: A Research Agenda.

| journal = Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics

| volume = 20

| issue = 1

| pages = 31–54

}}

In 2021, the association changed its name to German Studies Canada / Études Allemandes Canada. The name change reflected developments in the field of German Studies and an updated understanding of its members' activities (for example, encompassing research and not only teaching).{{cite web |title=CAUTG/APAUC Name Change |url=https://germanstudiescanada.org/2021/03/25/cautg-apauc-name-change/ |website=German Studies Canada |date=25 March 2021 |access-date=8 March 2022}}