October 13, 2018
Japan Studies Association of Canada
Annual
General Meeting (AGM)
The meeting was held
during the 31st Annual JSAC Conference, hosted by
the Prince Takamodo Centre,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada on October 13, 2018.
Executive
President: Carin Holroyd
(Saskatchewan)
Secretary/Treasurer: Norio Ota (York)
Previous Conference
Organizers: David
Welch (Toronto)
Shige Matsui (UBC) Regrets
Current Conference Organizer: Aya Fujiwara (Alberta)
Members at large:
Tom Waldichuk (Thompson
Rivers)
James Tiessen (Ryerson)
Total attendance: 39 (including Executive. List of other attendees attached)
Minutes recorded by James Tiessen.
Minutes
1. Agenda
Motion to accept agenda as displayed by President. Moved David Edgington. Seconded Fumiko Ikawa-Smith. Passed.
2. 2017
AGM Minutes
Motion to accept 2017 AGM minutes as circulated by President. Moved David Edgington. Seconded Ken Coates. Passed.
3. President’s Messages
Thanked Aya Fujiwara (Alberta) and X. Jie Yang (Calgary) and their teams for organizing the 2018 JSAC conference.
Welcomed new JSAC participants and encouraged them to become regular JSAC participants.
Thanked Tom Waldichuk (Thompson Rivers) for organizing reviews for Klaus Pringsheim Award for best student presentation this year.
2. Long
Term Service Award
Announced that the
Long-Term Service Award will be named for Dr. Fumiko Ikawa-Smith (McGill).
Dr. Smith is a founding member of JSAC and was the
Award’s first recipient in 2017.
This award is for members with at least 20 years
JSAC tenure and who have made notable contributions to the
Association.
3. Upcoming
Conferences
The 2019 Conference will
be held October 3-6 at Mount Alison University, in Sackville
New Brunswick. Owen
Griffith (Mount Alison)
introduced himself and encouraged people to attend. He will host it
together with Tim Reiffenstein
(Mount Alison).
The President announced
that JSAC organizers will provide subsidies for graduate
students to attend, with higher levels for those west
of Ontario.
Tom Waldichuk (Thompson
Rivers) announced that he would host the 2020 Conference at
his University in Kamloops, BC.
Since travel
to Kamloops will take considerable time and money Tom proposes
to hold the meeting in the summer (August). This too would allow
people to build a holiday around the trip. A show of
hands indicated that many would be agreeable. JSAC will follow up
with a membership poll.
4. Newsletter
The President proposed
that the Newsletter, introduced by David Edgington when he was
President, be published once a year, rather
than twice, as it is now.
The room indicated agreement with this. (There was not a
motion). It was
suggested that it be published May
or June around the time of the Conference call for papers.
5. 2017
Conference Report
David Welch (Waterloo)
reviewed the 2017 Conference which was held at the University
of Toronto’s Munk Centre.
There were more
than 50 JSAC participants, plus 75 or so local attendees. There were 6 keynote
speakers, 10 panels and 1 roundtable. The Proceedings
are available on the JSAC Website.
6. Other business
David Edgington announced
the publication of a hard copy of a digital resources project
edited by Tristan Gurnow (who was
an adjunct
Prof in UBC History) and the UBC Asian Library on `Meiji
150' (full details here: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/meijiat150/)
Aya Fujiwara (Alberta) invited participants to submit papers for publication in a Conference Proceedings.
7. Financial
report (note order different than displayed agenda)
The Secretary/Treasurer showed the recent financial report stating that JSAC has $25,214.69 in its account. He is keeping up the website.
Responding to a question, the Secretary/Treasurer said that due to cost reasons, JSAC is unable to implement online membership payment.
The idea of gaining
Not-for-profit status for JSAC, rather than having it hosted
at York University, was raised.
This has been discussed by
JSAC in the past. Without
a vote it was agreed that the effort to do this was not worth
the benefits associated being a
NFP.
8. Adjournment
Motion to adjourn the meeting. Moved Gideon Fujiwara (Lethbridge). Seconded Ken Coates. Passed.
Attachment:
JSAC 2018 AGM attendees (n.i.
Executive)
Fumiko Ikawa-Smith
McGill
Jacob Kovalio
Carleton
Gideon Fujiwara
Lethbridge
Susan Lee
Toronto
Brian Pendleton
Lagara College
Owen Griffiths
Mount Allison
Steve Vogel
UC Berkeley
Scott Harrison
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Yoichi Mukai
Alberta
X Jie Yang
Calgary
Noriko Yabuki-Soh
York
Akiko Sharp
Calgary
Sachiyo Kanzaki
Quebec at Montreal
Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki
Tsukuba (Japan)
David Edginton
UBC
Ben Whaley
Calgary
Yoko Kodama
Calgary
Cyrus Huiyoung Qiu
British Columbia
Shota Iwasaki
British Columbia
Evan Koike
British Columbia
David Sulz
Alberta
Daiyo Sawada
Alberta
Teri Jane Bryant
Calgary
Saeko Suzuki
British Columbia
Miaoling Xue
British Columbia
Yu Maemura
Tokyo
Jess Mantell
Japan Foundation (Toronto)
Yuko Shimizu
Japan Foundation (Toronto)
Iain Macpherson
MacEwan
Ken Coates
Saskatchewan
David Welch
Toronto
Chris Reyns-Chikuma
Alberta
Jay Goulding
York