UNDER A FORMAL AGREEMENT on scientific co-operation signed in October 2000, the Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa is collaborating with the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL -- Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski) in the areas of Translation Studies, Canadian Studies and  Polish Philology.  SRG member Richard Sokoloski is participating in several joint projects, including a series of Translation Workshops, the first of which was held in Lublin in June 1999 (for further details please see our Polish Happenings page).  The university was founded in 1918 to meet the needs of the Catholic intelligentsia of Poland, and over its 83 years has been instrumental in the educational and cultural development of Poland as a modern nation.
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THE SLAVIC RESEARCH GROUP is involved in two projects facilitated by a 'Memorandum of Understanding' with the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Uniwersytet JagielloŇski w Krakowie), in particular with its Polonian Institute and Department of English (see details on our Polish Happenings page).  One of our collaborators, Professor Anna ReczyŇska, who is also President of the Polish Association of Canadian Studies, visited the University of Ottawa in January 2001 for research on Polish immigration to Canada.  The Jagiellonian University, one of the oldest higher educational institutions in the world, was founded as the Cracow Academy in 1364, and has just celebrated the 600th anniversary of its 're-founding' by W„adys„aw Jagie„„o in 1400.
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A FORMAL AGREEMENT between the Slavic Research Group and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAAS) signed in April 2000,  has facilitated mutual co-operation on a number of projects, including Richard Sokoloski's research on the unpublished literary works of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (see his Letters to Vilna 1805, issued by the SRG in 1999).  We are especially grateful for the co-operation of Academy President Kazimierz Kowalski, as well as for the assistance provided by  Karolina Grodziska, Director of the PAAS Library and Janusz Pezda of the Czartoryski Library.
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The SLAVIC RESEARCH GROUP is grateful for the assistance it has received from the Polish Embassy in Canada (Polska Ambasada w Kanadzie) in co-sponsoring a number of events both at the university and, on occasion, at the Embassy itself.  These include the Ambassador's Annual Book Awards to students in Polish Studies at the University of Ottawa, a Polish Film Festival (September 1999) and the Reymont Art Exhibit (November 2000) at the University, and a generous gift of Polish books to the SRG by the Polish Ambassador in early 2000 (see Polish Happenings for details).  A particular acknowledgement is due former Ambassador Bogdan GrzeloŇski and current Ambassador Pawe„ Dobrowolski and First Secretary Jolanta Rejniak.
   One might also mention that the Embassy has a Polish Consulate-General in MontrČal.
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