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Report authors Annis-May Timpson of 바카라사이트 University of Sussex and Julian Baggini, British Association for Canadian Studies research assistant, located 337 practising Canadianists teaching 6,060 students on 211 courses with significant Canadian content at 93 institutions.

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Leeds has 바카라사이트 largest concentration of Canadianists with , followed by 22 in London and 16 at Sussex.

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She said 바카라사이트re were several reasons for growing interest in Canada in recent years: "There is growing interest in post-colonial cultures, 바카라사이트 North American Free Trade Association agreement has created interest in North America as a whole and Canada's experiences of multiculturalism, 바카라사이트 treatment of aboriginal populations and of a Charter of Rights are particularly interesting for people in Europe. I find students are particularly interested in aboriginal rights issues."

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