The Centre for Research on Canadian-Russian Relations (CRCR) was founded at Carleton University in 1990 with a grant from the Donner Canadian Foundation. It relocated to the University Partnership Centre (UPC) at Georgian’s Barrie Campus in 2006.

The CRCR is a charitable organization that provides funding for public research and education, international affairs and other areas of interest.

Its main focus is to gather archival and other materials on Russian-Canadian relations. The CRCR also provides research stipends and employment for students and has an extensive list of occasional papers that it markets to libraries and other organizations.

Members of the CRCR’s executive include Larry Black, director and Professor Emeritus, Michael Johns, Laurentian University professor and UPC Associate Vice-President Cherylyn Cameron.

Here are some of the Centre’s most recent news and updates:

RETIRED DIPLOMAT DONATES COLLECTION TO THE CRCR

Retired diploma Marshall Crowe recently donated his extensive collection of English-language propaganda pamphlets and booklets, published either by Russia or international communist parties, to the CRCR. The documents were published between 1943 and 1962. They include items from Russia and the Canadian, American and British communist parties.

Together with the CRCR’s current extensive holdings of similar publications and a full collection of essays by Canadian communists and the Cominform (Communist Information Bureau), these pamphlets represent a valuable research tool for students studying the Cold War and international communism. A list of the CRCR’s English-language propaganda pamphlets is currently underway.

CRCR DONATES VOLUMER TO BARRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Last June, the CRCR donated a full set of volumes in its Russia-Canada Series to the Barrie Public Library. The UPC’s Larry Black and Cherylyn Cameron represented the College at the event.

NEW PUBLICATION IN THE CRCR

The CRCR added a 10th volume in the Russia-Canada Series last month. The book – From Putin to Medvedev: Continuity or Change? – was edited by Larry Black and Michael Johns.

The book contains essays by 13 scholars from universities and think tanks in Canada, Russia and the US with an introduction by Dr. Peter Konecny, a Russia specialist at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.