History
The Polish Association for Canadian Studies (PACS) was established on the 17th of April 1998 at the first Congress of Polish Canadianists held at Warsaw University.
The first president of the organization was Prof. Anna Reczyńska, head of the Chair for Canadian Studies (Jagiellonian University, Kraków). In April 2001, during the Second Congress of Polish Canadianists, which was also the First International Canadian Studies Conference held in Poland, the new executive was elected:
President - Dr Ewa Wełnic, Deputy President - Prof. Maciej Abramowicz, Secretary - Dr Agnieszka Rzepa, Tresaurer – Mr Jakub Wójcik.
In May 2004, during the 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies, which was also the 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists held in Cracow, Poland, the new executive was elected: President - Dr. Agnieszka Rzepa, Deputy President - Dr. Eugenia Sojka, Secretary - Tomasz Soroka, M.A., Treasurer - Dr. Piotr Sadkowski.
At the 5th Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies held in Krakow, Poland in October 2010, the new executive was elected:
President - Prof. Krzysztof Jarosz
Deputy President - Dr. Eugenia Sojka
Secretary - Dr. Tomasz Sikora
Treasurer – Dr. Marcin Gabryś
At the 5th Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies the new Board of Control was also elected: Prof. Agnieszka Rzepa (President of the Board), Dr. Dagmara Drewniak, Dr. Joanna Warmuzińska-Rogóz.
PACS is based at:
Department of Canadian Studies
Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora
Jagiellonian University
Rynek Główny 34
31-010 Cracow
Poland
phone no. 48 12 4325060
E-mail: ptbk@uj.edu.pl
Prof. Krzysztof Jarosz
Department of Canadian Studies and Literary Translation
University of Silesia
Prof. Krzysztof Jarosz
ul. Grota-Roweckiego 5, 41-205 Sosnowiec,
Tel.: (00 48 32) 364 08 99
e-mail: jarosz.kanada@gmail.com
Dr. Marcin Gabryś
Department of Canadian Studies
Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora
Jagiellonian University
Rynek Główny 34
31-010 Cracow
Poland
phone no. +48 12 4325060
E-mail: ptbk@uj.edu.pl