Opening a new frontier: Lisa Smith, in conjunction with Paul Bidwell of the English Department, is spearheading the new University of Saskatchewan exchange agreement with the University of Essex. It marks the first university-wide exchange between the U of S and a British university. Essex, located in Colchester, England, is one of the top ten universities in the UK, and its history program is particularly strong: Lisa Smith is herself one of its distinguished doctoral graduates. Before long, our students will be heading there to study, for example, British and European history from close range, while students from Essex will be coming here for a closer look at Native/Newcomer and Western Canadian history. Stay tuned for further announcements.