“…These experts were scientists who acted somewhat like cultural diplomats, or double, triple, if not "multi-agents, " taking part in local activities that conjoined a gamut of interests, from personal to professional, from institutional to political (Palmer, 2015;Silva, 2011). In Brazil, this line of research has highlighted the diplomatic battles waged over cultural hegemony in Latin America as well as the extremely dynamic versions of intellectual cooperation then engaged in by, on the one hand, Brazilians and, on the other, Americans, the French, the Japanese, and Germans (Benchimol, 2013;2009;Ferreira, 2012;Gambini, 1977;Garcia, 2006;Lessa, 2002;Maio, 2005;Marinho, 2001;Silva, 2009;Rolim;Silva, 2010;Viana, 2012;Suppo, 2016;2003;1995;Lessa, 2012;Tota, 2005;. But Canada has yet to merit any systematic studies in a similar interpretative vein.…”