The Association for Canadian Studies in the Netherlands (ACSN/AECP-B, Studiegenootschap Canada) was founded on February 1, 1985. Its establishment followed the 1984 Amersfoort seminar Canada - Profile of a Nation, which was organized to demonstrate to Dutch academics what Canadian Studies could mean. At the start some forty academics from a wide variety of disciplines were listed as members. The same year ACSN was accepted as a member of the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS).