MARCH 2011 REPORT

Dear Friends,
In Winter Quarter the Center was honored to host the AGM for the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium with a special visit from Canadian Consul General, Denis Stevens. At the meeting Stephen Hanson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs, accepted two Government of Canada grant checks on behalf of the Center - one for cross-campus programming and the other for the Arctic Governance Task Force. March was a significant month for faculty research and travel. Fritz Wagner, Landscape Architecture, visited Québec to set up a summer program; Dian Million, American Indian Studies, travelled to New Zealand to participate in a conference on Indigenous relations in Canada and New Zealand; and I visited the International Centre for Northern Governance, University of Saskatchewan, to participate in a symposium on Arctic Foreign Policy. We hope you enjoy these stories and more! - Happy Spring! - Nadine

FEATURE ARTICLES

 Consortium Meets to Consider the Content and Direction of Canadian Studies
By Ross Burkhart, Boise State University
The annual general meeting of the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium took place on Friday, February 25th, in the Odegaard Library on the UW campus. More...

WWU center has helped U.S.-Canada relations for 40 years (Conference Registration)
In 1965, Bellingham physician Robert Kaiser wrote the president of Western Washington State College with the idea of creating an Institute for Canada-American studies. More...

Embracing the Arctic: JSIS Task Force
Ottawa in January might not be everyone’s dream destination, but for 14 UW students and two visiting Inuit students taking a course on Arctic governance, it was the place to be. They walked miles in blizzard conditions. They ate musk oxen and caribou... More...

FACULTY RESEARCH & TEACHING

 Geoffrey Reaume Gives a Lecture on Memorializing Disability History in Canada
By Joanne Woiak, Disability Studies
Geoffrey Reaume visited the University of Washington as part of the lecture and film series “Unspeakable: Disability History, Identity, and Rights.” More...

Indigene-Settler-Migrant Relations in Canada and Aotearoa, New Zealand
By Dian Million, American Indian Studies
I had the honor this February 21-24 to attend an International Research Linkage Workshop – Living Together Differently: Indigene-Settler-Migrant Relations in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand. More...

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) Arctic Foreign Policy Symposium
In mid-March the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development, University of Saskatchewan, hosted a DFAIT symposium to showcase the research of past Circumpolar Fellowship recipients including Nadine Fabbi. More...

Site Visit to Québec for URBDP 499B/600B Comparative Urban Planning and Urban Design: The Canadian Experience
By Fritz Wagner, Landscape Architecture
In late March I traveled to Québec as part of a site visit for a study-in-Québec program that will be offered in Summer Quarter 2011. More...

GRADUATE RESEARCH & STUDIES

 Foster School of Business 5th Annual Canada Study Tour
The Global Business Center in the Business School and the Canadian Studies Center collaborated to create a new program introduced in 2007, the Canada Global Business Study Tour. Despite the fact that the trade and investment relationships between the United States and Canada... More...

UW LIBRARIES & CANADA COLLECTIONS

 Note from the Canadian Collections Librarian
By Sion Romaine
The Libraries has purchased five actuality dramas by Canadian film director Allan King. Long before the reality-based programming genre exploded in popularitywith such hits as "Big Brother" "Survivor" and "American Idol..." More...

EDUCATOR & COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING

Fulbright Chair Delivers Canadian History, Music and Culture at Chelan

Dr. Marcia Ostashewski presented “Resources for teaching and learning about Canada: Histories, communities, music and culture” at the Washington State Council for the Social Studies annual Leadership Retreat. More...

Arctic Sovereignty at Edmonds Community College

By Donn Charnley, Professor Emeritus, Shoreline Community College
In the March course on Arctic Sovereignty, my understanding and knowledge of the Inuit in Arctic Canada was broadened. More...

Pacific Northwest National Resource Center on Canada Spring 2011 K-12 STUDY CANADA Flyer

This season's flyer focuses on histories, communities, cultures and music in Canada with a host of resources for K-12 educators. More...

 

PHOTO ALBUM

UW's Canada-US Fulbright Chair, Marcia Ostashewski, leads educators at Lake Chelan retreat in traditional dance (3/11).


Colleagues at the conference on Canada-New Zealand settler societies attended by Dian Million (3/11).


Kitty Gordon (left) and Lisa Koperqualuk, Makivik Corporation, visit the Task Force on Arctic Governance (3/11).

 

Canadian Studies Center

 

 

 

Canadian Studies Center
University of Washington
Box 353650
Thomson Hall, Room 503
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
T (206) 221-6374
F (206) 685-0668
►canada@uw.edu