In early June, Anthony (Tony) Chan (1944–2018), Director of the Canadian Studies Center from 1995 to 1999, and author of Gold Mountain: The Chinese in the New World, passed away in Toronto, Canada, with his family by his side. Chan was an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the UW and renowned scholar

I’m Leo Mansfield and I will be studying at the UW in the 2018–19 academic year. I am a economics and computer science major at the University of Victoria. I’m excited to attend UW and live in Seattle because it is one of the great software centres (Silicon Valley being the first), where world-changing software

Sara Laurino is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Social Work and was just awarded a Summer 2018 FLAS Fellowship to study French in Canada. Sara is interested in multigenerational social work practice and in analyzing Canadian social work practices.

I am spending this summer in Quebec City honing my French skills, which will be indispensable to me as I build a career in international diplomacy and development. Toward this goal, I am studying Canadian marine policy. I am a master’s student at the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and interested in marine management

I am pursuing a law degree at UW and a master’s in international relations and economics at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. I am interested in immigration and international law. FLAS gives me the opportunity to hone my French skills in order to become a more effective researcher and communicator. Additionally, the

My name is Sam Warkentin and I am currently a sophomore at the University of Washington majoring in environmental studies. I am very excited to learn about similarities and differences in environmental policy and environmental management in Washington and British Columbia. These two separate jurisdictions have similar ecosystems but different governments, laws, and regulations. Taking

My name is Vincent (Vinnie) Glaser and I am entering my sophomore year at the University of Washington as a computer science major this coming Fall 2018. Academically, I think my time abroad will be invaluable. While UW has an excellent Canadian Studies program, I believe that an intellectually diverse education is vitally important. I

My name is Xuanxuan (Kari) Li. I am a senior at University of Washington, double majoring in psychology and early childhood and family studies. I am very honored to be selected as one of the Corbett Exchange Fellows. This opportunity enables me to carry out my independent research project to investigate the differences between Chinese–English

My name is Yana Natekina and I am currently majoring in business administration with concentrations in accounting and finance. I was born and raised here in Seattle, Washington, but my family is from Ukraine. I have always wanted to study abroad and experience living on my own since I have never lived anywhere else, and

My name is Yi (Alan) Zhang and I’m a third-year UW student double majoring in applied and computational mathematical sciences and economics, and triple minoring in statistics, education, and neural computation and engineering! With genuine interdisciplinary interests in mathematics, engineering, education, and behavioral sciences, I want to be a leading mathematics and science educator who