The Center for Canadian Studies welcomes our 11th cohort of Corbett Scholars, who will be participating in an exchange between the University of Washington, The University of Victoria, and the University of British Columbia. Congratulations to Ayden Tran, Meghan Jean-Francois, Isabel Man, Jena Alam, and Shannon Deng! Corbett Scholars build community, connection, and understanding between the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia

The Winter 2026 Arctic Task Force brought Jackson School students together to examine Arctic geopolitics, environmental change, and Indigenous rights amid shifting regional leadership in the Arctic Council. Through collaborative research and engagement with expert evaluators, students developed policy recommendations centered on Indigenous knowledge, self-determination, and international cooperation. Michelle Koutnik, shares her experience as the

The 2nd edition of The Handbook of the Politics of the Arctic was just published including a chapter by Director Nadine C. Fabbi, “Inuit foreign policy & international relations in the Arctic.” The Handbook was edited by Geir Hønneland, Research Professor, Andreas Østhagen, Research Director, Arctic and Ocean Politics, Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Svein Vigeland Rottem, Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof

On February 19th, the Center for Canadian & Arctic Studies hosted a Greenland Roundtable featuring Simon Lynge, John Johnson, Michelle Koutnik, and Jose Miguel Roncero Martin. Simon Lynge, a featured speaker, was interviewed for The Seattle Times. Read the article here. Greenland is an autonomous and self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark which is

Director Nadine C. Fabbi was this year’s recipient of the Donner Medal in Canadian Studies awarded by the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ASCUS) conference in Seattle. The Donner Medal is the highest honor awarded by ACSUS for distinguished achievement, scholarship, and program innovation in Canadian Studies in the United States. “This

The Jackson School of International Studies was well represented at the 27th biennial Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) conference held in Seattle November 13-16, 2025. Four Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellows for French, Haida, and Inuktut received research awards or presented at the conference.  The conference featured: Tami Hohn

In Fall Quarter 2025, the Jackson School of International Studies was fortunate to host three visiting scholars in Arctic Studies sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center and the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies. European Union Fellow, Jose Miguel Roncero Martin, is working on a project on the emerging blue economy in the Arctic

Corbett Exchange Program alum Kendall Hutchison Acker (2019-20) graduated this spring from Claremont Graduate University with a master’s degree in American History and Museum Studies, and was selected as the student commencement speaker for 2025. Her thesis, The Price Tag of a 5-Star Culture: Cultural Performance and the Politics of Luxury in Oʻahu Hotels, examines how

Longtime Corbett Exchange Program manager and program coordinator for the Center, Marion Ferguson, has accepted a new position at the University of Washington. On June 16, Marion will begin serving as assistant director for undergraduate programs at UW CIRCLE (Center for International Relations and Cultural Leadership Exchange), overseeing the programming and services that CIRCLE provides

A public event will celebrate the launch of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Policies of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic, by assistant professor Jen Rose Smith (American Indian Studies). The June 6 on-campus event will feature discussion of the book with four UW scholars: Shannon Cram (Interdisciplinary Arts, UW Bothell), Radhika Govindrajan (Anthropology), Dian Million