The University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, sent two delegates to the University of Washington to build exchange opportunities between our two institutions. Soili Nysten-Haarala, Vice President, Research (left) and Mari-Anna Suurmunne, Director, International Relations (right) met with a number of faculty and units at the University of Washington including the Canadian Studies Center, Study

In mid-April 2023, a team met in Fairbanks, Alaska as part of the research project, “Connectedness for Arctic Indigenous Child, Family and Community Wellbeing: Curriculum Development for Nome Eskimo Community,” a Strategic Research Fund award from UW’s Information School. PIs included: Patricia Johnson, former JSIS Banting Fellow (2020-22) and Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Edmonton; Tram