International Studies students Huy Tran and Priya Khaira participated in the Bridgewater State Virtual Summit, engaging with Canadian peers on contemporary U.S.–Canada relations. The discussions explored political and cultural differences and challenged assumptions about the relationship, underscoring the importance of media, national identity, trust, and empathy in sustaining long-standing diplomatic partnerships during times of political

Jackson School student and International Studies major is spending the semester abroad at Université Jean Moulin Lyon III, where she is deepening her studies in European Union and international law and immersing herself in French culture. In January, she joined a UW class from abroad to present her research on Inuit contemporary music to Nadine Fabbi’s

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