Photos from the UW Libraries workshop on how to research Arctic security and the role of Canada and Québec in the Arctic for the JSIS 495G Task Force on Arctic Security. 

The director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS), Resat Kasaba, and Foreign Language and Area Studies Coordinator, Robyn Davis, presented on JSIS’ eight Title VI National Resource Centers and the Foreign Language and Area Studies program at the annual National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA) conference. Robyn discussed the tremendous

Above: (Left to right) Arctic Initiative Interns Adam Akerblom and Sophie Hubbell, Arctic Consultant Terry Fenge, and Arctic Initiative task force students Zoë Cosford and Charlotte Dubiel. by Sophie Hubbell and Adam Akerblom, Arctic Initiative Interns, Canadian Studies Center & UW Freshman Canada assumes the chair of the eight-nation Arctic Council in 2013 for a two-year

Above: Yan Cimon, Canada’s Fulbright Visiting Chair in Innovation (l’Université Laval) with Wes Kovarik, Law & International Studies, and graduate affiliate of Canadian Studies. by Yan Cimon, Ph.D., 2013 Fulbright Visiting Chair in Innovation Cimon noted that while North American countries exports to one another were slowing down in recent years, the Canada-U.S. trade relationship

Natalia Bochkareva, a University of the Arctic student from Yakutsk, Siberia (2010), is now studying in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She sends pictures from her journey there where she is studying with a project “Carbon neutral National Park Chicamocha”, region Santander, Colombia.

Vincent Gallucci, Affiliated Faculty of Canadian Studies and Professor, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, was quoted by The Epoch Times in an article on the geopolitical tensions regarding Canada’s Northwest Passage. The article, “Northwest Passage opens new frontier, new challenges,” discusses future issues that will result as the melting of the Arctic ice cap increases. Vince’s current research