Charles Emlet won the award, Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Science and the Environment at McMaster University. Charles is currently working on a research project called, “Understanding the Lived Experiences of Older Adults Living with HIV in Ontario, Canada: An Examination of Strengths and Resilience in a Vulnerable Population”. This project will examine the lived experiences of older,

“All Aboard the CCGS Harper to a Glorious Ice-Free North” by Avery Ascher (CCGS stands for Canadian Coast Guard Ship, the designation on Canada’s fleet of ice breakers) “Canada and the US need to join forces when it comes to the Arctic.” Lloyd Axworthy This being election year in the USA, imagine an electoral district

In May of 2012 Kenda Gee, documentary filmmaker from Edmonton, was in Seattle for the screening of his award-winning documentary, The Lost Years: A People’s Struggle for Survival. The film screened at the Seattle International Film Festival. Below are photos of Kenda with Canadian Studies students and faculty, with Connie So, U.W. American Ethnic Studies,

Fritz Wagner (second from right) and Régent Cabana, l’Université Laval, celebrate the publication of their book, Revitalisation des Quartiers Centraux et Historiques en Amérique du Nord – the culmination of a four-year U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant.

Sïon Romaine (right), wrote a successful grant for the U.W. Libraries Canada collection. Terry Mosher (right) and Don Hellmann celebrate the event.

Above: Professor Hsu Professor Hsu, Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia, discussed that while carbon tax legislation is unlikely to pass on federal level in US or Canada, such legislation could be passed by Washington State or British Columbia. He argued that internationally carbon tax makes much more sense than other alternatives such

Claudio Aporta is the 2011-2012 Fulbright Canada Chair. He is an Associate Professor for the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.     News from Fulbright Claudio Aporta’s upcoming lecture! “From horizon to region: Trails and their role in the construction of pan-Arctic Inuit identities” Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at

by Mike Papritz Above: Morna addresses a cultural geography class at Kent Meridian High School. At Kentridge High School in Kent, I have been teaching an Advanced Placement human geography course for juniors and seniors for the past six years. One of our major units in geography during the year is a focus on cultures around the

Above: Stephen Blank (right), Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, is introduced by Douglas MacLachlan, Chair, Department of Marketing and International Business, Professor of Marketing, and Marion Ingersoll Endowed Professor. Visiting professor Stephen Blank provided a lecture to the students in Professor Mike Giambattita’s International Marketing course, MKTG 470 International Marketing entitled, “The Interface

In November Canadian Studies faculty and students presented at the 21st Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. Biennial Conference including Morna McEachern, Stan de Mello and Quentin Redeagle Smith not shown below.