November, 2011 – “From Eskimo to Inuit in 40 Years: 40th Anniversary Conference” of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
November 3, 2011
November 3, 2011
September 30, 2011
By Tiffany Grobelski Above: The group at UW Tacoma. Back row, left to right: Martin Su, Emily Cousins, Stefan Goetz, Britta Tunestam, Lisa Kastner, Tiffany Grobelski, Will Kelly, Greg Shelton (program director). Front row: Victoria Choe, Andrea Lode, Naomi Van Loon Tiffany Grobelski is a graduate student in the Geography Department, and she recently finished her
September 30, 2011
Continuing Impacts of the 2009-10 Fulbright Canada Chair Dr Rob Williams, 2009–10 Fulbright Canada Chair, published a thought-provoking piece that was profiled on the cover of the June 2011 issue of the prestigious scientific journal, Conservation Biology. Dr Williams is a Canadian marine conservation biologist who spent his fellowship at UW exploring the linkages among statistics,
July 31, 2011
June 30, 2011
Students in the course take a little rest while visiting Québec City. In June Fritz Wagner, Landscape Architecture, took 10 U.W. students to Québec as part of the field course, URBDP 498 Summer Course to French Canada. This comparative Urban Design and Planning course was co-led by Dr. Régent Cabana. It examined the similarities and
June 30, 2011
June 24, 2011
May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011
by Rebecca Woodgate, Applied Physics Laboratory Spring 2011 marked the start of a new Arctic class at the University of Washington. Led by Oceanography professor Rebecca Woodgate, this class aimed to introduce students of any discipline to the wonders and challenges of the Arctic. As described on the course website: “The Arctic is no longer
May 31, 2011
From left, Vancouver artist, Susan McCallum, Charlotte; Charlotte Coté; Charlotte’s niece Jenoah, and Cynthia del Rosario, UW Director of Graduate Recruitment and Retention at the launch for Coté’s book, “Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors,” November 2010. by Charlotte Coté, American Indian Studies For Native scholars in Canada and the United States, writing is both an