Above: From left, Vincent Gallucci, Chair, Canadian Studies; Resat Kasaba, Director, Jackson School; Jeff Riedinger, Vice Provost, Global Affairs; Tony Penikett, Fulbright Arctic Chair; Judy Howard, Divisional Dean, Social Sciences; Nadine Fabbi, Associate Director, Canadian Studies. by Kristina Bowman The talk coincided with the proposed University of Washington’s Arctic minor (http://www.jsis.washington.edu/arctic/), an interdisciplinary program to

Thierry arrived in October and will be visiting the Canadian Studies Center for two months. He will dedicate the time to framing the study of online political behaviors in Québec and Canada. He will be working on two projects during his stay here at the University. The first project looks at how political parties in

Above: The Arctic Studies minor builds from the foundation laid by the Task Force on Arctic Affair. Michael Brown and Nicolas van Tulder in the 2013 Task Force in Québec City, Canada. The UW College of Arts and Sciences newsletter, Perspectives, just did a story on unique interdisciplinary minors at the UW. The Center’s proposed Arctic

The Canadian Studies Center is part of a university-wide initiative to advance teaching and research on the Arctic region. The Future of Ice Initiative was just announced by Dean Graumlich from College of the Environment. Read the letter here …

At the 2012 NCSS Conference in Seattle, “Opening Windows to the World,” the National Resource Centers in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies – Canadian Studies Center, Center for Global Studies, East Asia Center, Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Middle East Center, South Asia Center, and Southeast Asia

The 2013 Arctic Task Force on Arctic Policy has made it into the news! View below to see the group’s achievements. Visite de l’Université de Washington au Québec et à Ottawa Dans le cadre du cours Task for on Arctic Security, co-enseigné par Joël Plouffe, professeur invité, Université de Washington et chercheur en résidence, Observatoire

Above: From left, Consul General of Canada, Denis Stevens, and presenters Tony Penikett, Sari Graben, and Vincent Gallucci. by Melissa Croce, Intern, Jackson School of International Studies On May 30, scholars, students, and interested citizens gathered at the University Club, united by an interest in the increasingly complex topic of the Arctic. Organized by the