Arnold Fox, director of Social Development at the Blood Tribe Administration, Stand Off, Alberta, visited the UW with a small team of colleagues to explore models and discuss ways to develop programs to better serve the Blood Tribe community. Affiliated faculty of Canadian Studies, Stan de Mello, and lecturer in the UW School of Social

In spring quarter 2019, the World Affairs Council of Seattle hosted a roundtable discussion with Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the Vuntut Gwic’hin First Nation in Old Crow, Yukon, in collaboration with the International Policy Institute Arctic initiative. The event focused on recent initiatives concerning the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and climate change. Indigenous people, particularly

As sea and air traffic in the Arctic grows, so does the importance of U.S.–Canada joint preparedness and emergency response capabilities. To address these issues, the International Policy Institute Arctic Initiative in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, hosted five representatives, part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, to

Elena Bell, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Inuktitut and PhD student in International Studies, presented her research project at the annual Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies PhD Capstone Workshop on 10 June 2019. Elena’s presentation was titled, “Arctic ‘creative diplomacy’: Indigenous documentary films as an instrument for building international relations

I work as the Program Director with the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer, Alaska. In addition to our primary focus on coastal ecology and stewardship education through field trips, internships, after school programs, and camps for youth, I am involved in leading a number of educator professional development workshops and courses around the

Fifteen educators from around the world, five days, and nearly two million square kilometers of ice—these were the makings of a unique workshop organized by the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS; based in Copenhagen, Denmark) with travel to the Disko Bay region of west Greenland. The goals of gathering this group together from 27–31

On 30 May 2019 the Canadian Studies Center hosted five representatives, part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, to engage in a round table discussion on search and rescue in the North America Arctic. U.S. Department of State guests included Lieutenant Colonel Arthur R. Jordan, Search and Rescue, Royal Canadian Air Force; Michael Kendall,

In spring quarter 2019, the IPI Arctic Initiative teamed up with the Polar Research and Policy Institute to provide a panel, titled International Borders in the North American Arctic: Implications for Indigenous Communities, at the annual Arctic Encounters Symposium in Seattle. Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Government, asked what would happen if international

Dr. Andrew Chater, Brescia University, served as UW’s Canada Fulbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies in winter and spring quarters 2019. Below are photos from a number of Andy’s activities during his residency at UW. Dr. Chater’s research analyzes the role of Arctic Indigenous peoples on the Arctic Council, the major international institution for the

Staff at Inhabit Education in Toronto studying Inuktitut via the Center’s Inuktitut module.