In November Hedwige Meyer, Senior Lecturer in the Department of French and Italian Studies and Affiliated Faculty with the Canadian Studies Center, presented on language pedagogy at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held in New Orleans. Her paper was entitled, “An alternative to AP or IB: Teaching a College in the High School

To the ACSUS Community: On behalf of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, I announce, with great sadness, the death of our very good colleague and friend, Dr. George Sulzner. He was an extraordinary human being and he is deeply missed. His excellent qualities as a person and professional were numerous and

A la fin du mois d’octobre 2018, Donat Savoie, anciennement du ministère canadien des Affaires indiennes et du Nord, a mené une discussion de l’histoire culturelle de la région de Nunavik parcourant sa carrière de presque quarante ans. Des étudiants au programme de français à Western Washington University ont activement participé à la discussion dans

Social Science for the Salish Sea, a project co-led by staff at UW EarthLab and the Puget Sound Partnership, brings together over 40 social scientists and environmental practitioners from diverse disciplines, organizations, and Tribes and First Nations in the region to outline a research agenda aimed at improving our understanding of the human dimensions of the Salish

This video series was part of a one-day workshop titled, Arctic Indigenous Economies in Canada held at the University of Washington on Thursday, 10 November 2016. At the workshop six presenters from across Arctic Canada provided insights into how Arctic Indigenous economies are shaping domestic and international relations. Presenters included Jean-François Arteau, Kesserwan Arteau; Charlie

In June 2, 2017, fifteen UW graduate students took part in a weekly symposium titled, “Arctic Indigenous Internationalism.” They discussed the history of this global movement, the United Nations as a legal mechanism for ensuring self-determination, analyzed sub-national Indigenous regions, and participated in a field experience to the Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Video time: 28 minutes In April 2016 the Arctic and International Relations Initiative (supported by six U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Centers) and the International Policy Institute (funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York) – both housed in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the

Trent University, University of Washington, the World Policy Institute, and the Wilson Center present ARCTIC & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INSTITUTE ONE ARCTIC: U.S. ARCTIC CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ARCTIC COUNCIL 27-28 April 2016 The Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004 This day and a half workshop explores the U.S. chairmanship of the

The Arctic Council at Twenty: Founding Visionaries (13 min.), November 2015 This 13-minute video captures the perspectives of three of the early visionaries of the Arctic Council. The video entitled The Arctic Council at Twenty: Founding Visionaries includes Rosemarie Kuptana, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council; Franklyn Griffiths, Political Science, University of Toronto; and, Oran