Professors Fritz Wagner from the Department of Urban Design and Planning and Landscape Architecture and Régent Cabana led a group of students to three Canadian cities from 16 to 23 June 2019: Montréal, Québec City and Ottawa. Students came from different academic disciplines, such as urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture and real estate. Their experience

In early June 2019, Arnold Fox, director of Social Development, 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 members of the Blood Tribe community who have special needs or are disabled and differently abled. The major

Growing up in beautiful Vancouver, BC, the United States was always a bit of a puzzle to me. On the one hand, its proximity and similarity to Canada, coupled with our frequent visits, made it familiar. On the other, popular culture and news media would often convince me I actually knew very little. Close, yet

To the aspiring, intelligent, and passionate Huskies who will soon be joining the community of Thunderbirds, I am here to offer some tips to help you survive the first week at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Course Registration Faculties (departments): When you submit your exchange application you have to report your major and will

On May 20, 2019, newly-awarded 2019-2020 Corbett scholars and outgoing 2018-2019 scholars gathered along with Gary and Consuelo Corbett and University of Washington administrators. Current scholars shared highlights of their experiences and new students were able to meet and thank the Corbetts in person. Every year, Consuelo Corbett gifts a journal to each student so

In my second term at the University of British Columbia (UBC), I took an intensive modern Chinese literature course for Chinese heritage speakers. I only signed up for it because I couldn’t get into a discrete mathematical modeling class that was full, and literature wasn’t even on my radar to consider until I took the

On April 24, 2019, the World Affairs Council of Seattle hosted a roundtable discussion featuring Dana Tizya-Tramm, Chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow, Yukon, Canada. The conversation was focused on how the consequences of climate change and environmental degradation are undermining Indigenous ways of life and the ways Indigenous communities are

On March 4, the four current Corbett scholars from Canada visited Western Washington University as part of CANADA WEEK. Julia, Amy, Leo and Parsa created and presented an engaging talk about their experiences as exchange students in the United States so far, and shared how their sense of Canadian identity has evolved. They explored how

Internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq returned to the University of Washington in early February. Although her feature performance was cancelled due to inclement weather, she held a book reading for her novel, Split Tooth, which was longlisted for Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize. Recordings of Tagaq performing are available on the event page, and

The newest issue of Arctic and International Relations Series (AIRS) seeks to bridge the gap between remote communities and centers of power. “Bridging the gap between Arctic Indigenous communities and Arctic policy: Unalaska, the Aleutian Islands, and the Aleut International Association,” explores the history, culture, economies and concerns of the Unangan, the maritime people of