Leslie King, professor of environment and sustainability at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, provided this year’s Stefansson Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Scandinavian Studies, the Stefansson Institute for Arctic Studies in Akureyri, Iceland, the Institute for Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College, and the Canadian Studies Center. Professor King reminded the audience

Ellen Ahlness, political science, FLAS Fellow, Inuktitut, 2018–19 I am working toward my PhD in political science. My research looks at the role of nonstate actors in global politics. Specifically, I analyze the role of Arctic Indigenous organizations and their influence on international organizations, primarily the Arctic Council. Therefore, it is very important to me

The Canadian Studies Center works with many local and international organizations to bring a greater understanding of Canada to the public. Last fall, the Center partnered again with the Lifetime Learning Center to offer a presentation on Canada’s role in the Arctic as part of an eight-week course titled “The Last Place on Earth: The

From a News Release for Brescia University College, September 24, 2018 London, ON – How much more impact could Indigenous Peoples have if their voices were more broadly heard when it comes to international decision making? This question is what Brescia faculty member Dr. Andrew Chater will examine firsthand when he visits the University of

The Canadian Studies Center celebrated the new year with a check for just over $8,000 from the Canada-America Society of Washington Scholarship Fund, which closed at the end of 2018. The Scholarship Fund’s Articles of Incorporation indicated that the fund’s remaining assets should be given to the Canadian Studies Center because of the long-term relationship

Fall Quarter 2018 The Canadian Studies Center has awarded Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships for training in Inuktitut, the Inuit language, since 2005. To date, 12 students have studied Inuktitut including Tim Pasch, now an Associate Professor at University of North Dakota and Jason Young, Senior Research Scientist at UW’s Information School. In addition,

The new year was celebrated with a check for just over $8,000 from the Canada-America Society of Washington (CAS). CAS, after closing down this past fall, left the balance in its accounts to the Center. The check was presented to Richard Watts and Nadine Fabbi by Joel Paget, past president of the Society, Brad Vancour,

Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director of the Jackson School Canadian Studies Center, is quoted in “U.S. university teaches students Inuktitut through funding prompted by Sputnik launch” on how the Inuktitut language, which is spoken in Canada, came about as a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship opportunity for students at the University of Washington. In discussing

In early January the Canadian Studies Center, Center for Global Studies, and the Global Business Center met with colleagues at Northwest Indian College (NWIC) as part of a joint Title VI-NWIC collaboration in curriculum development. This past summer Myron Fryberg, Jr. developed the first course to build a concentration in cross-border curriculum for the bachelor’s

My name is Christy Yu and I am a health sciences student in the child health specialization at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. During the autumn 2018 quarter, I had the opportunity to be an exchange student at the University of Washington by participating in the Killam Fellowship Program. Spending time in Seattle opened