International Policy Institute Fellows traveled to Dartmouth and Busan for an amazing experience in training in Arctic studies. Check their blog posts in the series here.

Tony Penikett, UW 2013-2014 Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies published his new book, Hunting the Northern Character this  year! Tony began his research for the book during his fulbright stay at UW in 2013-2014 where he was one of the first visiting instructors to teach UW students on the Arctic and participated in the

I am pleased to let you know about a relatively new website by contemporary urban Inuit photographer from Nunatsiavut, Barry Pottle. We are fortunate to now have access to his body of work via the barrypottle.com web site. In 2013, the Canadian Studies Center hosted an exhibit of Pottle’s photography titled Food(land) Security (supported by

In early August Marwa Maziad, a doctoral candidate in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and IPI Arctic Fellow, co-directed a workshop at the 8th Annual Gulf Research Meetings title The Arab Gulf in the West: Perceptions and Realities, Opportunities and Perils. As part of the workshop, Maziad presented on her research on the

International Policy Institute Fellows attended the summer institute at Darthmouth College this past June 2017 summer. Check the post here.

Dr. Fritz Wagner, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urban Design and Planning and an affiliate in the Canadian Studies Program and Dr. Regent Cabana, an Affiliate Professor (from New Orleans), in association with the Canadian Studies Program in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, led a class to three Canadian cities: Montreal,

Jason Young, former FLAS Fellow studying Inuktitut gave a colloquium talk Spring Quarter 2017 . On Friday, May 12, Jason Young presented his talk entitled, “Qaujimaniq Ikiaqqivingmi: Inuit, Arctic Environmentalism, and Digital Knowledge Politics” in Smith 304 at 3:30pm. Jason’s abstract: Climate change offers a fundamental challenge to many societies to reconsider how they think about

Nadine C. Fabbi, lead on the IPI Arctic initiative, participated in an all-day workshop hosted by the Association of International Educator Administrators on May 8th, 2017 as part of Week of the Arctic held in Fairbanks, Alaska. The thematic forum titled “The U.S. as an Arctic Nation: Opportunities for Collaboration in Internationalization” was designed to establish awareness and generate

Picture this: Sixty panel – size paintings depicting the ongoing journey of people leaving not only oppression at home, but famine, other economic difficulties as well. The caption on the last panel simply states “And the migrants kept coming.” Would this be a series reflecting the experience of Syrian and other refugees today? Yes and

On March 4, 2017, Edmonds School District elementary teacher Mary Cingcade presented at the Washington State Council for the Social Studies (WSCSS)  annual conference in Lake Chelan, Washington. Her session, titled “A Sea of Change for Inuit People and the Canadian Arctic,” introduced elementary teachers, museum educators and curriculum specialists to an upper elementary unit