In early December the International Policy Institute (IPI) Arctic Fellows presented their policy papers on the theme of Arctic Indigenous Economies in Inuit Nunangat (Canada) and the Circumpolar World to faculty from across campus and other guests. See symposium program See symposium flyer See symposium photos      

Moh Kilani, International Policy Institute Arctic Fellow and graduate of the Master’s in Applied International Studies program (2015-16) presented his research on using the city diplomacy model to build relations between the Seattle region and the Arctic. Moh’s article, “City Diplomacy and the Arctic” was published in Issue #3 of Arctic and International Relations Series. View his

When John Vallier, the Libraries’ Head of Distributed Media, heard that State University New York (SUNY) Buffalo was deaccessioning a collection of Radio Canada International spoken word and musical sound recordings and that they needed a new home, he was quick to confer with Canadian Studies Librarian Sion Romaine to see if this would be

Sixty-five students, thirteen countries, representing eight nation states, six permanent participants, and several observer states and organizations. While these numbers provide a simple explanation for the 2016 Model Arctic Council, they do nothing to tell the story. Students from across the globe descended on Fairbanks, AK to participate in a simulation of the Arctic Council.

The Columbia River Treaty modernization was the focus for both a very successful field course in the summer of 2015 and PNWCSC Annual General Meeting in February 2016. The Canadian Consulate in downtown Seattle hosted the meeting, which included participants from fifteen member institutions and lively discussions about myriad aspects of the Columbia River, the

Emerging from the fruitful convergences of an emergent Arctic Studies program and on-going cross-campus projects on Native and Indigenous Studies, the Canadian Studies Center, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Jackson School of International Studies, American Indian Studies and the Comparative History of Ideas program invite graduate students to apply for support of

In June graduate students from Urban Planning and Design visited Québec City, Montréal and Ottawa to study the similarities and differences between U.S. and Canadian cities as well as investigate current urban issues confronting communities in French speaking Québec and Ottawa. Students studied the physical layout of cities, urban design, urban growth, central neighborhood revitalization

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has, through its Shared Purchase Program, acquired 230 reels of the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir. Founded by politician and journalist Henri Bourassa, Le Devoir enjoys a strong intellectual reputation documenting over a century of Quebecois history and culture. This purchase completes CRL’s holdings of the backfiles for the years

The Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium Faculty Field Course to Canada introduces faculty from regional institutions to Canadian colleagues and key Canada-U.S. issues. This year’s theme is the Columbia River and the Canada-U.S. Columbia River Treaty. Morna McEachern, Social Work and affiliated faculty in Canadian Studies, was the faculty lead for the field course. See Itinerary

Two new resources are now available through the University Libraries. EBSCO’s Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is an online database covering all aspects of North America’s aboriginal culture, history and life. With some links to full-text, it includes broad coverage for aboriginal peoples across the continent, including Aleuts, Eskimos and Inuit peoples. Because it is an