Siôn Romaine, U.W. Canadian Studies Librarian, wrote a successful Matching Library Support grant to the Government of Canada receiving $2,000 for the Canada Collection to be purchased this summer and fall. The Canadian Studies Center, along with consortium partners, the Center for Canadian-American Studies, Western Washington University, are the Canadian depositories for federal and provincial

The June 2012 special edition of the American Review of Canadian Studies focuses on new voices in Canadian Studies, specifically the graduate students of the CONNECT Program (sponsored by the Center for the Study of Canada, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh). Wendi Lindquist, History, contributed an article, “Death and Rise of the State: Criminal

Every year UW undergraduates from across campus win Canadian-based awards including study-in-Canada scholarships and now the very prestigious fellowships with the Killam Foundation. Below are distinctions announced from 2006-2012. 2011-12 Undergraduate Awards Gregory Johnson, International Studies & Economics, graduated in the Canada Track for International Studies Eugene Kobiako, International Studies & Biology, completed a Killam

16-20 November 2011 – 21st Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States Ottawa, Canada U.W. faculty and graduate students participate in each biennial conference of the national Canadian Studies association. This year N. Fabbi, Canadian Studies Center and Joël Plouffe, l’Université Québec, co-chaired “The North” section bringing together over 20 scholars who presented

Jill Woelfer, Information School, was just awarded the UW Graduate School Medal for her research on homeless young people and personal digital technologies. This award honors Jill’s scholarship and her commitment to social improvement in our neighborhood and far beyond. Currently a Fulbright Fellow to Canada, Jill is collecting comparative data in Vancouver, BC and

This spring, the Libraries received a grant from the Government of Canada to support the purchase of the 2011 Microlog microfiche set. Microlog is the clearinghouse for Canadian research and report literature in all subject disciplines. The set includes research, scientific, technical and annual reports, policy papers and statistical materials and is indexed in the

David Pettinicchio’s paper, “Migration and Ethnic Nationalism: Anglophone Exit and the ‘Decolonization’ of Québec,” has been selected as winner of the 2012 Nations and Nationalism Prize in the memory of Dominique Jacquin-Berdal. This award, given by The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, will be presented at the ASEN conference at the London

Note from the Canadian Collections Librarian: Arctic & Northern Studies is the study of the culture, history, peoples, government and politics of areas north of the Arctic Circle. Visit the site for more information: http://guides.lib.washington.edu/canada-arctic

The Center provides expertise on Canada for faculty, students, the local community including business leaders and government officials, and professional development training for educators. Following is a report on our 2010-11 activities to date: Academic Activities 28 September 2010 – Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington “Challenges and Rewards of a Multidisciplinary Program: Canadian Studies at

David Pettinicchio, doctoral candidate in Sociology and affiliated graduate student of the Center, just had an paper published in the International Journal of Canadian Studies. “Public and Elite Policy Preferences: Gay Marriage in Canada” explores the role of parties, interest groups and public opinion in the enactment of ‘controversial’ public policy. As a PhD candidate