This past summer brought me back to beautiful British Columbia. This trip focused on two main projects. The first was to work with community members of the Doig River First Nation to translate stories and conversations we collected over the past year. The second was to collect similar narratives at the Halfway River First Nation,

One interesting aspect about working with both the Canadian Studies Center and the Native Voices Program at the University of Washington is the unique perspective that indigenous research brings to the whole concept of “border.” Within Canadian Studies, cross-border research and education is vital to our role within the university and our mission as an

Myles Brenner, Political Science I graduated with degrees in Political Science (Political Economy), and International Studies (European Studies). Currently I am in my 2nd year at Gonzaga University School of Law, and I am interning for the Spokane County Public Defender. (Graduated June 2009) Myles (left) with Consul General of Canada Stephen Lloyd at the

On April 3, 2009, Native American Students in Advanced Academia (NASAA) hosted the Eighth Annual Symposium of Native Scholarship at the UW. Cross-border inquiry offers Indigenous students the opportunity to engage with scholars immersed in different political and institutional climates conducting research within their areas of interest. The cross-border exchange of ideas, methodologies, and philosophies

Thanks to the tremendous support the Center receives, over 4,000 members of the university and local community, including educators, business leaders and government officials, were served through our programming in the 2008-09 academic year. Academic Conference and Symposia 14-16 September 2008 – Crossing Haro Strait: Scientific Collaboration in Canada’s Gulf Islands and the San Juan Islands,

This year, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition (AYP) celebrates its centennial. Organized to publicize the development of the Pacific Northwest, the AYP was located on the small but growing University of Washington-Seattle campus. Then, as now, Canada was one of the US’ most important trading partners, so it is no surprise that both the Government of Canada

In early April, six University of Washington graduate students discussed the boundaries of health care at the Fourth Annual Canadian Studies Graduate Symposium. This year’s theme, “Re-imagining Health: What Can We Learn from Canada?,” featured six presenters from a variety of academic disciplines. David Pettinicchio, a doctoral candidate in Sociology, presented on “Ethnic Nationalism and

Every year a group of MBA students visit Vancouver businesses over the Presidents’ Day weekend during the annual Canada Study Tour sponsored by the Michael Foster School of Business and the Canadian Studies Center. This year saw a record participation with 21 students taking part in the tour. Most students were from the Business School,

This year’s graduate student symposium celebrated and reflected upon the cultural, political and ecological significance of transboundary dynamics as seen in and around the Salish Sea, a body of water that includes both Canadian and U.S. waters. The symposium attracted students from across the UW in all stages of research to discuss their work and

This quarter, research pertaining to my FLAS fellowship has been two-fold. I have been studying the Dane-zaa language, a First Nations language spoken in northern British Columbia and Alberta, through the use of stories and conversations that I have helped collect over the past four years. Additionally, I am exploring the importance of geography in