This fall, Scott Montgomery, JSIS faculty member, is teaching ARCTIC 391: Climate Change – An International Perspective: Science, Art, and Activism. “Scientists have discovered global climate change, identified its human origins, and are forecasting the consequences for every corner of the globe. There is overwhelming consensus about the facts underpinning our knowledge of climate change.

Jason Young, a former Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) recipient in Inuktut who spent two summers studying with Alexina Kublu in Igoolik, Nunavut, is instructing ARCTIC 101 Elementary Inuktut: Inuit Language and Culture in Canada this fall. He studied with Kublu, former language commission for Nunavut and Mick Mallon, one of Canada’s top linguists

Monte Mills joined the UW faculty in 2022 as Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and the Director of the Native American Law Center. He teaches American Indian Law, Property, and other classes focused on Native American and natural resources related topics. This fall, he joined the Center as an affiliate faculty member. Monte’s research

Mia Bennet, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and affiliated faculty with the Canadian Studies Center, just returned from Norway and Svalbard as part of the first meeting of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative team. See the article on the award here.

Chiwa Lee, M.A. student in China Studies, studied French this summer with Alliance Française to support his study of the Canada, China, U.S. relationship. “Most of the time, language study is not solely about the language itself. It always helps us to discover different thinking, logic, and cultures behind different languages. This summer, with the

Sarah Kate Moore, FLAS fellow in French (2023-24) is now a part-time lecturer in the UW Department of French and Italian Studies.  “I was honored to attend the University of Laval’s Advanced Training for Teachers of French as a Foreign Language in Québec City this summer (2024), after graduating with my MA in French from

Hsin Yi (Winnie) Chen, 2024 Task Force on the Arctic alum, was just accepted to the Global Innovation and Leadership program at Johns Hopkins University. “After graduating from UW and spending a few years working in Taiwan and Singapore, I decided to take the next step in my career by pursuing a Master’s in Global

Teaching Arctic Environments is a collaborative and interdisciplinary project led by Isabelle Gap, University of Aberdeen, and. Jonathan Peyton, University of Manitoba and UW’s 2022-23 Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies. Project partners include: director Nadine Fabbi, and Dr. Penny How with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Through an ongoing series of events,

From May 6-10, 2024, the Canadian Studies Center, University of Washington Continuum College and the Native American Law Center hosted a short-term Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program, a Fulbright exchange activity funded by the U.S. Department of State focused on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The week-long executive seminar welcomed 19 professionals and leaders in Indigenous

Aidan Swayne participated in the Virtual Student Federal Service with the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver for the 2023-24 academic year.  My internship with the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver was a rare opportunity I will look back on fondly for years to come. Not only did I receive meaningful research, writing, presentation, and work-place skills that