My first memories are of my family’s old house on Bainbridge Island, taking the ferry to or from Seattle. We moved when I was still little, and I spent my elementary and middle school years in Indiana and Tennessee. Even though I’d spent most of my life east of the Mississippi, I held onto the

Joining the Corbett Virtual Exchange program has been a great way to meet new students, get involved in various issue areas involving both countries, and gain valuable insights from my peers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. As a member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and having grown up

We often think that the world is much bigger than it is. With its vast size and enormous population, we are in many ways tricked into believing in this myth of a large world. In adopting this mindset, we can separate ourselves from certain things that happen, stating “well that’s happening so far away, so

Yoshitaka Ota served as director of the Nereus Program, a global interdisciplinary initiative between the Nippon Foundation and the University of British Columbia to further knowledge about how to best attain sustainability for the world’s oceans, between 2011 and 2019. During that time, he identified a capacity and knowledge gap in addressing the widening inequality in

Maya Angela Smith, an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian Studies, focuses on the intersection of racial and linguistic identity formations among marginalized groups in the African diaspora, particularly in the francophone world. She also researches how Blackness is constructed in francophone regions as well as how French studies can diversify and

When I first applied to the Corbett Virtual Exchange I really had no idea what an amazing experience I was opening myself up to. All that I knew was that I needed a reason to feel excited when opening up my computer (which had become quite a stressful task as classes were moved online). I

It goes without saying that this is a strange year to be a Corbett scholar. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve often felt that my world has become ‘smaller’, with nearly every area of my life being conducted from my bedroom desk. Yet, despite the fellowship being entirely online, I have been immensely grateful for the

I often take walks in my neighbourhood, on the beach, on the coast overlooking Washington state. I unfortunately did not have the opportunity during my exchange to physically go to UW; got to be safe from COVID!  But the virtual format of this year’s Corbett Exchange allowed me to connect online with the other students

Michelle Browne, a first-generation American, has a deep commitment to immigrant communities and the laws that guide them. — As a first-generation American, I believe strongly in a fair and welcoming immigration system that recognizes the contribution immigrants make to their adopted countries. Immigrants grow our economies and infuse our communities with diversity and innovative

Many publishers, including large commercial publishers like Routledge and Springer, are steadily expanding their offerings of Arctic-themed monographs. UW Libraries continues to acquire resources to support Canadian Studies, particularly resources focused on the Arctic, the North and Canada’s Indigenous peoples. Recent acquisitions include: Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind In this streaming video, Nunavik Inuit and Cree Elders