By Boo Dodson, FLAS 2018-2019 (French) — In 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia that the Tsilhqot’in Nation had a claim of Aboriginal title to their traditional lands, and disallowed provincial claims for logging without approval from the title-holder. The decision expanded avenues for Indigenous Peoples to claim title rights

In February 2019, the University of Washington and Fulbright Canada signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Arctic Studies. UW President Ana Mari Cauce, Fulbright Canada’s CEO Michael Hawes, and representatives of the supporting units signed the MOU to continue the relationship that began in 2006. The

Hello! My name is Sam Warkentin, and I am currently on my year-long exchange to the University of Victoria (UVic) from the University of Washington. Leading up to this experience, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I had traveled to other countries before but never lived in one for an extended period of time. In

Staff at Inhabit Education in Toronto studying Inuktitut via the Center’s Inuktitut module.

Ellen Ahlness, political science, FLAS Fellow, Inuktitut, 2018–19 I am working toward my PhD in political science. My research looks at the role of nonstate actors in global politics. Specifically, I analyze the role of Arctic Indigenous organizations and their influence on international organizations, primarily the Arctic Council. Therefore, it is very important to me

We are pleased to welcome Christina Keppie as the new director for the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University, our U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant partner. Christina is an associate professor of French and Linguistics in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. Christina received her PhD in French from the University

To the ACSUS Community: On behalf of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, I announce, with great sadness, the death of our very good colleague and friend, Dr. George Sulzner. He was an extraordinary human being and he is deeply missed. His excellent qualities as a person and professional were numerous and

The Center, with the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University, was awarded a four-year Title VI grant in September in part to build regional expertise on the Salish Sea. A key initiative includes support for Social Science for the Salish Sea, a project co-led by staff at UW EarthLab and the Puget Sound Partnership, that

The Canadian Studies Center was represented alongside the rest of the Jackson School of International Studies at the Dawg Daze Student Activities Fair on September 27. Corbett Exchange Program Manager, Marion Ferguson, was on hand to greet students and introduce them to the many ways they can explore Canada through the UW – be it

In September 2018, the University of Washington Canadian Studies Center, which is housed at the UW Jackson School of International Studies, in partnership with the Center for Canadian-American Studies,Western Washington University (WWU), received over $2 million in Title VI grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The award includes a National Resource Center grant