The Canadian Studies Center is part of a university-wide initiative to advance teaching and research on the Arctic region. The Future of Ice Initiative was just announced by Dean Graumlich from College of the Environment. Read the letter here …

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

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

Above: Jack Iverson, Director, Canadian Studies Association at Whitman College with Eric Bridgeland, coach of the Whitman basketball team. In late September Jack Iverson, Director, Canadian Studies Association Whitman College, and Professor, Foreign Language and Literature, invited the Center’s associate director, Nadine Fabbi, to Whitman to visit with faculty regarding the enhancement of the Canadian studies program.

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,

The following is a listing of all Center sponsored events in 2007-08. Each of the programs listed here is supported, in part, by a U.S. Department of Education, Title VI grant and/or a Program Enhancement Grant from Foreign Affairs, Canada. The Center would like to thank these grantors and the Jackson School of International Studies,

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2006-07 academic year. Canadian Consulate, Seatte; UW School of Marine Affairs; Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of international Studies New Canada-US Fulbright Research Chair at UW attracts Senior B.C. Government Official: Canadian Consulate, Seatte; UW School of Marine

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2005-06 academic year. Thursday, 7 July 2005, Film Screening  6:30 pm, Burke Museum, UW Campus Being Caribou Description: In 2003 Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison left the remote community of Old Crow, Yukon, to join the Porcupine Caribou Herd on

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2004-05 academic year. 16-20 August 2004 – Senior College- Academic Symposium 18th Annual Summer college 2004 for Folks over Fifty Description: This continuing education program for adults over 50 served 175participants covering a range of subjects from wartime presidents to art history to

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2003-04 academic year 1 February 2003 – Educator workshop Washington State Council for Social Studies K-8 Annual Inservice Presentation: The North, the Inuit and Nunavut, by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director  Attendance: 20 1 February 2003 – Educator workshop 3rd Annual