This spring, teaching professor Hedwige Meyer has been conducting a Québécois literature book club at the Alliance Française. The group of four women have been studying Kukum by Michel Jean, who is an Innu author from Québec. They are deepening their knowledge of First Nations francophone writing while thoroughly enjoying the beautiful story of Almanda Siméon and learning

As part of his course on Arctic environmental change and challenges, ARCTIC 401, professor and Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies Andrew Medeiros invited guest speakers from across northern Canada to share their work and perspectives with students. Jamal Shirley, Director, Innovation and Research at the Nunavut Research Institute, Nunavut Arctic College, joined the

Johnathan Tran, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellow in French, has been selected to participate in the 2025 Critical Canadian Studies Summer School hosted by the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York University. The summer program, titled “Studying Canada Responsibly,” will bring together doctoral students from outside Canada and from York in a

Pirkko Viljakainen participated in the north2north exchange program for fall 2024. My name is Pirkko. I am a fourth-year law student at the University of Lapland. I’m originally from Tampere, a town in Southern Finland. During the autumn quarter of 2024 I had the incredible opportunity to study at the University of Washington in Seattle

Andrew Medeiros, 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies, spent winter quarter teaching ARCTIC 401 – The Arctic: Environmental Change and Challenges. The class examines on the causes and consequences of global environmental change and interactions with ecological processes and challenges for the human environment, with a focus on Inuit perspectives and knowledge. As

On February 20, over 40 Arctic researchers at UW from faculty to graduate and undergraduate students gathered for an event sponsored by the UW Office of Research called “Fostering an Arctic Research Community at UW.” Participants came from the many departments and institutes at UW doing research relating to the Arctic and northern latitudes, including

Although my time in Canada is coming to a close, I am happy that I can look back at all the exciting times that I have had. Even with all of the challenges that has come with it, I have no doubt that if I had the chance I would do it all over again.

On March 4th, author Juliana Léveillé-Trudel presented her book Nirliit and held a question and answer session with the students of French/JSIS 441: Quebecois Literature. The event was held in the Smith Room at Suzzallo, and it was sponsored by the Center for Canadian Studies, the Department of French and Italian studies, the Centre de la Francophonie

In mid-February Craig Weichel, Canadian Consul General in Seattle, visited JSIS B 200: Sports and Diplomacy, taught by JSIS director Danny Hoffman. The class covers how, globally throughout history, sports (such as ping pong, Olympic hockey, and soccer’s World Cup) have been a tool for negotiating political relationships. Students learn how sport matters in the

In late November 2024, the Center hosted citizenship rights advocate and author Don Chapman who discussed the latest developments in the fight to restore citizenship to “Lost Canadians.” In his talked, he covered the history of Canadian citizenship laws, discrimination, and efforts to amend the Citizenship Act. Watch the recording of his talk (88 minutes)