The University of Washington is an institutional member of the University of the Arctic, a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned with education and research in and about the North. As an institutional member, UW students can take UArctic courses at no cost and apply those credits to their transcript.

Director of Canadian Studies Rich Watts and colleagues Michael Biggins, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Heekyoung Cho, Asian Languages and Literatures, were awarded a 2020-21 grant to continue developing programs and activities on new research in translation studies, including program building at the graduate level and the creation of alternative professional pathways for graduate students. The UW

In early September, Study Canada K-12 hosted an event called “The Indigenous land you live on: going beyond land acknowledgements”. Christine McRae, executive director of Native Land Digital held a conversation centered around Native-Land.ca, a website and app that allow users to enter their location and reveal the Indigenous territories upon which they stand. The

International Journal of Canadian Studies (IJCS) just released Vol. 57 co-edited by the Center’s Managing Director Nadine Fabbi, and Claude Denis, University of Ottawa. Nadine Fabbi served as co-editor of the International Journal of Canadian Studies from 2018 to 2020. Volume 57 of IJCS includes articles on North American history, representation of immigrants and minorities

Hélène Vilavella-Collins, Senior Lecturer, French and Italian Studies, was awarded a Business Language Grant to great a new course featuring Québec businesses. This summer quarter Hélène Vilavella-Collins a Senior Lecturer in the Department of French and Italian Studies revised her course FRENCH 313 to focus on business in France and Québec. French 313: French for

The Canadian Studies Center recently supported its first virtual study abroad student through the new program with l’Université Laval in Québec City. This summer the program had its first student, Terry Price, ​a post-baccalaureate French major (who is also a UW staff member), take advantage of the Center’s new direct exchange agreement with l’Université Laval. In

“Bob always thought Canada had something important to teach the United States and for that matter the world”—Don Alper Bob Monahan was a splendid man and a giant in the field of Canadian Studies. Bob, one of the early Canadian Studies pioneers, dedicated much of his career to building Canadian Studies in the United States.

We are proud to welcome the first Banting scholar, Dr. Patricia Johnston, to the School. Her research project is titled, “Inuit child and family welfare.” Dr. Johnston’s research program concerns social services in the Canadian Arctic. She has worked in social services for the governments of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories (NWT) and Nunavut and

Emma Elliott-Groves, former FLAS fellow with the Center, is now a tenure-track faculty member with the College of Education. Dr. Elliott-Groves is an assistant professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education. Her research centers on understanding the meanings and explanations of suicidal behavior from the perspective of

Lindsey Popken, M.A. student Marine Affairs is researching sea otters and gaining proficiency in Nuu-chah-nulth. Lindsey Popken is a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellow for this past summer 2020 and for the 2020-21 academic year. She is a first year M.A. student in Marine Affairs in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs,