In early November, Tony Penikett, former premier of the Yukon Territory, discussed the thesis and background of his book Hunting the Northern Character, in which he argues that a new consciousness is developing in the circumpolar region. During decades of service as a legislator, mediator and negotiator, Tony Penikett witnessed a new northern consciousness grow

I accepted the Corbett scholarship with the idea that I would be learning how to view and develop international methods of decolonizing, re-indigenizing, and reconciling with the intent of bringing these ideas back to Seattle. However, as I have situated myself on the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus (UBC), I’ve been fortunate enough to

In early October, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellows in Inuktitut and doctoral students Elizabeth Wessells, Archaeology, and Ellen Ahlness, Political Science, presented at the 21st Inuit Studies Conference in Montréal. “Just as fall quarter began, I jetted from campus to attend the Inuit Studies Conference in Montréal. As a FLAS Fellow in Inuktitut,

By Kyla Sweet, education and curriculum K–12 specialist for the Pacific Northwest National Resource Center on Canada This July, twenty educators from across the United States met in Bellingham, WA for the Study Canada Summer Institute 2019 to experience transboundary learning along the Tribal Canoe Journey, which this year was hosted by the Lummi Nation.

In July, Hedwige Meyer, French and Italian Studies, traveled to Montréal and Québec City to conduct a site visit to build a study-in-Québec program for UW students, and to identify colleagues and content for an educator workshop for French instructors on Québec and francophone Canada. In Québec City, she met with representatives from the Ministry

In late July 2019, the Indigenous Transboundary Summit, Esqaplh, brought together stakeholders from Canada and the United States to discuss critical transboundary issues including mining impacts on the Skagit and Columbia Rivers, environmental impacts on salmon and orca populations, and sustainable Indigenous transboundary trade and commerce. Support for this summit will inform course content for

Arnold Fox, director of Social Development at the Blood Tribe Administration, Stand Off, Alberta, visited the UW with a small team of colleagues to explore models and discuss ways to develop programs to better serve the Blood Tribe community. Affiliated faculty of Canadian Studies, Stan de Mello, and lecturer in the UW School of Social

The first phase of the Social Sciences for the Salish Sea project was completed this year with a full report submitted to the Puget Sound Partnership in July. The project was initiated in response to the Puget Sound Partnership’s stated need for robust social science to inform their ecosystem recovery strategies, and the research agenda

In early May, Mick Mallon, Inuktitut instructor for the Foreign Language and Area Studies fellows, travelled to the UW to be part of a documentary being produced by the Canadian and Global Studies Centers on the Inuktitut training program and its impact on our students. Mick was interviewed by FLAS students and engaged with them

In early spring, the Canadian Studies Center signed another five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Fulbright Canada to guarantee ongoing support for the Killam Fellowships Program (administered by Fulbright Canada). The Killam Fellowships Program allows undergraduate students from Canada and the United States to participate in a program of bi-national residential exchange. The program is