This spring the Center’s long-time designer, Alessandro “Sandro” Leveque, passed away. Sandro has made the Center look good for over 20 years. We first started working with Sandro to develop a new look for our Center’s newsletter. Sandro created a stunning design with maple leaf watermarks. His work is now part of the Center’s archive.

In 2012–13 Michael Tillotson was awarded the nation’s first Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship in Tlingit. Tlingit traditional land includes the northwest coast of British Columbia into Alaska. Michael’s MA thesis, in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, examined how traditional uses of marine resources by Tlingit and other Indigenous groups serve

Professors Fritz Wagner from the Department of Urban Design and Planning and Landscape Architecture and Régent Cabana led a group of students to three Canadian cities from 16 to 23 June 2019: Montréal, Québec City and Ottawa. Students came from different academic disciplines, such as urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture and real estate. Their experience

In early June 2019, Arnold Fox, director of Social Development, 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 members of the Blood Tribe community who have special needs or are disabled and differently abled. The major

It’s crazy to think that two semesters have come and gone at UBC Vancouver. Going on exchange through the Corbett Scholarship was one of the best decisions I have ever made. While living on campus at Walter Gage I had amazing opportunities to explore the serene nature of British Columbia. Impeccable views of the ocean

Growing up in beautiful Vancouver, BC, the United States was always a bit of a puzzle to me. On the one hand, its proximity and similarity to Canada, coupled with our frequent visits, made it familiar. On the other, popular culture and news media would often convince me I actually knew very little. Close, yet

In spring quarter 2019, the World Affairs Council of Seattle hosted a roundtable discussion with Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the Vuntut Gwic’hin First Nation in Old Crow, Yukon, in collaboration with the International Policy Institute Arctic initiative. The event focused on recent initiatives concerning the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and climate change. Indigenous people, particularly

As sea and air traffic in the Arctic grows, so does the importance of U.S.–Canada joint preparedness and emergency response capabilities. To address these issues, the International Policy Institute Arctic Initiative in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, hosted five representatives, part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, to

Elena Bell, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Inuktitut and PhD student in International Studies, presented her research project at the annual Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies PhD Capstone Workshop on 10 June 2019. Elena’s presentation was titled, “Arctic ‘creative diplomacy’: Indigenous documentary films as an instrument for building international relations

To the aspiring, intelligent, and passionate Huskies who will soon be joining the community of Thunderbirds, I am here to offer some tips to help you survive the first week at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Course Registration Faculties (departments): When you submit your exchange application you have to report your major and will