On May 20, 2019, newly-awarded 2019-2020 Corbett scholars and outgoing 2018-2019 scholars gathered along with Gary and Consuelo Corbett and University of Washington administrators. Current scholars shared highlights of their experiences and new students were able to meet and thank the Corbetts in person. Every year, Consuelo Corbett gifts a journal to each student so

I work as the Program Director with the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer, Alaska. In addition to our primary focus on coastal ecology and stewardship education through field trips, internships, after school programs, and camps for youth, I am involved in leading a number of educator professional development workshops and courses around the

Fifteen educators from around the world, five days, and nearly two million square kilometers of ice—these were the makings of a unique workshop organized by the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS; based in Copenhagen, Denmark) with travel to the Disko Bay region of west Greenland. The goals of gathering this group together from 27–31

On 30 May 2019 the Canadian Studies Center hosted five representatives, part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, to engage in a round table discussion on search and rescue in the North America Arctic. U.S. Department of State guests included Lieutenant Colonel Arthur R. Jordan, Search and Rescue, Royal Canadian Air Force; Michael Kendall,

In my second term at the University of British Columbia (UBC), I took an intensive modern Chinese literature course for Chinese heritage speakers. I only signed up for it because I couldn’t get into a discrete mathematical modeling class that was full, and literature wasn’t even on my radar to consider until I took the

Understanding differences and similarities in the Pacific Northwest region is a key part of the Corbett program. Even with cities as similar as Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle, there are subtle differences that future Corbett scholars might want to prepare for when moving from one city to another. I have lived in all three cities, and

It takes time to learn to navigate a new city, from the basics of  layout to cultural nuances. And there is no one-size-fits-all approach to the process: no one would argue that Venice is not best seen from a gondola, or Amsterdam from a bike saddle. My home city of Vancouver may be best discovered

On April 24, 2019, the World Affairs Council of Seattle hosted a roundtable discussion featuring Dana Tizya-Tramm, Chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow, Yukon, Canada. The conversation was focused on how the consequences of climate change and environmental degradation are undermining Indigenous ways of life and the ways Indigenous communities are

In spring quarter 2019, the IPI Arctic Initiative teamed up with the Polar Research and Policy Institute to provide a panel, titled International Borders in the North American Arctic: Implications for Indigenous Communities, at the annual Arctic Encounters Symposium in Seattle. Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Government, asked what would happen if international

The first half of our exchange to UW from UBC came too quickly, but Parsa, Julia, Leo and I were warmly welcomed to Western Washington University (WWU) for a presentation on our exchange and Canadian/U.S. relationship at CANADA WEEK. Parsa, Leo and I hastily hopped into the UW rental car midday, eating our lunch as