In Winter Quarter 2017, Professor Bob Pavia taught an innovative course jointly offered by the Honors Program and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies – a look at climate change from a truly international perspective. The new course, ARCTIC 391/JSIS 391/HONORS 394 Climate Change – An International Perspective: Science, Art and Activism, brings together

In early December the International Policy Institute (IPI) Arctic Fellows presented their policy papers on the theme of Arctic Indigenous Economies in Inuit Nunangat (Canada) and the Circumpolar World to faculty from across campus and other guests. See symposium program See symposium flyer See symposium photos      

In early November 2016, the Center hosted a workshop – Arctic Indigenous Economies in Canada – with the Korean Maritime Institute. Six guests from across Arctic Canada provided insights into how Arctic Indigenous economies are shaping domestic and international relations including Jean-François Arteau, Kesserwan Arteau; Charlie Watt and Christine Nakoolak, Avataa Exploration and Logistics, Kuujjuaq,

This 5-part video series was developed as part of the above workshop. The presenters at the workshop were interviewed by the International Policy Institute Arctic Fellows (UW graduate students whose research interests include the Arctic). These short videos focus on the challenges and tremendous successes of Arctic Indigenous governance and economies in the Canadian Arctic. View

Rich Watts will launch an Exploration Seminar in early Fall Quarter 2018 that mixes intensive French-language study at Laval with a course on language and cultural identity in Québec. At Laval, Watts met with Rachel Sauvé, Director of the École de langues de l’Université Laval and her colleague, Nicolas Diotte. École de langues offers French

In 2008 the UW was the first institution in the nation to award a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Inuktitut. Tim Pasch, the first FLAS Fellow in Inuktitut, went on to receive four more Fellowships and to achieve fluency in the language. His doctoral dissertation was on social media and its impact on

Moh Kilani, International Policy Institute Arctic Fellow and graduate of the Master’s in Applied International Studies program (2015-16) presented his research on using the city diplomacy model to build relations between the Seattle region and the Arctic. Moh’s article, “City Diplomacy and the Arctic” was published in Issue #3 of Arctic and International Relations Series. View his

On February 22 and 23, representatives from the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium (PNWCSC (UW Canadian Studies Center is the secretariat)) attended an excellent symposium on the Columbia River Treaty modernization, which was co-hosted by Northwest Indian College and Western Washington University. Many concerned and interested groups and officials were in attendance: Indigenous peoples, US

In late October 2016 the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs hosted Fulbright Arctic Week bringing together 18 international scholars. At the event three former Center Visiting Scholars participated and formally launched Issue #4 of the Jackson School’s Arctic and International Relations Series (AIRS) titled “The Many Faces of Arctic Energy.” View Fulbright