The Columbia River Treaty modernization was the focus for both a very successful field course in the summer of 2015 and PNWCSC Annual General Meeting in February 2016. The Canadian Consulate in downtown Seattle hosted the meeting, which included participants from fifteen member institutions and lively discussions about myriad aspects of the Columbia River, the

Originally posted: January 2016 The National Resource Centers on Canada have been involved with the annual NCSS conference in a variety of roles for more than fifteen years. As the largest association in the U.S. devoted to social studies education, it is also the single largest K-12 target audience for Canadian Studies outreach in the

Originally posted: January 2016 The Future of the Arctic is a Team Venture Summary: The re-emergence of the Arctic carries a host of political, economic, and social issues, which require careful planning and communication between international, national, subnational and local levels of governance. The potential to succeed is great, but thus far the costs have

Joel Heath, UW’s 2014-15 Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies, is now working with Google to bring the hamlet of Sanikiluaq in Hudson Bay in the Canadian Arctic to the world. The islands are home to the Eider duck that is suffering die-off as a result of hydro-electric development around the Bay – the

Book Abstract: Many of our global cities are distressed and facing a host of issues: economic collapse in the face of rising expectations, social disintegration and civil unrest, and ecological degradation and the threats associated with climate change, including more frequent and more severe natural disasters. Our long-held assumptions about man and nature and how they

The Center hosted a day-long dialogue on the current status and future of the Arctic Council including some of the founding voices in the Arctic Council and heads of the Permanent Participant organizations. Photos provided by Rudy Yuly, UW Creative Consultants Network.

Center staff enjoys holiday lunch, celebrating the year’s accomplishments and welcoming the new year.

In early December 2015 the Center participated in a panel discussion with Congressman Rick Larsen on the current situation in the Arctic and the role of Canada and the United States. Managing Director of the Center, Nadine Fabbi, provided comments on the role of Indigenous leadership both at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 meetings

The Arctic Council at Twenty: Founding Visionaries (13 min.), November 2015 This 13-minute video captures the perspectives of three of the early visionaries of the Arctic Council. The video entitled The Arctic Council at Twenty: Founding Visionaries includes Rosemarie Kuptana, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council; Franklyn Griffiths, Political Science, University of Toronto; and, Oran