Originally posted: June 2014 La Famille Léger just released a brand-new album, L’Etoile du Nord, drawn from their research and travels. It’s chock full of French-Canadian music, mostly from Acadian sources. Louis Léger, the group’s patriarch, grew up in both Moncton, New Brunswick, and Québec City, so there are influences from Québec as well. La

The Future of Ice lecture series continued on January 16, 2014 as Tony Penikett presented his talk, “Artic Insecurities: Arctic Population, Northern Security Issues, and Emerging Forms of Governance.” Penikett is the 2013-14 UW Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies and taught a course with the same title fall quarter. Penikett described himself as more of

Above: Sheila Watt-Cloutier (left) with Jen Marlow, founder of the Climate Justice Project, Three Degrees Warmer, at the UW School of Law. (3/14) by Annie Banel, MPA Candidate, Evans School of Public Affairs; Canadian Studies Center Reporter Watt-Cloutier opened with a greeting in Inuktitut to underline the importance of language in the Inuit culture. Though

Above: Dr. Gary Wilson (center from left) with Arctic Research Fellows Nathan Stackpoole, David Wishard, and Jason Young; FLAS Inuktitut scholars Caitlyn Evans and Walter O’Toole; and Arctic Task Force Alumni Griffith Couser (01/14).  by Annie Banel, MPA Candidate, Evans School of Public Affairs; Canadian Studies Center Reporter Vince Gallucci gave the opening remarks at

Above: PNWCSC Annual General Meeting Participants by Annie Banel, MPA Candidate, Evans School of Public Affairs; Canadian Studies Center Reporter Lively discussion flowed between engaging presentations at this year’s Annual General Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium. The Consulate General of Canada graciously hosted the meeting on January 31, 2014. The wide-ranging topics

Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director of the Center, served as a panelist for the above symposium sponsored by the Border Policy Research Institute and Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University. The title of her talk was, “Permanent Participants and the passing of the chairmanship of the Arctic Council to the United States.” Program One

KMI signed an agreement with the Canadian Studies Center with a particular interest in Canada’s role in the circumpolar world and the role of Canada’s indigenous peoples.