Director Vincent Gallucci was at the Chinese Foreign Affairs University (CFAU) for a two week visit to study the Chinese motivations for an interest in becoming permanent observer members of the Arctic Council. Several individual interviews were carried out as well as a roundtable discussion including an adviser to the foreign minister of Iceland, Kristijn

by Morna McEachern, Social Work, and Program Manager for Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium (PNWCSC) In Spring 2014 Dr. McEachern took a group of students to Vancouver, British Columbia for a day to visit social service agencies and speak with experts in the field to provide students with insights into the similarities and differences between

Originally posted: Spring 2014 “….But we survived /so in every Country, every Province, every City/When they ask me/ Where I’m from/I tells ‘em/My Whole family tree/From the roots to the leaves/ Are Canadian history/We are The Black Scotians ” –Reed “Izreal” Jones. “The Black Scotians” in The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry (p.

by Andrea Banel, Graduate Student, Evans School of Public Affairs; Canadian Studies Center Reporter We are delighted to announce our new affiliated faculty member, Harry L. Stern from the Polar Science Center at the Applied Physics Laboratory. Stern’s research focuses on using satellite data to study Arctic sea ice. He is currently studying changes in

Originally posted: February 2014 Michael Cawthra, a teacher associate of the K12-Study Canada Program, goes to Denver-area classrooms by telling stories that only captivate students but inform them about Canada. Dressed in costumes that change along with the renowned Canadian stories he tells, Michael relates the literature to the audience and brings the tales to life

Originally posted: February 2014 This quarter UW students will study how Québécois writers and filmmakers coped with the rapid and radical changes of the 1960s’ Quiet Revolution in the course “Québécois Literature.” The class is taught by Associate Professor of French Denyse Delcourt and offered jointly by the French and Italian Studies department and the

Ross Coen, a Canadian Studies affiliate graduate and a ph.D. student in the History Department, spoke at a conference at the University of Manitoba entitled, Canada and the Arctic: Challenges and Opportunities. To learn a little more about this conference: The 2014 edition of the PSSC marks the 30th anniversary of the conference. In keeping with

Originally posted: December 2013 I’ve had a terrific experience in Canada. It started with a weekend long orientation hosted by Fulbright Canada in Ottawa. We got to tour the Parliament building and the Supreme Court. Later we also went to the museum and played a game of hockey. Fulbright Canada took care of everything. After