The Center will partner with University of Aberdeen for the grant project “Teaching Arctic Environments” funded by the Scottish Government. Teaching Arctic Environments addresses the need for multi-disciplinary and collaborative pedagogy within and beyond Scottish and North American institutions. This project seizes upon the newly-established Interdisciplinary Research Centres at the University of Aberdeen to develop

In early September, interim director Nadine Fabbi gave the opening talk for the 2023 Program on Climate Change Summer Institute. This year’s institute was titled “Climate Change at the Poles.” Fabbi’s talk titled “Inuit Nunaat, Inuit Nunangat and Arctic Policy” addressed how the Arctic is uniquely impacted by climate change and what Inuit have and

This summer three Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellows traveled to Vancouver Island for intensive study of the First Nations language, Nuu-chah-nulth. A total of four UW graduate students were awarded summer FLAS fellowships for the study of an Indigenous language spoken in Canada. One fellow, Ric Berkholtz, School of Law, studied Haida with

In July the Jackson School’s Title VI centers offered the Community College Master Teacher Institute including a talk by author Douglas Janoff on diversity in the Government of Canada. Douglas Janoff is the author of Queer Diplomacy: Homophobia, International Relations and LGBT Human Rights  (2022). It is the first study of multilateral LGBT human rights

Marion Ferguson, exchange programs manager for the Canadian Studies Center, was awarded funding to attend the 2023 Global Inclusion Conference hosted by Diversity Abroad. Ferguson was invited to participate in the conference as a panel speaker for the session “IDEAS for Indigenous Inclusion in Education Abroad.” The panel will be comprised of grantees from the

Richard Watts, faculty in French and Italian Studies and former faculty director of Canadian Studies, received a Business Language Grant from the UW Foster School’s Global Business Center to revise the syllabus for a 3rd-year advanced language course French 303: Project, Pathways, and Possibilities in the summer of 2023 by adding a module on business language in francophone Canada. French

This summer, Study Canada K-12 launched their first virtual institute, called “Diversify Your French”, with the tagline “there is more to French than baguettes and the Eiffel Tower.” Over four weeks in July, French teachers from around the United States met weekly online to expand their understanding and knowledge of French from throughout the diaspora.

During her FLAS fellowship, Robyn Long interned at the Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada and co-wrote a now published paper with her colleagues there. Robyn Long, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellow in French (2021-22), interned at the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada during her master’s program. Robyn, Selma Ford and John Crump – all

Aidan Swayne, M.A. International Studies, is the latest JSIS student to receive an internship position in the Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) working with the U.S. Consulate General in Vancouver. The VSFS connects the talents of students with the needs of federal agencies. The Canadian Studies Center worked with the Consulate in Vancouver to develop

Hedwige Meyer (French and Italian Studies) visited Québec City in July 2023 thanks to the financial support of the Canadian Studies Center, the Department of French and Italian Studies, and a grant from the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie of the Quebec government. Meyer met with Suzie Beaulieu from the Association Internationale