I graduated in the summer of 2011 from the Jackson School of International Studies with a major in International Studies and a minor in Latin American Studies. I am currently enrolled as a Master’s student in comparative politics at McGill University. I always had an interest in indigenous politics but my participation in the Arctic

The Government of Canada, through the Research and Academic Relations Office of the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C., along with the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis, MN, has awarded the UND Program in Canadian, Quebec, and North American Francophone Studies a grant totaling CAD $16,000! Read more on page 5.

Originally posted: January 2012 Diana Mackiewicz, Eighth Grade educator at Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, Massachusetts, has utilized professional development workshops on Canada to introduce Canada’s Arctic into the classroom. In January of this year, her students produced a very impressive video on the Inuit culture. Diana is a graduate of the 2012 K-12 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute.

Claudio Aporta is the 2011-2012 Fulbright Canada Chair. He is an Associate Professor for the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.     News from Fulbright Claudio Aporta’s upcoming lecture! “From horizon to region: Trails and their role in the construction of pan-Arctic Inuit identities” Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at

by Mike Papritz Above: Morna addresses a cultural geography class at Kent Meridian High School. At Kentridge High School in Kent, I have been teaching an Advanced Placement human geography course for juniors and seniors for the past six years. One of our major units in geography during the year is a focus on cultures around the

At Kentridge High School in Kent, I have been teaching an Advanced Placement human geography course for juniors and seniors for the past six years. One of our major units in geography during the year is a focus on cultures around the world. I have been fortunate to have established a relationship with the Canadian

Above: Stephen Blank (right), Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, is introduced by Douglas MacLachlan, Chair, Department of Marketing and International Business, Professor of Marketing, and Marion Ingersoll Endowed Professor. Visiting professor Stephen Blank provided a lecture to the students in Professor Mike Giambattita’s International Marketing course, MKTG 470 International Marketing entitled, “The Interface

In November 2011, Managing Director of the Canadian Studies Center Nadine Fabbi and American Indian Studies faculty Daniel Hart and Luana Ross participated in a field course to Churchill, Manitoba, hosted by the Great Bear Foundation, Montana. The field course, called “Sharing Habitat with Polar Bears,” focused on how the community of Churchill responds to

In November Canadian Studies faculty and students presented at the 21st Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. Biennial Conference including Morna McEachern, Stan de Mello and Quentin Redeagle Smith not shown below.