by Rebecca Woodgate, Applied Physics Laboratory Spring 2011 marked the start of a new Arctic class at the University of Washington. Led by Oceanography professor Rebecca Woodgate, this class aimed to introduce students of any discipline to the wonders and challenges of the Arctic. As described on the course website: “The Arctic is no longer

From left, Vancouver artist, Susan McCallum, Charlotte; Charlotte Coté; Charlotte’s niece Jenoah, and Cynthia del Rosario, UW Director of Graduate Recruitment and Retention at the launch for Coté’s book, “Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors,” November 2010.  by Charlotte Coté, American Indian Studies For Native scholars in Canada and the United States, writing is both an

by Phil Howard, Communication On Wednesday April 27th, Dr. Greg Elmer gave a lecture on the role of streaming media in contemporary Canadian politics. He is the is Bell Globemedia Research Chair and Director of the Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media, Ryerson University, Toronto. The lecture he gave features material he preparing

Above: Consul General Denis Stevens (left, center) welcomes Killam Fellow, Eugene Kobiako and Task Force on Arctic Sovereignty students Victoria Choe (far left) and Monica Chahary.  This academic year, over 40 U.W. grads and undergrads and 20 U.W. faculty received FLAS, Killam, Fulbright Fellows, grants, or achievements for their research, teaching and cross-border studies. All

Above: Scott Halliday and Kelsey Barrett ham it up at the Task Force celebration dinner at the University of Washington in March. by Scott Halliday, Co-Editor, Task Force on Arctic Governance As a mere undergraduate student in the International Studies major at the UW, I savor any opportunity to travel outside of Seattle. During week

Marcia Ostashewski, the 2010–2011 Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair, is an ethnomusicologist investigating intersections of music and dance with race and ethnicity, gender, class and region, with a specific focus on Ukrainian dance and culture in Cape Breton and Aboriginal/Ukrainian encounters and relations on the prairies of Canada. In Fall 2010, she is teaching ethnomusicology, as

Visit the following link to watch a video of the annual Canada-US Fulbright Lecture, part of the Jackson School’s Global Focus lecture series, given by the 2010-11 Canada-US Fulbright Chair, Marcia Ostashewski: http://vimeo.com/25996154

Above: Phillip Chicola, Consul General of the United States, Vancouver, blows out the birthday candles on WWU’s 40th birthday party cake. As part of the 40th anniversary celebration for the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University, an all-day conference was held on the Canada-U.S. relationship. Conference organization was under the direction of Don