The Center was a co-sponsor of this year’s WAFLT conference featuring a keynote speech by Yanick Godbout, Québec Government Office, Los Angeles and a talk by Natalie Debray, UW Communication, “How French are the French Canadians: Using History to Understand the Unique Language and Cultural Diversity in Québec.”

Above: Pita Aatami (center), President of the Makivik Corporation, Nunavik, visited the UW in early February. Just before his public lecture, “From Igloos to the Internet,” he spent some time with Stephen Hanson, Vice Provost, Global Affairs (left), and Anand Yang, Director, Jackson School of International Studies By Jean-François Arteau Jean-François Arteau is Legal Advisor

Originally Posted: Spring 2010 Ever wondered how to fit social studies into a crowded language arts curriculum? With all of the emphasis on reading and writing scores, social studies is often left out of the equation. Kindra Kilgore has found a way to bring both language arts and social studies into her 7th grade Humanities

By Fritz Wagner, Landscape Architecture In late March I traveled to Québec as part of a site visit for a study-in-Québec program that will be offered in Summer Quarter 2011. The trip provided me with the opportunity to be in Quebec to see the physical places I plan on taking students and moreover gave me

Not sure where to start when beginning your research? Consider checking out the Libraries’ newly revamped subject guide pages. This summer, the University Libraries migrated all of its subject guides to a new platform called LibGuides with the goal of creating a more intuitive experience for users needing assistance with the research process. The LibGuides software provides access to

Originally Posted: Spring 2010 The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies National Resource Centers teamed up to offer an international film series, SMAK (See Movies at Kane). The series consisted of Thursday evening film screenings, held each week during winter quarter, and included films from around the world. The final film of the series,

Charlotte Coté, American Indian Studies, traveled to Chiapas during spring break to study food security issues in Indigenous communities in Mexico as a comparative model for her research on Indigenous food security efforts in Canada.

Natalie Debray, Communication, provided an overview of gay and lesbian rights in Canada prior to the screening of this popular Canadian movie.

Above: Douglas Janoff (left), author of Pink Blood, facilitated a roundtable on homophobic violence in Canada with participation from Roger Leishman (center), attorney on the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, and Terry Price, legislative counsel to the Washington state legislature. By Anne Hilton, Outreach Coordinator, Canadian Studies Center In

Above: Terry Fenge is an Ottawa-based consultant. In October 2009 he visited Marine Affairs and Canadian Studies as a guest of the Wilburforce Foundation to speak about climate change and human rights and Inuit land claims in Canada. by Terry Fenge In mid-October Dr. Terry Fenge, an Ottawa-based consultant with extensive experience in Aboriginal and