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

From front, Rob Williams; David Rosen, Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia; Trevor Branch, UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS); Dawn Noren, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Martin Krkosek, SAFS; and Erin Ashe, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. While migrating from California to Alaska, whales transit a number of local, regional, national

Above: UW Social Work class tours the Strathcona Employment Assistance Services By Morna McEachern Students visit Native Education College. On February 10, twenty seniors from the Bachelor of Social Work program took a trip to Vancouver, B.C. to visit Canadian social service agencies and compare approaches to social services in Canada and the United States

Above: Scott and Kelsey (to Scott’s right), editors of the Task Force report, with Makivik Corporation participants from Nunavik, Canada, Lisa Koperqualak (far right) and Kitty Gordon (far left). By Scott Halliday and Kelsey Barrett The International Studies undergraduate major at the University of Washington is characterized by a cohort of students united in their

7:00 PM, March 3, 2010 Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall University of Washington, Seattle Followed by a reception Marine mammals are highly mobile, migratory animals with home ranges that span political boundaries. Canada and the US have enacted legislation to manage and conserve whales and their populations. These laws share common objectives, but often differ

with Pita Aatami, President, Makivik Corporation Nunavik, Québec 7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Kane Hall, Room 210 University of Washington, Seattle Free and Open to the Public Reception to Follow In 2007, Pita Aatami, on behalf of the Inuit of Nunavik, signed an agreement for the creation of the Nunavik Regional Government with the