The University of Washington is an institutional member of the University of the Arctic, a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned with education and research in and about the North. As an institutional member, UW students can take UArctic courses at no cost and apply those credits to their transcript.

Our featured course for fall quarter 2020 is ARCTIC 200: Indigenous Diplomacies and International Relations in the Arctic, offered Tuesdays from 2:30-5:20pm. Taught by Jason Young (a former Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow in Inuktitut through the Canadian Studies Center), this course introduces students to international relations in the Arctic, with an emphasis on understanding

Recent alum Betz Mayer (Arctic Studies minor, 2017-2019) is now a program coordinator at the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER), a public-private nonprofit that advocates for and advises about the economic well-being of Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. In her

Jason Young (UW Information School) is now the project lead for the scholarship-to-policy initiative for the Arctic Studies minor, part of the Jackson School’s International Policy Institute. In winter quarter 2020 he worked with Robert Pavia (Marine and Environmental Affairs) to mentor several students in transitioning their research papers into policy papers. According to Jason,

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kathy Snow as the 2019-2020 UW Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies. Dr. Snow joins us from the University of Prince Edward Island, where she is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education. She is also the academic lead for the University’s certificate in Educational Leadership Nunavut,

INDIGENOUS DIPLOMACIES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ARCTIC MW 9:30-11:20am | View in Time Schedule This course introduces students to international relations in the Arctic, with an emphasis on understanding them from the perspective of the region’s indigenous peoples. In this course, students will: Study dramatic environmental, economic, and social transformations in the Arctic Learn

Choosing to minor in Arctic Studies was something totally unexpected for me. I took ARCTIC 200: Indigenous Diplomacies and International Relations in the Arctic in my first quarter at UW and fell in love with the culture and discussion about the Arctic environment. At that point, I decided to minor in Arctic Studies, and it

The Center is happy to announce a new Arctic Studies minor, Betz Mayer! Betz is an International Studies and Russian Language and Literature major who is expected to graduate Spring Quarter 2019. Though my hometown is in Texas, I have a life-long love for all things winter, cold, and snowy. However, it was my journey

The Center is happy to announce a new Arctic Studies minor, Haleh Mawson! Haleh is an Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology major who is expected to graduate Spring Quarter 2021. My interest in the Arctic Studies minor was piqued after I picked up a brochure on the program in the Honors lobby. I had just

Winter quarter is host to a unique elective for the Arctic minor—ARCTIC 391: Climate Change – An International Perspective: Science, Art, and Activism—a class that explores climate change and its implications for the people, landscape, and countries of the Arctic, mainly Canada, Russia, and the Scandinavian countries. Students from the Henry M. Jackson School of