The Center wishes to welcome Spencer Thompson, a major in biology, to the interdisciplinary minor in Arctic Studies. He introduces himself below: I am a marine biology major, and the many fascinating animals I have learned about from the Arctic inspired me to pursue a minor in the subject! I have a passion for helping

During her studies at University of St. John’s, Natasha Haycock-Chavez (2016) worked with former UW Fulbright Canada Arctic Chair Joel Heath in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut.  — After graduating from UW in the spring of 2016 with a BA in Economics and minor in Arctic Studies, I kept in contact with Joel Heath, who at the time

Quinn Wyatt’s paper, “Increasing the Cultural Competence of Inuit Education” was one of five class papers selected for publication. As part of the Arctic Initiative in the Canadian Studies Center, senior research scientist Jason Young oversees the scholarship-to-policy initiative for the Arctic Studies minor. Quinn’s paper was one of just five selected from the fall

In the 2020-21 academic year Marika Vihko enrolled in an Arctic minor course quarterly while working towards an MA in Computer Science in Finland. When UW courses went online last spring, it provided the Center with the opportunity to tap into its membership with University of the Arctic (UArctic) opening up UW courses to UArctic

Elena Campbell, UW Department of History, developed and will be teaching a new course this winter: HSTCMP/ARCTIC 220 At the Top of the World: Arctic Histories. Elena’s new course explores the history of human understanding of and relationship to the Earth’s northernmost regions, by tracing the social, economic, political, and environmental transformations of these areas during

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,