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

“Ukiuqta’qtumi Hivuniptingnun: One Arctic, One Future,” written by Nadine Fabbi, Canadian Studies Managing Director; Jason Young, former Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Inuktitut; and Eric Finke, independent scholar, was recently published in the book One Arctic: The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Governance (2017). The chapter and book are an outcomes of a two-day workshop

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

Mark Mallory, Canada Research Chair in Coastal Ecosystems and Professor at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, joined the University of Washington in January 2018 as the new Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies. Mark has a diverse background, working on a variety of Arctic environmental issues including climate change, chemical contamination, plastic pollution,

The Jackson School of International Studies was highly visible at the ACSUS conference in Las Vegas in October 2017. Nadine Fabbi, Canadian Studies Center, and colleagues Mark Watson, Concordia University, and Barry Zellen, Georgetown, co-chaired a successful section called “The North and Arctic Indigenous Peoples in Canada.” The section drew 17 scholars who discussed issues

The colonial state of Sweden increased pressure on the Indigenous Sámi through legislation that led to increased poverty among Forest Sámis. Two laws in particular impacted their life: the Statutes for Allocation of “State-Owned” Forest Land to Homesteaders (1873) and the Reindeer Husbandry Law (1886). The number of mouths to be fed in the family

As I fly over the southern tip of Greenland en route to the Arctic Energy Summit (September 18–20, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland), I can’t help but reflect on the unique dilemma I face in attending this conference and presenting a poster on my research. My research focuses on the quandary of energy in the Arctic.

Resilience, resistance, and strength. The history of the Sámi from medieval times to the present is one of not only colonization but also Indigenous survival and resistance, which is sometimes overlooked when the atrocities perpetuated by the Nordic nation-states are piled high. After more than 500 years of colonization, the very diverse and geographically scattered

This summer four UW graduate students, including three JSIS MA students, attended advanced Arctic institutes to hone their critical thinking and policy-writing skills. International Studies (IS) MA student Jay-Kwon Park was accepted to the 3rd Annual Korea Arctic Academy in Busan. At the Academy, hosted by the Korea Maritime Institute, Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director of

This past summer the World Policy Institute’s Arctic in Context blog site ran a 13-part blog series called “The Arctic Council: A Unique Institution in 21st-Century International Relations,” written by Jackson School International Policy Institute (IPI) Arctic Fellows. The blog posts analyze how nation-states and Indigenous peoples are using the Arctic Council to promote enhanced