Above: Joe Yrechetta, UW Native Organization of Indigenous Scholars, Co-President. by Augustine McCaffery, Academic Affairs and Planning, The Graduate School and Advisor, Native Organization of Indigenous Scholars Alan Parker (Chippewa Cree Nation), Director, Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute at The Evergreen State College, was the keynote speaker. He established the first Master of Public Administration

by Todd Wildermuth, School of Law Drawing from The Environmental Rights Revolution, he discussed the sudden and widespread human rights phenomenon of constitutional provisions to a healthy environmental across the globe. As of 1972, there were no constitutions in the world that incorporated environmental rights. Dr. Boyd’s extensive research demonstrates that today three-quarters of the world’s

Above: The Center’s Arctic Initiative will work with colleagues across campus to further develop partnerships with Inuit organizations in the Arctic such as the Makivik Corporation in Arctic Québec (Nunavik). Charlotte Guard, Arctic Security Task Force student (far right) with Joë Lance, Executive Assistant to the President of the Makivik Corporation, and Kitty Gordon, Communications

The director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS), Resat Kasaba, and Foreign Language and Area Studies Coordinator, Robyn Davis, presented on JSIS’ eight Title VI National Resource Centers and the Foreign Language and Area Studies program at the annual National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA) conference. Robyn discussed the tremendous

Above: (Left to right) Arctic Initiative Interns Adam Akerblom and Sophie Hubbell, Arctic Consultant Terry Fenge, and Arctic Initiative task force students Zoë Cosford and Charlotte Dubiel. by Sophie Hubbell and Adam Akerblom, Arctic Initiative Interns, Canadian Studies Center & UW Freshman Canada assumes the chair of the eight-nation Arctic Council in 2013 for a two-year

Above: Yan Cimon, Canada’s Fulbright Visiting Chair in Innovation (l’Université Laval) with Wes Kovarik, Law & International Studies, and graduate affiliate of Canadian Studies. by Yan Cimon, Ph.D., 2013 Fulbright Visiting Chair in Innovation Cimon noted that while North American countries exports to one another were slowing down in recent years, the Canada-U.S. trade relationship

Originally posted: July 2012 This is one of the best professional development opportunities I’ve ever participated in! Also terrific networking opportunities. Thank you for organizing this amazing two-day workshop! In early July 2012 The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, in partnership with the Northwest International Education Association (NIEA), offered the 9th annual Community

16-20 November 2011 – 21st Biennial Conference, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States Ottawa, Canada U.W. faculty and graduate students participate in each biennial conference of the national Canadian Studies association. This year N. Fabbi, Canadian Studies Center and Joël Plouffe, l’Université Québec, co-chaired “The North” section bringing together over 20 scholars who presented

Above: Professor Hsu Professor Hsu, Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia, discussed that while carbon tax legislation is unlikely to pass on federal level in US or Canada, such legislation could be passed by Washington State or British Columbia. He argued that internationally carbon tax makes much more sense than other alternatives such

The Center provides expertise on Canada for faculty, students, the local community including business leaders and government officials, and professional development training for educators. Following is a report on our 2010-11 activities to date: Academic Activities 28 September 2010 – Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington “Challenges and Rewards of a Multidisciplinary Program: Canadian Studies at