The Canadian Studies Center is the second institution in the forty-eight contiguous states (after Dartmouth) to have the opportunity to be a member of University of the Arctic—a network of over one hundred institutions dedicated to research and education that benefits northerners. In June, UArctic held its thirteenth meeting at Sakha State University in Yakutsk,

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2009-10 academic year. Thanks to the tremendous support the Center receives, over 3,000 members of the university and local community, including educators, business leaders and government officials, were served through our programming in the 2009–2010 academic year. Academic Conferences

Above: Mary Anne O’Neil, Professor of French, Whitman College; Misa Bourdoiseau, President, American Association of Teachers of French—Northwest chapter; and Yanick Godbout, Director for Governmental Relations and Public Affairs, Public and Political Affairs, Québec International By Misa Bourdoiseau, Présidente AATF- Northwest Un point fort de la journée a été précisément la présentation par Maria Parker

Above: Morna McEachern, Social Work (center) successfully defended her dissertation, Is Knowledge Power?: A Textual, Historical and Practical Study of “Sex Ed” Policy and “Teen Pregnancy” in Canada and the United States, in May. Michael Prince served on her committee. Susan Kemp, Social Work, chaired the committee. By Morna McEachern The talk focused on the history of

Above: Don Chapman (center), effectively changed Canadian legislation in Canada, enabling members of the UW community, including Robert Stacey, Division Dean, Arts and Humanities and Linda DiBiase, Collections Development Librarian (proudly displaying her citizenship card), to obtain their Canadian citizenship. In April, the Canadian Studies Center hosted guest speaker, Don Chapman, finalist of the “Nation

Above: Students in Professor Hart’s and Professor Ross’ graduate reseearch class with Shawn Wilson. Back row (L to R): Allison Krebs, Shawn Wilson, Caroline Lanza, Amal Eqeiq, and Carol Warrior. Front Row: Chilan Ta, Michelle Kleisath, and Tia Gehlhausen. By Clementine Bordeaux Clementine Bordeaux is a member of the Rosebud Lakota (Sioux) Tribe located in

Above: Alanis Obomsawin, center, led a special master’s class on documentary filmmaking at the UW. The event was cosponsored by the Native Voices Program. Daniel Hart, Chair/Director, Canadian Studies (front left), and Luana Ross (second row, far right), co-directors of the Native Voices Program, facilitated the workshop. Photo by Noreen Thiele. By Clementine Bordeaux Clementine

Above: Angelo Baca at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana with Chris Eyre, Director of Smoke Signals. Photo by Bob McGowan. This past February, Native American filmmakers converged on Missoula, Montana to attend the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Angelo Baca, a graduate of the UW Native Voices Program, was there to

Above: Greg Robinson, History, l’Université du Québec à Montréal, and Masako Iino, Professor and President of Tsuda College, Tokyo, Japan, spoke about Japanese confinement in Canada during World War II at this year’s Day of Remembrance Program. Photo by Shihou Sasaki, The North American Post. Scholars of Executive Order 9066 and the incarceration of Japanese

Above: Pita Aatami (center), President of the Makivik Corporation, Nunavik, visited the UW in early February. Just before his public lecture, “From Igloos to the Internet,” he spent some time with Stephen Hanson, Vice Provost, Global Affairs (left), and Anand Yang, Director, Jackson School of International Studies By Jean-François Arteau Jean-François Arteau is Legal Advisor