Michael Orsini is the Center’s 2008-09 Canada-US Fulbright Visiting Chair from the School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa. His research on autism activism in Canada and the US was the focus of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies annual lecture series, Hot Spots in Our World held at the UW on 4

Russel Barsh, the founding director of Kwiáht and an independent researcher at UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories, taught at the UW (1974-1984) and University of Lethbridge (1993-1999), and worked with the United Nations and three Canadian Royal Commissions on indigenous peoples and the environment before returning to the Salish Sea in 2002 to pursue research on

In early October, an all-day seminar was held at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, entitled, “Doing Business in Canada.” The event brought together approximately thirty business owners and leaders from the Northwest who have begun or are considering doing business in Canada. The objective was to discuss the complex relationship between US businesses and Canadian

The following is a listing of all Center sponsored events in 2007-08. Each of the programs listed here is supported, in part, by a U.S. Department of Education, Title VI grant and/or a Program Enhancement Grant from Foreign Affairs, Canada. The Center would like to thank these grantors and the Jackson School of International Studies,

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2006-07 academic year. Canadian Consulate, Seatte; UW School of Marine Affairs; Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of international Studies New Canada-US Fulbright Research Chair at UW attracts Senior B.C. Government Official: Canadian Consulate, Seatte; UW School of Marine

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2005-06 academic year. Thursday, 7 July 2005, Film Screening  6:30 pm, Burke Museum, UW Campus Being Caribou Description: In 2003 Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison left the remote community of Old Crow, Yukon, to join the Porcupine Caribou Herd on

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2004-05 academic year. 16-20 August 2004 – Senior College- Academic Symposium 18th Annual Summer college 2004 for Folks over Fifty Description: This continuing education program for adults over 50 served 175participants covering a range of subjects from wartime presidents to art history to

The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2003-04 academic year 1 February 2003 – Educator workshop Washington State Council for Social Studies K-8 Annual Inservice Presentation: The North, the Inuit and Nunavut, by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director  Attendance: 20 1 February 2003 – Educator workshop 3rd Annual

The Douglas Jackson Canadian Studies Undergraduate Scholarship Fund was launched in Fall 2003 in celebration of Professor Jackson’s 80th birthday and to honor his founding of the Canadian Studies Center and his years of service to both the Center and the University of Washington. The scholarship was first implemented during the 2004-05 academic year and