Please see below for an archived listing of faculty contributions to Canadian Studies by academic year. 2008-09 DISTINCTIONS / CONTRIBUTIONS Abramson, Daniel, Paper Presentation, “Chinatown: The Role of Global Networks in the Preservation of Historic Diasporic Communities” (addressing comparative Canadian-US perspectives on opportunities for engaging Chinatown communities in heritage preservation), panel “Renewed Vision for Chinatown:

Charles Emlet (left) and David Brennan, University of Toronto. Charles A. Emlet is an associate professor of Social Work at UW Tacoma. He has worked as both a practitioner and research in aging and HIV since the 1980s. Similar to the epidemiological trends of the United States, Canada is experiencing increasing numbers of adults, age

Annette Henry (left) with colleagues at the Toronto Institute. Annette Henry is a Professor of Education at UW Tacoma specializing in multicultural and multilingual education. Based upon an urgent need to improve education for Toronto’s diverse students, York University and several schools in the North York/Toronto have embarked upon a three-year partnership that involves various

by Fritz Wagner, Professor Above, Fritz Wagner, Landscape Architecture (center), with students and faculty from the NEXOPOLIS research seminar in Québec City in May 2008. NEXOPOLIS is a consortium of six universities from Canada, the US, and Mexico. Students spend one quarter or semester abroad studying urban issues and problems from an urban planning perspective. Fritz

By Professors Fritz Wagner and Regent Cabana Above: “I greatly appreciated the opportunity to travel to Québec to experience the geographical layout and culture of the cities of Montréal and Québec City and of the province as a whole. It is always beneficial to use study tours to gain knowledge to apply to our current studies

Center Program Enhancement Grant Project Awards 2008-09 Dan Abramson and Manish Chalana, Urban Design and Planning, Course Development, Joint Graduate Course between UW Department of Urban Design and Planning and Design and University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture, History and Community and Regional Planning, $1,500. Stan de Mello (with Morna McEachern, doctoral candidate), Social Work,

Above: Dorothy Paun and CFR 519 students. Front row: Professor Dorothy Paun, Katie Fulkerson, Liz Tran, Ravi Manghani. Back row: Violeta Orlovic, Laura Pollan, Sean Cappello, Carolyn Chen, Angie Montgomery, Brianna Noel Hughes, and Eric Knoben. by Dorothy Paun, Professor and students Sean Cappello, Katie Fulkerson, Laura Pollan, Ravi Manghani, Carolyn Chen, Angie Gaffney, Brianna Noel Hughes,

Vlad Kaczinski (center) with Jung-Keuk Kang (left), President, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Seoul, and Timothy C. Mack, President, World Future Society, Bethesda, Maryland. All attended the symposium on “Blue Economy Initiative for Green Growth” held May 7 in Seoul. Vladimir M. Kaczynski, School of Marine Affairs, is an affiliated faculty of the Center.

by Stan de Mello, Professor and Morna McEarchern Above: Students in SOC WF 312/405 spent a day in Vancouver visiting social service agencies and gaining a greater understanding of Canada-US differences in social welfare policy. At the end of the day the students relaxed at the Katmandu Café in Vancouver’s East Side where the owner

The Fourth Annual Public Health Symposium: US/Canada Academic Collaboration in the Pacific Northwest was held in La Conner, Washington, 9-10 January 2009. Over 75 faculty and graduate students from UW’s School of Public Health, University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health, and Simon Fraser Faculty of Health Sciences participated in the event.