by Morna McEachern, Social Work, and Program Manager for Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium (PNWCSC) In Spring 2014 Dr. McEachern took a group of students to Vancouver, British Columbia for a day to visit social service agencies and speak with experts in the field to provide students with insights into the similarities and differences between

by Andrea Banel, Graduate Student, Evans School of Public Affairs; Canadian Studies Center Reporter We are delighted to announce our new affiliated faculty member, Harry L. Stern from the Polar Science Center at the Applied Physics Laboratory. Stern’s research focuses on using satellite data to study Arctic sea ice. He is currently studying changes in

Rob Williams, former Canada Fulbright Chair 2009-2010, conducted the workshop, “Transboundary (Canada-US) Puget Sound/Salish Sea Region Workshop: Valuing Killer Whales, Chinook Salmon & the Ecosystem Services they Provide,” at the University of Washington, which brought together industry stakeholders to volunteer a day of their time to share commercially sensitive information about the economic value of

In July the Center partnered with the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium (PNWCSC) to offer a week-long trip to Vancouver and Northern British Columbia to introduce faculty to the region and to meet with Canadian colleagues. Margaret Willson, Anthropology and new affiliated faculty with the Center, was much impacted by the course. “I was delighted

On May 1-2, 2013 the University of Washington’s American Indian Studies Department held a two-day symposium, The Living Breath of Wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ: Indigenous Ways of Knowing Cultural Food Practices and Ecological Knowledge, which brought together over 180 people to hear Northwest Coast Native leaders, elders, and scholars from the U.S. and Canada share their knowledge and expertise

In Spring Quarter 2013, Vincent Gallucci, Chair of Canadian Studies and Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, presented papers on Arctic geopolitics at three separate conferences. In March, Vince traveled to Iceland where he presented the paper, “Fisheries resources under climate change and Arctic governance: A risk perspective” at a conference at

by Dr. Charles Emlet, Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, PhD, MSW The Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging and the Department of Social Work presented Fulbright Visiting Research Chair Dr. Charles Emlet, PhD, MSW on March 5, 2013. Over 75 people attended to hear Dr. Emlet present the lecture “Aging and HIV: Balancing Challenges and Opportunities.”

by Natalie Debray, Communications, UW Lecturer In Introduction to Communication I students are introduced to the history of mass communication and how the usage of various traditional media have changed in the new media context. Additionally, as a requirement for the Communication major, this survey course introduces students to the discipline of communication and how

by Ben Fitzhugh, professor, University of Washington Archy 377: Arctic Archaeology will be offered this coming Spring quarter (2013). The course examines the archaeology of the arctic and subarctic from the late Pleistocene to the 19th century AD. Arctic and subarctic environments represent some of the most extreme environments ever occupied by humans, and the

by Kristy Leissle, PhD, Lecturer, University of Washington I am very pleased to be offering the first humanities and social science based course on the polar regions, Economics of Ice: Globalization and the Polar Regions, at UW Bothell in spring quarter. My scholarly interest in the polar regions arose after what I thought would be