“« Tu veux un Queues de Castor? » asked my newfound Québécoise friend. I looked at her strangely. « Pardon? » I replied. She repeated: « un Queues de Castor? » I thought very hard. Surely I was mistranslating this. Do I want a tail of beaver?” 2018–2019 Canadian Studies FLAS fellow Samantha Farquhar spent

Learning Inuktitut through the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from the Canadian Studies Center has given me a window into Inuit language, culture, and history. And I’ve had the incredible opportunity to study with Mick Mallon, Canadian linguist and Alexina Kublu, former Language Commissioner for Nunavut, Canada. Mick and Kublu taught us how

Sara Laurino is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Social Work and was just awarded a Summer 2018 FLAS Fellowship to study French in Canada. Sara is interested in multigenerational social work practice and in analyzing Canadian social work practices.

I am spending this summer in Quebec City honing my French skills, which will be indispensable to me as I build a career in international diplomacy and development. Toward this goal, I am studying Canadian marine policy. I am a master’s student at the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and interested in marine management

I am pursuing a law degree at UW and a master’s in international relations and economics at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. I am interested in immigration and international law. FLAS gives me the opportunity to hone my French skills in order to become a more effective researcher and communicator. Additionally, the

“Ukiuqta’qtumi Hivuniptingnun: One Arctic, One Future,” written by Nadine Fabbi, Canadian Studies Managing Director; Jason Young, former Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Inuktitut; and Eric Finke, independent scholar, was recently published in the book One Arctic: The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Governance (2017). The chapter and book are an outcomes of a two-day workshop

I was incredibly fortunate to receive a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from the Canadian Studies Center last summer. It gave me the chance to improve my French language skills, which will assist my research and compliment my study of law. The legal issues facing refugees and immigrants fascinate me. Specifically, I am

This summer one of the Canadian Studies Center’s Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellows in French traveled to Québec City to study at L’Université Laval. Amy Delo, MA in International Studies, shares her experience: “Through the Canadian Studies Center and the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship, I had the incredible opportunity to

In 2008 the UW was the first institution in the nation to award a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Inuktitut. Tim Pasch, the first FLAS Fellow in Inuktitut, went on to receive four more Fellowships and to achieve fluency in the language. His doctoral dissertation was on social media and its impact on

My research as a FLAS Fellow and law student has allowed me to continue to study the Canadian Constitution in unique ways. Last quarter I took a Cannabis Law Seminar, which was a fascinating foray into a burgeoning field of law. Washington State is one of the first states in the nation to legalize recreational