“« 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

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 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

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