Andrew Medeiros, Associate Professor at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University, is the 2024-25 UW Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Arctic Studies and an expert in freshwater ecology, biogeochemical processes, and Arctic environments. Dr. Medeiros joins the Canadian Studies Center for winter and spring quarters and will be teaching ARCTIC

Fulbright Canada and the University of Washington announced the renewal of their partnership on May 19, 2023. This marks the third signing of the five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two organizations. Since 2013, the University of Washington has hosted a Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Arctic Studies. The partnership promotes research on

In June, Kevin Turner (Brock University, Ontario) spent two weeks in Old Crow, Yukon collecting data on water and peat samples to understand climate change impacts in the region. Brock University recently shared an article about his field work in Old Crow, Yukon. https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2022/07/brock-geographer-makes-global-connections-during-fulbright-canada-residency/ Kevin shares more about his time at UW below: “The Fulbright

The Center is currently offering a public lecture series “Health Equity, Diversity, Inclusion in Arctic Indigenous Communities in Canada and the U.S.” Thanks to funding from a UW Global Innovations Grant from the Office of Global Affairs, the Center is providing a six-part lecture series on wellness in Arctic Indigenous communities in Canada and Alaska.

Tram Nguyen, Ph.D., is UW’s Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies whose research concerns social justice and underrepresented communities. As an early-career researcher, Tram Nguyen has an established reputation for strong collaborative work both nationally and internationally and a proven track record for research and teaching excellence and productivity. Tram completed a Canadian Institutes

Benjamin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Politics at York University with a focus in international relations, Canadian politics and security studies. He is currently supervised by professor Gabrielle Slowey. Benjamin is researching the use and development of surveillance technologies in the Canadian Arctic within a critical security framework. Specifically, Benjamin is examining

Dr. Kevin Turner is an associate professor at Brock University where he is a co-founder of the Water and Environment Lab. Using techniques spanning multiple disciplines including hydrology, paleolimnology, remote sensing, and spatial analysis, his research team investigates relations among climate, land cover, ground conditions, disturbance and lakes and rivers. He has led 20 field-sampling

At the end of May, Kathy Snow, UW’s 2019-20 Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies, and colleagues from Nunatsiavut, discussed Inuit education in Canada. Across the Arctic, innovative teachers, principals, school boards, and community members have been moving forward the National Committee on Inuit Education’s goal of supporting Inuit youth to stay in school and achieve

The Center has just released its inaugural podcast, an interview with former UW Fulbright Canada Chair in Arctic Studies as part of the Arctic and International Relations series. In the 45-minute podcast, doctoral student and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Inuktitut, Ellen Ahlness, interviews Tony Penikett, former Premier of the Yukon Territory

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kathy Snow as the 2019-2020 UW Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies. Dr. Snow joins us from the University of Prince Edward Island, where she is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education. She is also the academic lead for the University’s certificate in Educational Leadership Nunavut,