Claudio Aporta is the 2011-2012 Fulbright Canada Chair. He is an Associate Professor for the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.     News from Fulbright Claudio Aporta’s upcoming lecture! “From horizon to region: Trails and their role in the construction of pan-Arctic Inuit identities” Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at

Continuing Impacts of the 2009-10 Fulbright Canada Chair Dr Rob Williams, 2009–10 Fulbright Canada Chair, published a thought-provoking piece that was profiled on the cover of the June 2011 issue of the prestigious scientific journal, Conservation Biology. Dr Williams is a Canadian marine conservation biologist who spent his fellowship at UW exploring the linkages among statistics,

Marcia Ostashewski, the 2010–2011 Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair, is an ethnomusicologist investigating intersections of music and dance with race and ethnicity, gender, class and region, with a specific focus on Ukrainian dance and culture in Cape Breton and Aboriginal/Ukrainian encounters and relations on the prairies of Canada. In Fall 2010, she is teaching ethnomusicology, as

by Richard Watts Academics are nomads of sorts, and academic departments typically too fixed and confining a home for us. I arrived at the University of Washington in Fall 2009, having spent the previous 11 years at Tulane University in New Orleans as faculty in French Studies but with affiliations in several interdisciplinary programs. As

Dr Rob Williams is a researcher in UBC’s Marine Mammal Research Unit who conducts applied conservation research projects on a number of marine mammal populations around the world. He completed his PhD at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, with an emphasis on cost-effective cetacean research projects, such as small-boat or platform-of-opportunity surveys. His MSc

This year’s symposium included a diverse range of presentations focusing on the themes of history, culture, identity, indigenous studies, community and performance. The symposium was a great success, providing an opportunity for interaction and exchange of ideas among Canadian studies graduate students and scholars associated with many disciplines. In addition to nine University of Washington

7:00 PM, March 3, 2010 Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall University of Washington, Seattle Followed by a reception Marine mammals are highly mobile, migratory animals with home ranges that span political boundaries. Canada and the US have enacted legislation to manage and conserve whales and their populations. These laws share common objectives, but often differ

Michael Orsini, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, joined the Jackson School of International Studies as the 2008-09 Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair from January through June 2009. He obtained his Ph.D in 2002 from Carleton University where he studied public policy and completed a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

In early April, six University of Washington graduate students discussed the boundaries of health care at the Fourth Annual Canadian Studies Graduate Symposium. This year’s theme, “Re-imagining Health: What Can We Learn from Canada?,” featured six presenters from a variety of academic disciplines. David Pettinicchio, a doctoral candidate in Sociology, presented on “Ethnic Nationalism and

Every year a group of MBA students visit Vancouver businesses over the Presidents’ Day weekend during the annual Canada Study Tour sponsored by the Michael Foster School of Business and the Canadian Studies Center. This year saw a record participation with 21 students taking part in the tour. Most students were from the Business School,