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,

  Over President’s Day weekend, 12 MBA students from the UW Foster School of Business embarked on the second annual Canada Study Tour. These students took advantage of their long weekend by traveling from Seattle to neighboring Vancouver, British Columbia to learn about trade and sustainability around the region. The 2008 Canada Study Tour explored

Dr. Sukumar Periwal was born in New Delhi, India and educated in the United States and Britain. After completing his doctorate in International Relations at the University of Oxford, Sukumar was a tutor and research fellow at the Central European University in Prague, focusing on nationalism and political change in the post-communist states. He then