Max Showalter, Ph.D. in Oceanography (2020) has been awarded a 2021 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Max Showalter will serve as an Ocean Policy Fellow at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This year-long position, which begins in February 2021, is the

The University of Washington Canadian Studies Center congratulates former graduate assistant Leoule Goshu for graduating the rigorous Harvard Kennedy School of Government Master of Public Policy program! Mr. Goshu is grateful for his years of service working with the Canadian Studies Center. Leoule says: “Nadine Fabbi and the Canadian Studies Center opened research opportunities, skills

Hearth Music is an independent publicity agency based out of Seattle that has a special fondness for breaking Canadian roots musicians to the American mainstream. In October, Starbucks around the world picked up on the homemade, old-timey music of Horsefly, British Columbia duo Pharis & Jason Romero thanks to Hearth. They broadcast Pharis’ rootsy song

The Canadian Studies Center would like to extend congratulations to Christopher Herbert, History (2012), University of Washington, who was just appointed to a tenure-track position in the History Department at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington. Christopher’s thesis is entitled, “White Power, Yellow Gold: Colonialism and Identity in the California and British Columbia Gold Rushes,

For me, Québec has been more than a focus of study for the students in my classes. As an area of research, Québec offers a rich array of authors that bear on questions of post-colonial identity and the province’s complex place within the field of post-colonial studies. Since arriving at the University of West Georgia

This area of New Jersey fully lives up to the state’s nickname – Garden State. The tree-lined roads and traditional architecture make this a charming place to live. The Olmstead-designed former estate of Florence Vanderbilt and Hamilton Twombley, the Fairleigh Dickinson University Florham campus is beautiful. My area of particular responsibility is international and intercultural

Kate Dunsmore was selected by the Distinguished Dissertation Committee, Association of Canadian Studies in the US, as the recipient of this year’s biennial award for her thesis, Mediating alliance: The role of the press in sustaining reciprocity in the US-Canada relationship. Kate’s dissertation utilized the US-Canada relationship as an exemplar of international alliance. This study demonstrated the

The assistance of the Canadian Studies Center was completely invaluable in the successful completion of my Graduate Program. As my research focuses on the Canadian Arctic, travel to the area was integral to conducting fieldwork and collecting data about social networking among the Inuit. When beginning this project, I had very little knowledge of the