For the second year, the Canadian Studies Center, with generous support from the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (CAIIS), brought a group of Indigenous students to the University of British Columbia *(UBC) as part of the International Indigenous Paths project. Eight students from the CAIIS Native UW (NUW) Scholar program traveled with Marion

In November 2023, exchange programs manager Marion Ferguson attended the annual Global Inclusion Conference, hosted by Diversity Abroad, as a panel speaker for the session “IDEAS for Indigenous Inclusion in Education Abroad.” The panel featured grantees from the Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program and discussed how their projects work to

The International Indigenous Paths project kicked off spring quarter with a whirlwind trip to the University of British Columbia (UBC). 11 students from the Native UW (NUW) Scholars program, together with Todd Clark (Program Manager, Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies) and Marion Ferguson (Exchange Programs Manager, Canadian Studies Center), traveled to UBC to

In September, the “International Indigenous Paths: Building Community Across the Canada-U.S. Border” project kicked off in partnership with the 2022-23 Native UW Scholars cohort. Funded by World Learning and the U.S. Department of State, this project aims increase Indigenous student participation in study abroad programs by developing student confidence in the study abroad application process,

The Canadian Studies Center, housed at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, has been selected to receive funding support from the U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program. The University of Washington is one of 44 colleges and universities across the United States