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Canadian Studies Center, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

UW Canadian Studies community shines at 27th biennial ACSUS conference in Seattle

Conference attendees photo.
Sarah Kate Moore, Hedwige Meyer, Ruby Keller, and Johnathan Tran at ACSUS 2025.

November 24, 2025

The Jackson School of International Studies was well represented at the 27th biennial Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) conference held in Seattle November 13-16, 2025. Four Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellows for French, Haida, and Inuktut received research awards or presented at the conference. 

The conference featured:

  • Tami Hohn (Puyallup), American Indian Studies, providing the conference welcome
  • Director Nadine Fabbi receiving the Donner Medal, chairing for “The North and Arctic Studies through Diverse Perspectives” section, and chairing the UW student panel
  • Professor Emma Elliot (Cowichan), FLAS fellow in French (2011), receiving of the 2025 Enders Research Award for her project “Indigenous Sovereignty and Cross-Border Jurisdiction: First Nations Children in the United States”
  • Jackson School doctoral candidate Janessa Chinana (Haida), FLAS fellow in Haida (2022-23), receiving the 2025 ACSUS-Enders Graduate fellowship for her project “ZáadlaaGa Gwaayaay: Indigenous Border Nationhoods and Governance Across Settler-State Borders”
  • Alex Henry, FLAS fellow in Inuktut (2024-25) presenting their paper “Journeys through Another Last Frontier: Early Diaries to YouTube Vlogs in the Canadian Arctic”
  • Johnathan Tran, current FLAS fellow in French, presenting his paper “Canada and the International Dimension of the Vietnam War”
  • Professor Sarah Kate Moore, FLAS fellow in French (2023-24) presenting with Professor Hedwige Meyer their paper “Teaching French as a Foreign Language through Indigenous Québécois Literature”
  • Ric Berkhotlz, FLAS in Haida (2022-23), presenting on the panel “Columbia River Treaty: Transboundary Water Governance and Ethics”
  • Jackson School junior, Ruby Keller, presenting her paper “Melodies, Memory, and Mobilization: Language, Cultural Preservation and Pride in Contemporary Inuit Music”
  • UW social work professors Stan de Mello and Morna McEachern presenting on the Columbia River Treaty panel

ACSUS is a multi-disciplinary membership-based organization committed to raising awareness and understanding of Canada and the bilateral relationship with the United States. Since 1971, ACSUS has published the American Review of Canadian Studies a refereed, multidisciplinary, quarterly journal. ACSUS will meet in Ottawa in the fall of 2027.