{"id":3380,"date":"2008-02-14T19:27:56","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T19:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2018-05-11T00:26:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T00:26:53","slug":"2008-canada-study-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/news\/2008-canada-study-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Canada Study Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3382\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3382\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/2008-Study-Toursm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2008 Study Toursm\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/2008-Study-Toursm.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/2008-Study-Toursm-108x81.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sukumar Periwal (left), Faculty Representative for the 2008 Canada Study Tour with MBA co-chairs, Tania Elliott and Tim Randall with beautiful downtown Vancouver in the background.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over President&#8217;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 the rich economic, political and cultural environment of the city of Vancouver and the province of British Columbia. Students also discovered how Vancouver is gearing up for the 2010 Olympics and why it is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in North America.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3386\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 249px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3386\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Canucks-2008.jpg\" alt=\"Canucks 2008\" width=\"249\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Canucks-2008.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Canucks-2008-108x81.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study Tour members in the Canucks store.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While in Vancouver, the students met with the US Consulate, the Trade Commissioner of Mexico to the Pacific Northwest, and the Director of International Relations for the Government of British Columbia. They discussed the vast business opportunities of the upcoming Winter Olympics with staff of the 2010 Commerce Centre; the importance of networking with the director of the Vancouver Board of Trade; and the strategy behind urban planning and environmental management with the Deputy Mayor of Vancouver and with a local urban planner, Lance Berelowitz. The group learned about the Canadian health care system while visiting Vancouver General Hospital; met with the Chief Operating Officer of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team; and dined with the executive chef of the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, among other visits. The students were also able to start relationships with MBA students and faculty from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3389\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3389\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Pacific-2008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pacific 2008\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Pacific-2008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Pacific-2008-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Pacific-2008.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Pacific-2008-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Pacific-2008-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Pacific-2008-108x81.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study Tour members at the Pacific Culinary Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The annual MBA Study Tour to Canada is a joint effort of the Global Business Center, Foster School of Business and the Canadian Studies Center. This program is made possible, in part, by a Title VI Grant,\u00a0US\u00a0Department of Education and a Program Enhancement Grant, Foreign Affairs\u00a0Canada. Dr. Sukumar Periwal, 2006-07 Canada-US Fulbright Chair, was the Faculty Representative for the Tour.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3391\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 203px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3391\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Voss-2009-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Voss 2009\" width=\"203\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Voss-2009-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Voss-2009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Voss-2009-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/05\/Voss-2009-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelly Voss, 2009 Canada Study Tour Co-Chair, trying out Vancouver Canucks paraphernalia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>The Canada-US trade relationship is the largest in the world and therefore it is critical that UW MBA students have an understanding of the market structures and overall political and trade relations between the two countries. The Center works in collaboration with UW&#8217;s Global Business Center in the Michael G Foster School of Business to offer an annual Canada Study Tour to Vancouver, British Columbia over President&#8217;s Day Weekend. In addition, the Center supports student applications to the annual Canadian Leadership Institute in Ottawa, Canada for an intensive week of training on the Canada-US trade relationship.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>***This program was available from 2007-2010 and is no longer available.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/study_tour\/2008%20Poster.pdf\">Poster<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.jsis.washington.edu\/canada\/study_tour\/2008%20Program.pdf\">Program<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Over President&#8217;s Day weekend, 12 MBA students from the UW Foster School of Business embarked on the second annual Canada Study Tour. 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