The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2003-04 academic year
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1 February 2003 – Educator workshop<\/strong> 1 February 2003 – Educator workshop<\/strong> 3 March 2003 – Educator workshop<\/strong> 6 March 2003 7 March 2003 – High School Student Event<\/strong> 13 March 2003<\/strong> 26 March 2003 10 May 2003<\/strong> 23-25 June 2003 – Educator Workshop<\/strong> 21-25 July 2003 – Shoreline, Washington August 2003 – Educator Workshop<\/strong> Canadian Geography Institute<\/strong> 6 August 2003<\/strong> 13 August 2003<\/strong> 14 August 2003 18 September 2003 – University of Washington Autumn 2003<\/strong> Autumn 2003<\/strong> 9 October 2003 11 October 2003 Washington State Council for the Social Studies Fall In-Service 20 October 2003 – University of Washington 8 November 2003 13-15 November 2003 – Chicago, Illinois 17 November 2003 23 November 2003 Winter 2003 2 December 2003 13 January 2004<\/strong> 24 January 2004<\/strong> 15 February 2004 – University of Washington<\/strong> Winter 2004<\/strong> 5 February: Protecting an International Aquifer: Abbotsford-Sumas Case Study 18 February 2004 – Seattle 27 February 2004 – University of Washington 6 March 2004 – Lake Chelan, Washington<\/strong> 8 March 2004<\/strong> 31 March 2004<\/strong>\u00a0David Suzuki, renowned Canadian scientist, environmentalist and author, reads from his newest book, The David Suzuki Reader 28 April 2004<\/strong> 7 April 2004 15-17 April 2004 – Seattle 19 April 2004 19 April 2004<\/strong> 22 April 2004 – Salt Lake City, Utah 23 April 2004 – University of Washington All-Day Forum: Washington State Model United Nations 24 April 2004 – University of Washington<\/strong> 28 April 2004 – University of Washington<\/strong> Description: Stimulates a discussion between Canadian and US women writers about perspectives and insights into writing, culture and value differences between Canada and the US 14-15 May 2004 – University of Washington<\/strong> 21 May-11 June 2004 Seattle International Film Festival: Canadian Films<\/strong> 24 May 2004 24 May 2004 20 June 2004 – University of Washington 29-30 June 2004 – Educator Training The following is a listing of all Center lectures, workshops, conferences, and other activities in the 2003-04 academic year 1 February 2003 – Educator workshop Washington State Council for Social Studies K-8 Annual Inservice Presentation:\u00a0The North, the Inuit and Nunavut, by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director\u00a0 Attendance: 20 1 February 2003 – Educator workshop 3rd Annual<\/p>\n
\nWashington State Council for Social Studies K-8 Annual Inservice
\nPresentation:<\/strong>\u00a0The North, the Inuit and Nunavut, by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director\u00a0
\nAttendance: 20<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n3rd Annual Documentary Film Workshop: Teaching Diversity and Cross-0Cultural Understanding through Documentary Film
\n<\/strong>Including\u00a0Village of Widows –<\/i>\u00a0The Sad History of the Dene People<\/strong>\u00a0by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Jackson School Outreach Centers
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a050<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAll-Day Workshop: Quebec in Seattle<\/strong>\u00a0
\nFacilitators:<\/strong>\u00a0Professors Ann George and Bob Balas, Seattle University
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Western Washington University; Seattle U.
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a020<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPolitics & Society in Contemporary Quebe<\/i>c<\/strong>\u00a0by Eric Marquis, Quebec Delegation, Los Angeles
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a015<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWorld Languages Day for High School Students<\/strong>
\nIncluding Inuktitut – Language of Canada’s Inuit,<\/strong>\u00a0by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director; 5 presentations on Quebec
\nCo-sponsor:<\/strong>\u00a0UW Extension
\nAttendance:\u00a0Students:<\/strong>\u00a0850
\n<\/strong>Educators: 50<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nMuskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact<\/strong>\u00a0by Lyle Dick, History with Parks Canada
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian Consulate; UW Department of Anthropology; Burke Museum; University Book Store; Canada-America Society
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a025<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSacred Ecology<\/strong>\u00a0by Dr. Fikret Berkes, Canadian author
\n<\/strong>Cosponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0UW Department of Anthropology\u00a0
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a0250<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWhales in First Nations Art & Culture<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Including Tribute to the late Art Thompson, Canadian First Nations artist; The Whaling Tradition and its Importance to the Nuu-Chah-nulth People<\/strong>\u00a0by Charlotte Cot?, Canadian Studies affiliated faculty; and\u00a0Inuit Whalers in Canada’s North in the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0and Early 20th<\/sup>\u00a0Centuries,<\/strong>\u00a0by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director
\n<\/strong>Co-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Burke Museum
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a045<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n2003 Summer Seminar for Educators: Conflicts & Challenges of the 21st<\/sup>Century<\/i>
\nIncluding Using CBC News in Review to Teach about Canada,<\/strong>\u00a0by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director;\u00a0Canadian Multilateralism,<\/strong>\u00a0by The Honourable Roger Simmons, Consul General
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a060<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWeek-Long Summer College for Seniors 2003, Shoreline Community College Description: Each day a presentation on International studies is given including a presentation on the Inuit and Canada’s North by Nadine Fabbi, Canadian Studies Center\u00a0
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Shoreline Community College; Jackson School of International Studies\u00a0Attendance: 110<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPortland, Oregon<\/p>\n
\nIncluding Geography of the North by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director\u00a0
\nCosponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Oregon Geographic Alliance; National Geography Association\u00a0
\nAttendance: 25<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAustin Clarke, Caribbean-Canadian writer, reads from\u00a0The Polished Hoe<\/i>, 2003
\nElliot Bay Book
\nAttendance: 50<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSteve Floris, Jewish-Canadian author, reads from\u00a0Escape from Pannonia: A Tale of Two Survivors<\/i>, 2002
\nJudaica Book Store; Granville Island Publishing<\/strong>\u00a0
\nAttendance: 25<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDavid Cruise & Alison Griffiths, Canadian authors, read from\u00a0Vancouver<\/i>, 2003
\nUniversity Book Store
\nAttendance: 25<\/p>\n
\nWashington State Coalition for International Education in the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century: Teaching & Learning in a Global Economy
\nDescription:<\/strong>\u00a0Assessed the state’s current status with regard to International Education and built a statewide coalition to engage the public and high-level leaders in taking action in this area.\u00a0
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0John Stanford International School; UW Language Learning Center; Washington Association for Multicultural Education; Jackson School Outreach Centers\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Attendance: 150<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n4-Part Lecture Series: Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin: Protecting & Managing an International Ecosystem<\/strong>
\n10 October: Science, Public Policy and Challenges in Protecting and Managing Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin
\n22 October: Tribal Rights, Views, Philosophies, and Challenges in Protecting and Managing Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin<\/strong>
\n29 October: Economic Importance, Opportunities and Challenges in Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin<\/strong>
\n12 November: Environmental Challenges Confronting Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian Consulate, Seattle; Center for Canadian-American Studies, Western Washington University; Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region; Environmental Management Certificate Program, UW; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10; International Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, UW; Office of the Vice-Provost for International Education, UW; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle; Program on the Environment, UW; Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia
\nAttendance:<\/strong>\u00a0350<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCanada-US Relations in a New Security Environment Lecture Series Human Security in a Time of Terrorism and War: the Canadian View by the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Canada-America Society; Canadian Consulate, Seattle; Cascadia Project of Discovery Institute; UW Business School; Institute for Global & Regional Studies UW; Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium
\nAttendance: 850<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCanada-US Relations in a New Security Environment Lecture Series: Economic Terror, Deep Democracy, by Naomi Klein, best-selling author of\u00a0No Logo<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Fences & Windows<\/i>
\nCo-sponsors: UW Department of Communications; Ursus Forum on Social Change & Sustainability UW; Center for Canadian-American Studies, WWU
\nAttendance: 850<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIncluding The Inuit and Canada’s North<\/strong>\u00a0by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director
\nAttendance: 20<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Symposium: Farming Halibut & Sablefish: An Industry in the Wings or a Threat to Wildlife Stocks?
\nDescription: Comparative analysis of the farm fishing in Canada-US.
\n<\/strong>Canadian Presenters: Lynn Hunter, The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, BC: Eric Wickham, Executive Director, Canadian Sablefish Association
\nCosponsors: UW School of Aquatic & Fisheries Sciences
\nAttendance: 40
\nSeattle PI Article: 1\/2 Million Readers
\nTVW Coverage : 3.5 Million Viewers<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n4th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Documentary Film Workshop: Teaching Diversity and Cross-Cultural Understanding through Documentary Film
\nIncluding\u00a0Village of Widows –<\/i>\u00a0The Sad History of the Dene People by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director
\nCo-sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers
\nAttendance: 50<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n83rd<\/sup>\u00a0National Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting
\nDescription:<\/strong>\u00a0Including A Novel Approach to Geography: A Case Study of Canada, by Nadine Fabbi, UW and Tina Storer, WWU; Teaching Canada Special Interest Group Meeting; Distinguished Canadian Speaker: Roch Carrier
\nCo-sponsor:<\/strong>\u00a0National Council for Teaching Canada\u00a0
\nAttendance: 200<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnn-Marie MacDonald, Canadian novelist and playwright, reads from The Way the Crow Flies, 2003
\nElliot Bay Books
\nAttendance: 30<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAlison Watt, Nanaimo poet, reads from The Last Island: A Naturalist’s Sojourn on Triangle Island, 2003
\nElliot Bay Books
\nAttendance: 15<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n5-Part Lecture Series: Contemporary Issues in Northwest Coast Native American Art Lecture Series
\n14 January: The Exploration of Northwest Coast Indian Art: 1774-2003
\n21 January: Panel: What is Innovation in Traditional Art?
\n28 January: Artist Presentation: Robert Davidson
\n4 February: Panel: Totem Poles in an Era of Empowerment and Repatriation
\n25 February: Museums and Native Artists: A Vision for the Future
\nCo-sponsors: Burke Museum, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University Book Store
\nAttendance: 1,614<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n2003 Global Business Breakfast Series: Global Security Trends: What They Mean for Business & Trade – Security & Business with Canada,<\/strong>\u00a0by James Blanchard, Former Governor of Michigan & Former US Ambassador to Canada; Brian Parrott, Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian Consulate, Seattle
\nCo-sponsors: World Affairs Council; Battelle; UW Business School
\nAttendance: 45<\/p>\n
\nPublic Lecture: Crimes without Borders: A Look Behind the International Criminal Court by Judge Philippe Kirsch, First & Current President, International Criminal Court
\nCo-sponsors: World Affairs Council; UW School of Law
\nAttendance: 200<\/p>\n
\nCarole Glasser Langille, Nova Scotia poet, reads from Late in a Slow Time, 2003
\nElliot Bay Books<\/p>\n
\nSymposium: Dogfish Sharks, the Fish in Fish and Chips and Ecosystem Function in Canada and the US, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Conference, Seattle
\nDescription: Researchers share data on cross-border management issues regarding dogfish sharks leading to the planning of an international conference in 2004-05 on the subject.
\nChairs: Dr. Vincent Gallucci, Professor, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences and Canadian Studies Affiliated Faculty Member; Gordon McFarlane, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
\nCo-sponsor: UW School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences
\nAttendance: 25<\/p>\n
\n4-Part Lecture Series: Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin: Protecting & Managing an International Ecosystem
\n30 January: Public Policy and Challenges in Protecting and Managing Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin<\/p>\n
\n10 February 2004: Environmental Challenges Confronting Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin
\n17 February 2004: Implementing Sustainability from a Seattle, WA-Vancouver, BC Perspective
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian Consulate, Seattle; Center for Canadian-American Studies, Western Washington University; Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region; Environmental Management Certificate Program, UW; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10; International Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, UW; Office of the Vice-Provost for International Education, UW; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle; Program on the Environment, UW; Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia
\nAttendance: 450<\/p>\n
\nAll-Day Workshop: Doing Business in Canada Seminar
\nDescription<\/strong>: Provided members of the business community with skills\/information to do business in Canada including being introduced to taxation issues; customs issues; cross-border accounting; personal property & security
\nCo-sponsors: Trade Development Alliance of Seattle; French American Chamber of Commerce
\nAttendance: 35<\/p>\n
\nWorld Languages Day for High School Students
\nDescription: Including Inuktitut – Language of Canada’s Inuit, by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director
\nCo-sponsor: UW Extension
\nAttendance: Students: 1,500
\nEducators: 80<\/p>\n
\nWashington State Council for Social Studies Annual Lake Chelan Retreat
\nDescription:<\/strong>\u00a0Two-day retreat covering dozens of presentations on international history, society, culture.
\nCo-sponsors: Washington State Council for Social Studies; Jackson School Outreach Centers
\nAttendance: 150<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nGuy Vanderhaeghe, Canadian historical author, reads from The Last Crossing, 2004
\nElliot Bay Books<\/p>\n
\nElliot Bay Books<\/p>\n
\nReading by Sharon Butala, Canadian Author
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0UW Women’s Center
\nAttendance: 20<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nInternational Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World – Canada-US Border Security Cooperation: Phase II, by Ambassador Cresencio Arcos, Director, International Relations, US Department of Homeland Security
\nOutcomes:<\/strong>\u00a0Arcos provided an overview of the current relationship between Canada and the US regarding security. Handouts on current security issues were provided to all in attendance.
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Canada-America Society
\nAttendance: 65
\nTVW Television Coverage: 3.5 million viewers<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPanel:<\/strong>\u00a0The Beat of a Different Drum: Lessons for Social Work and Life Long Learning from the Blood Tribe, 2004 National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference
\nDescription:<\/strong>\u00a0In this interactive session faculty from the UW shared their weeklong immersion experience with the Blood Tribe in Alberta, Canada where they learning about helping and healing in a First Nations’ community. Canadian Presenters: Dr. Stan De Mello, Professor, UW School of Social Work and colleagues
\nAttendance: 30<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPublic Lecture: The Geographical Distribution of Canadian French Communities in North America, by Dean Louder, Professor Laval University
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Quebec Delegation, LA; UW Linguistics Department
\nAttendance: 15<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nClassroom Lecture:<\/strong>\u00a0Francophone in North America, by Dean Louder, Professor Laval University
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Quebec Delegation, LA; UW Linguistics Department
\nAttendance: 20 UW students<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPanel Presentation:<\/strong>\u00a0Transgenerational Psychological and Medical Issues in Native American and First Nations in the US and Canada, Western Social Sciences Association Annual Conference, by Kieran O’Malley, UW Health Sciences
\nDescription:<\/strong>\u00a0Provided audience with research on Canada-US differences in approaches towards health policies as they impact native communities.
\nAttendance: 25<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0UW Office of International Affairs; UW Jackson School of International Studies; UW United Nations Student Association; World Affairs Council
\nAttendance: 575 students<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThe 2004 Seattle Festival Mosaic: Folk & Fine Arts from Around the World
\nDescription: All-day workshop on international culture\/arts including Quebec History & Culture, by Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director\u00a0
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Seattle International Children’s Festival; Jackson School Outreach Centers; Washington State Council for Social Studies
\nAttendance: 77<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPanel Presentation: Conversations with our Canadian Sisters – Women’s Memoirs<\/p>\n
\nCanadian Presenters: Sharon Butala, Canadian writer; Susan Starbuck, Antioch University professor, author of\u00a0Hazel Wolf: Fighting the Establishment<\/i>\u00a0about Canadian environmentalist
\nCo-sponsor: UW Women’s Center
\nAttendance: 65<\/p>\n
\nGraduate Student Conference: Beyond Globalization and Neo-Liberalism: Governmentality, Spaces, Subjects
\nDescription: This was the first graduate workshop organized by the Center to build a Canadian Studies community of graduate and upper division. The multi-disciplinary workshop focusing on spaces and subjects within a neoliberal, increasingly global political regime.
\nCo-Chairs: Professor Richard LeHeron, Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Auckland; Dr Wendy Larner, Sociology, University of Auckland; and Professor Kim England, Geography, University of Washington
\nAttendance: 26 graduate students<\/p>\n
\nThe Center co-sponsors all Canadian films with the Seattle International Film Festival. This year the film selection included 29 screening of17 films including:\u00a0Go Further; The Saddest Music in the World; Cowards Bend the Knee; Nigel’s Fingerprints; The Snow Walker; Touch of Pink; The Corporation; Raspberry Patch; Twist; Festival Express; Moving Malcolm; Aspiration; Wildflowers; Seducing Doctor Lewis; A Problem with Fear; A Stolen Moment; Proteus.<\/i>
\nCo-sponsors: Seattle International Film Festival; Canada-America Society; Canadian Consulate; and other corporate sponsors. Attendance based on 200 attendees per viewing.
\nAttendance: 5,800<\/p>\n
\nRound-Table Discussion: with Inuk actress, Annabella Piugattuk and director\/producer of\u00a0The Snow Walker,<\/em>\u00a0Charles Martin Smith
\nDescription:<\/strong>\u00a0Enabled UW faculty, students and graduates in the documentary film program to speak with the guests about filmmaking in the North, the role of the Inuit in the film, and Inuit values.
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian Consulate; Canada-America Society; Burke Museum
\nAttendance: 15<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLecture:\u00a0Regulatory Issues in Canadian Broadcasting<\/i>\u00a0by James Patrick, Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Canadian Association of Broadcasters
\nCo-sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0UW School of Communications; World Affairs Council\u00a0
\nAttendance: 30 undergraduate<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTwo-Day Summer Seminar for Educators: Living in Our World: Environmental Challenges and Solutions for the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century
\nDescription:<\/strong>\u00a0This two-day seminar provided an international perspective on environmental issues including two presentations that focused on Canada: Exploring the Cold Oceans of the North: An Example of Global Climate Field Work and Its Impact on Environmental Education, by Peter Rhines, Professor, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Canadian Studies Center Affiliated Faculty member; and, Introduction to Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin, by Ann Lesperance, Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Canadian Studies Center Adjunct Faculty member
\nCo-sponsor:<\/strong>\u00a0Jackson School of International Studies Outreach Centers
\nAttendance: 33<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n2004 Summer Seminar for Educators: “Living in our world”
\nUW Campus Description:<\/strong>\u00a0Included two lectures: “Exploring the Cold Oceans of the North: An Example of Global-Climate Field Work and Its Impact on Environmental Education” by Peter Rhines, professor of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, UW, and “Introduction to the Puget Sound\/Georgia Basin Region” by Ann Lesperance, Senior Environmental Health Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"