Affiliated faculty of the Center presented “Big Salmon River and Columbia River Treaty modernization” at the UW’s Environmental Justice Conference. On May 19, 2020, Canadian Studies Center affiliates, Stan de Mello (School of Social Work) and Morna McEachern (Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium) presented “Social Work across the 49th Parallel: Big Salmon River and Columbia

In early April the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium held its first annual general meeting via Zoom. The Consortium has held an ann of the officers since its founding in 1986. This year was unusual. As a result of the stay-at-home order due to COVID-19, the meeting was held via Zoom. Members joined from University

By Kyla Sweet, education and curriculum K–12 specialist for the Pacific Northwest National Resource Center on Canada This July, twenty educators from across the United States met in Bellingham, WA for the Study Canada Summer Institute 2019 to experience transboundary learning along the Tribal Canoe Journey, which this year was hosted by the Lummi Nation.

On February 1, 2019, representatives of the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium gathered at the University of Washington for the consortium’s annual meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Teaching Canada, Learning Canada.” Fittingly, several students from the Canadian Studies Center were on hand to share their experiences and answer questions from the group.

On February 22 and 23, representatives from the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium (PNWCSC (UW Canadian Studies Center is the secretariat)) attended an excellent symposium on the Columbia River Treaty modernization, which was co-hosted by Northwest Indian College and Western Washington University. Many concerned and interested groups and officials were in attendance: Indigenous peoples, US

The Columbia River Treaty modernization was the focus for both a very successful field course in the summer of 2015 and PNWCSC Annual General Meeting in February 2016. The Canadian Consulate in downtown Seattle hosted the meeting, which included participants from fifteen member institutions and lively discussions about myriad aspects of the Columbia River, the

Above: Jason Young (left), 2014-15 FLAS Fellow in Inuktitut and Isaac Stockdale (right), UW’s first Corbett Canada-US Fellow (01/15). The Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium (PNWCSC) held its annual meeting at the Canadian Consulate in downtown Seattle on Friday, February 6th, 2015. The program featured three affiliated students in Canadian Studies who presented their research

Above: PNWCSC Annual General Meeting Participants by Annie Banel, MPA Candidate, Evans School of Public Affairs; Canadian Studies Center Reporter Lively discussion flowed between engaging presentations at this year’s Annual General Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium. The Consulate General of Canada graciously hosted the meeting on January 31, 2014. The wide-ranging topics

On 28 September 2012 the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Board met for their annual meeting at the University of British Columbia. The focus of the 2012 meeting was to establish a vision for the future of the organization particularly given the recent cut of the Understanding Canada program. The most important contribution of the Consortium

Above: Stephen Hanson, Vice Provost for Global Affairs (left), receives an $18,000 Government of Canada Program Enhancement Grant check from Denis Stevens, Consul General (center) at the annual Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium meeting facilitated by Ross Burkhardt, Boise State University. By Ross Burkhart, Boise State University, member of the Board of Directors, Pacific Northwest