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WINTER QUARTER REPORT 2009 CANADIANCANADIAN STUDIESSTUDIES CENTERCENTER HENRY M. JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON RESEARCH | TEACHING | OUTREACH ARCTIC SOVEREIGNTY: A TEN-WEEK CRASH COURSE BY PATRICK LENNON Patrick Lennon is a newly-minted alumnus of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He was one of thirteen International Studies students enrolled in SIS 495C Task Force on Arctic Sovereignty, taught by Canadian Studies Center Associate Director, Nadine Fabbi, and Center Affiliate, Vincent Gallucci, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. After graduation, Patrick plans to work and consider his options for graduate school. During this past fall quarter, I was along with Emily Epsten, to write faced with the question that awaits the chapter on North America and every student in International Studies the Arctic. Canada and the United – which Task Force did I want to States both have significant interests take? Task Force is a senior capstone in the Arctic, so Emily and I dove project where students work in into the wealth of information from groups to write a policy paper about governments, academics, and a current issue. When I looked at the non-governmental organizations list of choices, one jumped out at (NGOs). We chose to focus on the me immediately – Arctic sovereignty. Northwest Passage, which runs It was an issue that I didn’t even through Canada’s Arctic archipelago know existed, but it encompassed and is slowly opening to increased several of my interests, including shipping as ice cover melts. The US international law and human rights, and Canada dispute the legal status particularly the rights of indigenous of the Passage, so we thought it peoples. And so, after an interview would make the most interesting in which I correctly answered case study for our chapter. that Stephen Harper is the Prime Our thoughts about the Minister, not President, of Canada, it Northwest Passage were supported began. Patrick Lennon and Emily Epsten, co-authors of the Task Force Report’s when we visited Ottawa, Canada, Most of us came to the course North America chapter, confer between presentations at Foreign Affairs as a part of the course. Canada’s with little knowledge of the Arctic and International Trade Canada. Photo by Gus Andreasen Department of Foreign Affairs and region. We received a brief but International Trade funded this intensive introduction to the issues quarter, our group discussed the issues fact-finding mission for the students through a series of readings assigned over we had learned about and how we wanted of the Task Force to enable us to meet winter break. In the first weeks of the to split up the topics. I was assigned, with a variety of diplomats, government Ottawa was the most exciting and engaging academic experiences I have had throughout my International Studies classes. The structure of the trip proved itself extremely beneficial as I learned more about networking, interviewing, camaraderie, self- expression, and thoughtfulness. I felt that people were actually interested in telling us about the Arctic and it made me feel more connected with my work than I have felt in the ordinary classroom. It was a great learning experience to have before graduating that will prove very fortunate as my career in the 'outside' world begins in a few months. – Gus Andreasen continued on page 12 Inside: Letter from the Center .................. 2 Faculty News ................................. 4 Native Voices ................................. 2 Course & Research Focus ............. 6 Welcome New Affiliates ................ 3 Graduate News .............................. 8 News from Collections .................. 3 Canadian Music ........................... 10 LETTER FROM THE CENTER Dear Colleagues and Friends, hundreds of students, and spoke at build this Scholarship in his memory and It is with great sadness that we inform community functions at every opportunity. encourage any level of support from you. you that our founder, Douglas Jackson, In fact, he was still lecturing for us this last This spring quarter we will be hosting passed away on 9 March 2009 at 85 years fall. In October, Doug gave four lectures as a memorial service with the Geography of age. Doug was truly the “heart and part of a series, The Canadian Push to the Department for Douglas Jackson and soul” of Canadian Studies, dedicating Pacific, at Edmonds Community College. hope you might join us. Thank you for your decades of his life to building one of the Doug was the embodiment of the friendship. finest Centers in the nation. finest qualities – passionate, dedicated, Doug was from Toronto, where he energetic. … [he] was committed to his — Dan Hart, Director/Chair and long dreamed of being a concert pianist. university and to the Canadian Studies Nadine Fabbi, Associate Director Fortunately for all of us, he instead Program. My wife, Adele, and I were so pursued a doctorate at the University of fortunate to have considered him our close Maryland, where he studied Canadian friend. We will remember the evenings history and Soviet geography. In 1955, spent at his home, having a brandy after he was appointed to the UW Geography dinner, sitting before the fireplace, and, Department and the Far Eastern and as always, the sounds of Chopin in the Russian Institute. background. – The Honourable Howard R. In the mid-80s, Doug began working Pawley, former premier of Manitoba with colleagues Bob Monahan and Don Doug’s greatest dedication was to his Alper at Western Washington University students. For his 80th birthday, we started to develop a joint program in Canadian the Douglas Jackson Scholarship Fund Studies. In 1986, the UW and WWU to support student interest in Canadian Douglas Jackson (far right) celebrates with 2001 Canadian Studies received the first Title VI grant from the Studies and study-in-Canada opportunities. graduates with Howard Pawley, Visiting Professor and former premier of Manitoba (back row). Thanks to Doug’s inspiration US Department of Education to form a Six of the students in the Task Force and mentorship, many of his students have gone on to become National Resource Center on Canada. (cover) were able to spend eight days in Canadianists. Natalie Debray (on Doug’s left) is now a Lecturer Doug served as director for over Ottawa thanks, in part, to a WD Jackson in UW Communication and Andrea Geiger-Adams (back row, far right) is a Canadian history professor at Simon Fraser University twelve years, taught and inspired Scholarship. We would now like to in Vancouver, British Columbia. Both were former Center FLAS Fellows. NEWS FROM NATIVE VOICES DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM The Canadian Studies Program at Native Voices students and faculty International Studies Outreach Centers. the University of Washington is a cross- have created an unprecedented body Other films with a cross-border emphasis disciplinary center, and one of the aspects of research. Much of this research is include Marcella Ernest’s film, which of our research that we are excited women-centered, either in focus or in deals with Native child welfare and forced about is our work with First Nations and perspective. Our core goal is to create adoption, and Steffany Suttle’s film,Fry Native American women scholars. Since research that will contribute to regional, Bread Babes, which looks at First Nations its inception eight years ago, Native national, and transnational dialogues. In and Native American women, the media, Voices has been a vital part of indigenous the past eight years, we have produced and body image. women’s teaching, research, and many projects, all of which are being In addition, Luana Ross (co-director scholarship. vigorously used in educational institutions of Native Voices) and I have worked with Native Voices is a program and communities throughout the world. researchers from Public Health, the Burke linking Canadian Studies, American Some of these projects are cross-border Museum, the School of Medicine, and the Indian Studies, Women Studies, and in focus, including Rosemary Gibbons’ School of Social Work to produce works Communication, as well as students award winning film about the genocidal centering upon health, education, and the and faculty from many areas around effects that government boarding schools arts. the University. The core of the program had on Native families, children, and Native Voices films are widely is exploring relationships between communities; and Lyana Patrick’s powerful disseminated and have played in venues intellectual disciplines and media and examination of the impact of the US- such as Sundance, the Smithsonian providing support where social science Canadian border upon Native women and Museum of the American Indian, and many and humanities scholars and students can families, Travels Across the Medicine Line. other regional, national, and international investigate media as a tool for research We are honored to have Rosemary forums. Currently, more than 1,000 and dissemination. The program is Gibbons visit the UW to screen and copies of our films are in use. All of this informed by an indigenous, de-colonizing discuss her film this spring. Rosemary will productivity would not be possible without critique of media history and practice, be part of the Ninth Annual Documentary the contributions of indigenous women and we are particularly grateful for the Film Workshop: Coming of Age in a scholars from tribal communities and at our intellectual perspectives that indigenous Changing World on May 9, sponsored institution. feminism brings to our work. by our Center and the Jackson School of — Dan Hart, Co-Director, Native Voices 2 WELCOME NEW AFFILIATES The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is an established leader in Canadian Studies. Today, 73 faculty and researchers representing 16 departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, 10 professional schools, and all three UW campuses contribute to knowledge and expertise on Canada, its relationship to the US, and its role in global affairs.

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