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Canadian Studies Center Canadian Studies Center SUMMER/FALL 2007 REPORT CANADIANCANADIAN STUDIESSTUDIES CENTERCENTER HENRY M. JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON RESEARCH | TEACHING | OUTREACH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS (AND THEIR SOLUTIONS) HAVE NO BORDErs—A TRANS-BOUNDARY COURSE Thomas Hinckley, Professor of Forest Ecology and David R.M. Scott Endowed Professor in the College of Forest Resources, has been engaged in international (Canada-U.S.) environmental management for the past couple of years. In September Tom taught ENVIR 496: Comparing/Contrasting Two Rural Forest- Based Communities in Canada and the U.S. enabling a group of U.W. students to travel to British Columbia for an international field experience. Professor Tom Hinckley spent seven days (September 16th to 22nd) with U.W. students exploring issues of land management and stewardship in the face of bark beetles, climate change, fire, invasive organisms, and legacies of failed or Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Forest Resources and Program on the Environment discuss the urban-wild land interface issues with Kelly Johnston of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia. Specific issues inappropriate land management approaches. included wildlife, fire and the mountain pine beetle. The trees in the background are recently killed ponderosa pine. These factors have combined to produce major environmental issues in both representatives from the Kamloops Indian chooses to see it that way. I am very countries. However, the perception and Band, the British Columbia Ministry of impressed by that and inspired to think of solutions to these problems vary depending Forestry, the City of Kamloops Parks and ways to deconstruct borders, given the upon national and regional differences Recreation, Sun Peaks Resort and the constraints we face.” and how land is owned or allocated and Thompson River University all provided The course provided the students with managed. The course focused on the presentations. The breadth of the insights into the challenges of decision and environment around Loomis, Washington prespectives made a marked impact on the policy-making in a bi-national ecosystem and Kamloops, British Columbia where students. and how differing Canadian and U.S. values students had the opportunity to see these “I was inspired by John Jules,” said and laws can impact the effectiveness of problems first hand and to talk with a wide Joanne Ho, a graduate student participant environmental management. variety of stakeholders. from Forest Resources. (John Jules is the The course received significant funding The students spent their first day Director of Cultural and Natural Resources from a National Science Foundation walking into Horseshoe Basin in the for the Kamloops Indian Band.) “I thought it Grant, Integrative Graduate Education Cascades and into the heart of the 2006 was great how he looked at each issue as and Research Traineeship entitled, Tripod Complex Fire and in the remaining separate, and understood the complexity “Multinational Collaborations on Challenges days met with 13 different stakeholders. of how each issue is intertwined with the to the Environment,” and from a Center On the Canadian side of the border whole problem … In his words, there is Program Enhancement Grant from Foreign something positive in everything if one Affairs, Canada. Inside: Letter from the Center .................. 2 FLAS/Graduate Student Welcome New Affiliates ................ 3 Research ........................................ 9 Faculty News ................................. 4 Undergrad News ..........................11 U.W. Courses to Canada................ 6 Community Programming ............11 Research on Canada at the U.W. ... 7 LETTER FROM THE CENTER Dear Colleagues and Friends, Faculté St.-Jean, University of Alberta. an environmental management course to Welcome to the Summer and Fall 2007 Our graduate student affiliates British Columbia. edition of the Center Report. We are truly have equally impressed us with their The growth and success of the overwhelmed by the surge in research on contributions to research on Canada research, teaching and public programming Canada at the U.W. In this issue you will be and their professional involvements. The mentioned in this issue are due to introduced to eight new faculty who have Center’s Foreign Language and Area the support of our many friends and joined the program, significantly increasing Studies (FLAS) Fellows for 2007–08 are funders. A special thank you goes to research in border security and transport, working on some of the most innovative our friends at Native Voices, Program on comparative education and culture, regional research projects in the country. These the Environment, the Burke Museum, marine governance and urban design and include two FLAS fellows in Canadian the Canadian Consulate, our consortium planning models in Canada and the U.S. The aboriginal languages (the first FLAS awards partners at Western Washington University, section entitled “Faculty News” depicts a in the nation for Dane-Zaa and Inuktitut) the Québec Government, University of wealth of involvement on the part of our and several in French—one who is Alberta International, the Wilburforce affiliates from publications to awards to examining Montréal’s hip-hop music scene Foundation and Canada-U.S. Fulbright. And serving on special committees representing in order to understand the dynamics of the thanks always to Foreign Affairs, Canada Canada’s “voice” in international policy- immigration experience in Québec. and the Title VI Program, International making. And our “Center Research” section Curriculum development also has Education Programs, U.S. Department focuses on the recent work and major been impressive in the last two quarters of Education, for the funding that makes publication of Sharon Hargus, Linguistics, thanks to dedicated faculty who are Canada’s presence and positive impact at on endangered aboriginal languages in providing their students with a study-in- the U.W. possible. Merci, Nakurmiik and British Columbia; the new Canadian Folk Canada experience. In the summer Fritz Happy New Year! Music collection now at U.W. libraries Wagner, Landscape Architecture, along thanks to Northwest Folklife staff and with Université Laval colleague Régent — Dan Hart, Director/Chair and Center alum, Devon Léger; and Métis Cabana, took U.W. students to Québec to Nadine Fabbi, Associate Director literature as a result of the contributions of study international urban planning. And this Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Pamela Sing from fall, Tom Hinckley, Forest Resources, ran ABORIGINAL RESEARCH FROM NATIVE VOICES BY DANIEL HART, DIRECTOR/CHAIR OF CANADIAN STUDIES In addition to serving as Chair and with cross-border health disparities in the Native peoples of the Americas; and Director of Canadian Studies, Daniel Native Communities, and featuring Evan “History Lessons,” by Clark Miller, that Hart is co-director and founder of the Adams. And we produced a six-part series looks at how Native peoples are excluded Native Voices Program. Native Voices on Native heart health, currently being from U.S. and Canadian history, and how at the U.W. is a center where students, used in public schools in the U.S. and media and popular culture influence public faculty, and independent producers Canada. perceptions. create documentaries and media research Native Voices has produced a Each screening will include a reception, that contributes to the understanding, significant amount of new work in the a chance to meet and talk with the strengthening, and support of indigenous past two years, and will be premiering filmmakers, and panel discussions. people and communities in Canada and these films in the Seattle area at our 6th Also, on Saturday, March 1st and the U.S. For more information on Native Annual Native Voices Film Festival, running Sunday, March 2nd at this year’s festival, Voices see http://www.com.washington. from February 28 to March 2nd. We are we are proud to present a Tribute to Phil edu/nativevoices/. proud to premiere: “Travels Across the Lucas, the Choctaw film producer who It has been a significant year here in Medicine Line,” by Lyana Patrick, which sadly passed away this past year. On March Native Voices in terms of First Nations is a historic and contemporary look at the 1st, we will be presenting three of Phil’s programming and events. Last January, impacts of the Canadian-U.S. border on masterpieces, “Voyage of Rediscovery,” the National Museum of the American indigenous peoples; “Fry Bread Babes,” by “The Honor of All,” and “Healing the Hurts.” Indian featured several of our films, Steffany Suttle, that examines women’s We our pleased that First Nations tribal and Rachel Nez, Jonathan Tomhave, body image from a Native perspective; leaders Frank Brown and Andy and Phyllis and Marcella Ernest, and I made public “Reclaiming Our Children,” by Marcella Chelsea, who are featured in these films, presentations. Rachel’s film, “The Border Ernest, that examines the wholesale will be at the screenings to speak about Crossed Us,” went on to a six-week run on separation of Native American and First the impact that Phil and his films had on the mall in Washington, D.C. We recently Nations children from their families; their lives. On Sunday, March 2nd, at the completed a new film for the U.W. “In Laman’s Terms,” by Angelo Baca, Daybreak Star Cultural Center, there will Indigenous Wellness Research Institute a powerful exploration of the impacts be a memorial service for Phil, to which entitled, “A Return to Wellness,” dealing that the Mormon Church has had on everyone is invited. 2 WELCOME NEW AFFILIATES The Center would like to introduce and welcome eight new members who joined the program this year. Katie Baird is an Mark Hallenbeck Professor Marcy Stein is one of the Associate Professor is the Director of founding faculty members of the of Economics at the Washington Education Program at the U.W. Tacoma U.W. Tacoma. She State Transportation campus. Her areas of expertise include specializes in public Center, College of the education of students at risk of finance and public Engineering.
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