CANADIAN STUDIES CENTER HENRY M. JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Canadian Studies Center News MARCH 2018 Find out what we've been up to! Welcome Mark Mallory, UW’s Canada Fulbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies! Mark Mallory, Canada Research Chair in Coastal Ecosystems and Professor at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, joined the University of Washington in January 2018 as the new Canada Fulbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies. Welcome Emily Schierling, Center’s New Corbett Canadian Studies Program Manager! Emily Schierling is the new Corbett Canadian Studies Program Manager. She is excited to build a vibrant and robust study abroad fellowship through the Corbett British Columbia–Washington International Exchange Program. Aliated Faculty Awarded Fellowship Aliated faculty, Katie Bunn-Marcuse, received a National Endowment for the Humanities-Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication, for her project centered in the Kwagiulth First Nation entitled, "A Collaborative Reframing of Franz Boas's Documentation of the Kwakiutl First Nation in 1930." Indigenous Inuence in Arctic Aairs Video Series This past quarter, the Center, with other Title VI centers in the Jackson School – Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, Center for West European Studies, East Asia Center, Center for Global Studies – produced a series of educational videos on Arctic Indigenous leadership. UW graduate students, including U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Program Fellows, conducted interviews using their growing language skills. The videos provide valuable insights in to Indigenous inuence in the Arctic today. Self-Determination in Nunavut, Canada: A Conversation with Paul Okalik Interview with Paul Okalik, former premier of Nunavut by Malina Dumas, JD student, Law, FLAS Fellow (Inuktitut) 2016–17 and 2017–18; and Katie Aspen Gavenus, MA student, Education, FLAS Fellow (Inuktitut) 2016–17 and 2017–18. Indigenous Governance in Québec: An Interview with Jean-François Arteau Interview with Jean-François Arteau by Amy Delo, MA, International Studies, FLAS Fellow (French) 2016–17 and 2017–18; and Rachel Freeman, MA student, Marine and Environmental Aairs, FLAS Fellow (French) 2016–17. A Conversation with Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Greenland Representation, Canada & US Interview with Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Greenland Head of Representation in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa, Canada by Valerie Cleland, MA, Marine and Environmental Aairs, FLAS Fellow (Inuktitut) 2017–18. From Moscow to Maine: A Conversation with Pavel Vasilievich Sulyandziga Interview (in Russian) with Pavel Vasilievich Sulyandziga, Member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights by Brandon Ray, MA student, International Studies and Marin and Environmental Aairs, FLAS Fellow (Russian) 2016–17 and 2017–18. Aleut International Association Interview with Jim Gamble, President, Aleut International Association by Ian Scott Hanna, MA, Marine and Environmental Aairs; Jay-Kwon Park, MA student, International Studies; and David Rivera, MA, School of Marine and Environmental Aairs. Borderline Intersections: Social Landscapes of Contemporary Sami Identity Interview with Troy Storfjell, Department of Languages and Literatures, Pacic Lutheran University by Michael Brown, MA student, International Studies; and Lucy Kruesel, MA student, Education. PHOTO ALBUM: Mark Mallory in Arctic Canada! Mark Mallory, 2017–18 UW Canada Fulbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies, works in Nunavut, a territory in Arctic Canada, where his work has ranged from censusing and tracking birds to examining contamination of wildlife and soils, to collecting snow to examine mercury ux at -54°. Funding Opportunities/Call for Papers Call for Papers/Panels – American Council for Québec Studies / Le 21e colloque bisannuel de l’ACQS: The 21st biennial conference of the American Council for Québec Studies (ACQS), November 1–4, 2018 will be held at the Intercontinental New Orleans, Louisiana. Proposals considered will be related to any aspect of Québec studies. Consult I'ACQS website for more details on the conference. All submissions (abstracts of +/-250 words) are made via the ACQS website. Conference presentations can be made in French or English. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is April 1, 2018. Call for Papers – Canadian Holocaust Literature, Charting the Field: The Department of English at Ryerson University, the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa, the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, Library and Archives Canada present the Canadian Holocaust Literature conference, to be held at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Proposals of 250 words, along with a 50-word biography, should be submitted electronically by June 15, 2018 to Rebecca Margolis: [email protected]. More information. The Canadian Studies Center, with the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University, is a Title VI federally funded National Resource Center, International and Foreign Language Education, Oce of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. The National Resource Center for the Study of Canada responds to the ongoing national need for expertise in understanding Canada – its history, politics, economic, and social systems and their relationship to the United States and beyond – and to build competence in French and Indigenous languages in Canada. The activities in this report were made possible, in part, by Title VI grant funding. UW HOME CANADIAN STUDIES CENTER MAKE A GIFT CONTACT US | PRIVACY | TERMS © 2018 Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle Box 353650. Seattle, WA 98195-3650 Thomson Hall 503 | 206-221-6374 | [email protected] This email was sent to {{lead.Email Address}} Unsubscribe or change your email preferences.