Canada House at Western Washington University
New Course Offering
Quebec Politics and US Relations
An introduction to US-Quebec relations and Quebec contemporary politics, this course will identify the importance of Quebec's economic, environmental and security relationships with the US.
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Students in Can/Am 200, Introduction to Canadian Studies
The Canadian-American Studies 40th Anniversary Scholarship is offered each year.
This $1500 scholarship is established to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University.
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This $1500 scholarship is established to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University.
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Ian Faulds, 2012-2013 Canadian-American Studies 40th Anniversary Scholarship recipient.
Tikal Mayan ruins in Guatemala.
Tikal Mayan ruins in Guatemala.
Don Alper addressing Beyond the Border Forum at World Trade Center in Seattle
Matt Davenport, International Business student at the Focus Canada: Canadian-American Business Seminar event in February 2012.
International Business students at the Focus Canada: Canadian-American Business Seminar event in February 2012.
Professor Christina Keppie at the Taste of Canada event in February 2012.
The Center for Canadian American Studies, located in Canada House at Western
Washington University, offers a comprehensive program for the study of Canada in
the United States. In consortium with the Canadian Studies Center at the University
of Washington, our Center is one of only two U.S. Department of Education designated
National Resource Centers for the study of Canada in the United States.
We coordinate a multidisciplinary undergraduate program; organize seminars and symposia on cross-border issues of interest to both nations; promote research on Canadian topics in the social sciences and humanities; and conduct extensive outreach to K-12 and post-secondary educators as well as to the business and local community, media and cultural organizations.
The Center for Canadian-American Studies brings together faculty, students, and community
members to encourage and support scholarship about Canada and Canada-US relations across
disciplinary and regional boundaries.
To learn how to support our programs,
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Julie Dufort:
Visiting Québec Professor
Visiting Québec Professor
The Center for Canadian-American Studies will host Julie Dufort, from the University of Québec, Montréal as the 2013 Visiting Québec Professor. Julie will be in residence during Spring Quarter 2013.
Julie is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and a research fellow at the Center for United States Studies at the Raoul Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the University of Québec at Montréal. Her research focuses on Québec-U.S. relations, border issues and immigration politics in the United States, representations of politics in American popular culture (with an emphasis on political humor) as well as the proliferation of walls and fences in international relations.
“Québec is a unique part of North America with strong economic and cultural ties with Washington and other parts of the American west,” said Don Alper, Director of Canadian-American Studies at WWU. “We are very pleased to welcome Julie Dufort as the Québec Visiting Scholar in Spring 2013.”
While she’s here at WWU, Julie will teach Québec Politics and US Relations, a joint Political Science/Canadian-American Studies offering. Besides teaching, Julie will speak on US-Quebec relations at various venues on and off campus.
For more information, please contact Chuck Hart at 360-650-3728 or Chuck.Hart@wwu.edu.