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C/AM Student wins ACSUS Award

Congratulations to C/AM graduate Gibson Steinert who was honored by the Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. for his research essay about the British fur trade.  

Read more in Western Today

 

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2025-6 Scholarship

Congratulations to Alex Bassett on receiving this year’s Canadian-American Ambassador Scholarship! Alex is a double Major in Global Humanities - focusing on the History of Culture, and Political Science - and a C/AM Studies minor. 

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US-Canada border at Chief Mountain by Carolyn Cuskey

Canadian American Studies

Canada and the United States, sharing a continent and linked by deep cultural and economic ties, shared historical experiences, and numerous similarities, also exhibit many notable differences. The Canadian-American Studies program offers a comprehensive overview of these relationships, helping students grasp how these similarities and differences influence key cultural, environmental, and economic issues in North America, both today and in the future. The program includes hands-on experiences through field trips to Canada and provides valuable research and internship opportunities. Students can pursue Canadian-American Studies independently or combine it with other disciplines, such as environmental science and policy, international business, geography, anthropology, political science, marketing, communications, journalism, history, and foreign languages, to gain a richer, more nuanced international perspective.

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Students in CanAm Media Systems class tour the CBC Studios in Vancouver

Victoria, B.C. fieldtrip

Canadian Government and Politics students visit the Parliament House in Victoria, B.C.

News & Events

Scholars Week 2025

C/AM-ENVS 331 student Evan Redman presented a poster at Scholars Week 2025. 

Since Time Immemorial - Logging History and the Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty on Haida Gwaii

In this map project, Evan explored the long history of the Indigenous Haida people of Haida Gwaii, their struggle against the powers of colonization and the industrial destruction of their lands. 

map of Haida Gwaii islands

 

CanAm Media Systems Class visits the CBC and "Hollywood North"

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Professor Derek Moscato and his Canadian-American Media Systems class (C/AM-JOUR 355) visited the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation (CBC) Broadcast Headquarters in Vancouver, BC. Highlights included touring the broadcasting facilities, meeting with with award-winning journalist Michelle Eliot, and a walking tour of "Hollywood North."

Read more here. 

FIFA World Cup - An Opportunity for Cultural Diplomacy

C/AM Studies Affiliate Faculty member, Journalism professor Prof. Derek Moscato and BPRI (Border Policy Research Institute) Director Laurie Trautman have penned an Opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun: 

CASCADIA'S CULTURAL DIPLOMACY COULD BE A KEY LEGACY OF FIFA 2026 

International soccer provides a timely mode for citizen-and community-driven diplomacy that just might change the trajectory of shaky Canada-U.S. relations. 
 

Read the piece here
 

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