Canadian American Studies News

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C/AM Studies provide context for regional and international current events

This spring's classes include topics in Canadian-American history, trade, politics, media systems, and cross-border governance. 

Learn more about our program - check out Spring 2025 course highlights.

Learn more about Canadian-American Studies. 

Click here to read the latest Center for Canadian-American Studies newsletter to learn about fieldtrips, activities, and events.

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2025 Scholarship Application Portal now open!

MAJOR/MINOR IN C/AM STUDIES NOT REQUIRED. All students can apply for the $1,000 C/Am Studies Scholarship. 

Be sure to check the button "INTERESTED IN U.S. - CANADA RELATIONS" to access the application.  

Click here for more info! Application deadline: May 4, 2025. 

The Center for Canadian-American Studies would like to congratulate C/AM Studies student Mason Hobson on being last year's CanAm Studies scholarship recipient! 

Upcoming Events

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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Student outing at Baker Lake during the summer Salish Sea Field School.

Victoria, B.C. fieldtrip

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

News & Events

New Journal Article - Crossing Acadian Borders

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Christina Keppie, Director of the Center for C/AM Studies, published an article in the British Journal for Canadian Studies, entitled Crossing Acadian Borders. The goal is to advance a greater understanding of the Acadian Diaspora in the borderlands of Maine and New Brunswick.

More info here. 

Former C/AM Studies Director pens letter on the importance of U.S.- Canada Relationship

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Former Center for Canadian-American Studies director Don Alper published a guest essay in the Cascadia Daily News. 

Border monuments like the Peace Arch in Washington, the International Peace Garden in North Dakota and the Peace Bridge in New York celebrate the deep friendship and respect woven into our two nations’ shared history. President John F. Kennedy famously said in 1961, “Geography has made us neighbors, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners and necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.”

Read the full article here. 

Political shifts necessitate broader economic and environmental reflection in cross-border region

peace arch with us and canadian flags

WWU Journalism professor and C/AM affiliate faculty member, Dr. Derek Moscato, pens piece about cross-border cooperation.

Read his commentary in The Salish Current

 

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