Event Details
When:
-
Location:
Online: Zoom
In-Person at WWU:
Academic West 204
Price:
Free
Brought to you by:
College of the Environment, The Foundation for WWU & Alumni
Description
Check out this video to watch the Howdy Neighbor! - Fostering A Deeper Understanding Of Our Place In The World Through Canadian-American Studies.
Canada and the United States, sharing a continent and linked by profound economic ties, shared historical experiences, and numerous cultural similarities, also exhibit many notable differences. Through place-based engagement, the Canadian-American Studies program offers a comprehensive overview of these transboundary 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.
In this presentation, Christina will use the example of Acadie to show how the Canada-U.S. relationship has been shaped by a misunderstanding of our past and that our core values can often be determined or influenced through our relationships with our neighbors.
The Environmental Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Talks are held each Thursday at 4:30pm in Academic Instructional Center West, room 204. Join us at WWU or online on Zoom!
Featuring:
Christina’s current research focus is the ethnocultural identity of transboundary Acadians and the impact of cultural tourism on Acadian national consciousness and branding, which she approaches through an ethnographic framework. She has taught widely across Western’s French program curriculum, most notably in phonetics and French-Canadian culture and language. Christina also co-directs the Pacific Northwest National Research Center on Canada, in consortium with the Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington.
Questions and Accommodations
- Your point of contact for this event is The Foundation for WWU & Alumni. Call (360) 650-3353 or email Alumni@wwu.edu.
- Advance notice for disability accommodations and special needs is appreciated. Please mention your needs when registering.
- There will be auto-captions for the Zoom webinar.
Visitor Parking at WWU on Weekdays
- Mon-Fri, 7:00am-4:30pm: limited paid parking is available at the south C lots and north 6V and 7G lots.
- Purchase your permit at the lot pay stations or use the Parkmobile app.
- More parking details for campus visitors are available online.
Parking at WWU on Weekdays for Visitors with Disabilities
- Mon-Fri, 7:00am-4:30pm: both a WWU permit and state disability placard are needed.
- Purchase your permit at the pay stations in lot C or 6V or use the Parkmobile app (use Zone 1200). This allows parking in any disability space. If these are full, you can use a non-reserved space nearby.
- More parking details for campus visitors with disabilities are available online.
The views expressed by our speakers do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.