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The Week Ahead: Restarting the Arctic Council roadshow

Each Monday morning, we give a brief run-down of some of the events and issues affecting the Arctic we’ll be paying attention to in the coming week. If you have an event you think should be included next week, please contact us.

May 11 event to celebrate Canada on campus
U.S. takes reigns of Arctic Council amid geopolitical tension, rapid warming

The United States formally took the reins of the governing body for the Arctic region on Friday at a meeting above the Arctic Circle, in Iqaluit, Canada.

Secretary of State John Kerry, who is attending the Arctic Council ministerial meeting, says the U.S. will use the two-year…

Canadian dollar plummets after months of losing value

The Canadian dollar lost five cents in value compared to the U.S. dollar in one day last month.
It dropped on Jan. 21 after the Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark overnight interest rate from 1 percent to 0.75 percent. The benchmark rate determines bank lending rates, and lowering it is…

David Rossiter is new director of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Center for Canadian-American Studies
Farewell party for Don Alper is Nov. 10
Rossiter to interview for director of Center for American-Canadian Studies
UB new home for Canadian studies association

UB has become the new institutional home of the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious professional organizations in the field of Canadian studies.
UB was selected to host ACSUS for the next three years, beginning Jan.…

Director of Canadian-American studies center to retire

Don Alper, Western Washington University’s director of the Center for Canadian-American Studies and Border Policy Research Institute and a professor of political science, will be resigning from those positions at the end of September and retiring from the university at the end of the year.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø to participate in BC/Whatcom Cross-Border Expo June 12
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