Center for Canadian-American Studies

Title		Authored on
May 11 event to celebrate Canada on campus		2015-05-04
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…	2015-04-27
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…	2015-02-03
David Rossiter is new director of WWU Center for Canadian-American Studies		2014-11-20
Farewell party for Don Alper is Nov. 10		2014-10-28
Rossiter to interview for director of Center for American-Canadian Studies		2014-10-02
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.…	2014-06-13
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.	2014-06-11
WWU to participate in BC/Whatcom Cross-Border Expo June 12		2014-06-05
Alper to retire this fall from Center for Canadian-American Studies and BPRI		2014-06-04

May 11 event to celebrate Canada on campus

2015-05-04

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…

2015-04-27

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…

2015-02-03

David Rossiter is new director of WWU Center for Canadian-American Studies

2014-11-20

Farewell party for Don Alper is Nov. 10

2014-10-28

Rossiter to interview for director of Center for American-Canadian Studies

2014-10-02

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.…

2014-06-13

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.

2014-06-11

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

2014-06-05

Alper to retire this fall from Center for Canadian-American Studies and BPRI

2014-06-04