Programs

Thomson Hall, Room 238, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Box 353650, Seattle, WA 98195-3650, Phone: (206) 543-6269, Email: canstud@u.washington.edu

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Principles

1. Freedom of speech and inquiry; open and rational discussion; intellectual and ethical integrity.

2. Equity in opportunities and employment

3. Collegial forms of governance that provide appropriate opportunities for participation of all members of the program

4. Environments for work and study that are safe and healthy, foster mutual respect and civility and support our recognition that our people are our primary strength

5. Public and internal accountability.

Mission

In serving the people of Washington state and the global community, the Canadian Studies Program and center seek, through their teaching, research, artistic practice and outreach to be a community of learning, knowledge and accomplishment judged to be excellent when measured against the highest international standards.

Goals
1. offer our undergraduate students a program that is innovative, challenging and appropriate for students whose concerns will lie largely in the twenty-first century;
2. continue with the development and enhancement of our undergraduate program; 3. develop a graduate program;
4. promote research, original scholarship and artistic activity judged to be excellent by the highest international standards;
5. foster collaborative research within the university and with other institutions
6. collaborate with other post-secondary institutions and with public and private
bodies to ensure that we are providing relevant and responsive programs that draw on our academic strengths;
7. develop, in light of the changing demographic profile of our students, innovative ways to make the program more accessible, notably for minority groups who are presently under- represented in our student body;
8. strive to relate our program to the economic, environmental, professional and social challenges occurring beyond our campus by further development of internship programs and cooperative education;
9. serve the local and wider community by providing programs of continuing education that respond to the needs among our population for life long learning.

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