VIEWING US-CANADA RELATIONS

VIEWING US-CANADA RELATIONS FROM THE BELTWAY: University of Victoria law professor Ted McDorman is heading to Washington, D.C. to examine the sometimes fractious nature of Canada-U.S. ocean disputes as a Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations. He’ll spend five months at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, next door to the White House, examining the two countries’ bilateral relationship across a wide range of ocean issues including maritime boundaries, navigation (especially the North West Passage) and fisheries.
“The Wilson Centre is amazing. I hope to take full advantage of its range of seminars and close proximity to the people who determine and influence the relationship between Canada and the U.S.,” says McDorman. An expert in ocean law and policy and international trade, in 2002 he spent two years as academic-in-residence in the legal bureau of the department of foreign affairs in Ottawa. “Canada is not always on the top of U.S. agenda, yet the relationship is usually very close,” he says. “The U.S. interacts with and relies on us in ways the Canadian public wouldn’t necessarily know about.”
For 60 years the Fulbright international education and exchange program has involved 250,000 scholars in 151 countries. It was established to identify the best scholars in each country and engage them in exchanges consistent with the highest standards of the program. McDorman begins his appointment in January 2007.

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