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Check out the latest episode of the Frontlines Are Everywhere podcast🎙️
Host Jeff Corntassel sits down with Chris Teuton and Roger Fernandes to discuss storytelling as a tool for transformation, education, and more!
Tune in here: tinyurl.com/Frontlines-15
Check out this video from Director General Lainkana to get a sense of what he will explore in his keynote: youtu.be/eBuCeU_i7xw
Join us on July 28th @ 8–11am PST for a FREE special keynote from the Director General of Customs of Madagascar, Zafivanona E. Lainkana!
Register here: forms.office.com/r/7Brfzfqtju
#borders #customs #ai
Join us on Monday, July 21st @ 8AM PST for a FREE open-access session exploring environmental law across borders! 🌎
Register here: forms.office.com/r/7Brfzfqtju
Have you tuned in yet to the latest episode of the #Frontlines Podcast?🎙️
Jeff and Vivian discuss the significance of basket-weaving and her early challenges making baskets out of rivercane.
Check it out here: youtu.be/um_WsKJbI2U
What do Indigenous internationalisms encompass? 🌎
Program director and institute lead Jeff Corntassel explores this question and more.
Register today for the Indigenous Internationalisms and Border Crossings institute: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-I...
#Indigenous #borders #BIG_Lab
Discover how AI is transforming the ways we manage #borders 🌍
Join experts from around the world to learn about AI’s practical applications in trade facilitation and to become a principled consumer and designer of #AI systems.
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-AI
Jamie Ferrill (Professor, Charles Sturt University) shares a sneak-peek into the #BIG_Lab Modern #Border Security Management Summer Institute exploring the contemporary border #security issues.
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-SEC
As #borders continue to make headlines, understanding contemporary border issues is increasingly important.
That's why we're pleased to offer a new institute exploring the #management of border disputes 🌏
Seats remaining: ✅
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-MBD
Jamie Ferrill (Professor, Charles Sturt University) shares a sneak-peek into the #BIG_Lab Modern #Border Security Management Summer Institute exploring the contemporary border #security issues.
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-SEC
Discover the latest in trade and customs facilitation and enforcement 🌍
Join experts from around the world to deepen your knowledge of trade and customs networks.
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-TC
Have you ever wondered how international actors and states manage the flow of people across borders? 🌍
Join experts from around the world to explore the migration regimes that facilitate international mobility.
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-MOB
As #borders continue to make headlines, understanding contemporary border issues is increasingly important.
That's why we're pleased to offer a new institute exploring the #management of border disputes 🌏
Seats remaining: ✅
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-SUMMER-MBD
Oliver Brandes (Co-Director, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance) shares a sneak-peek into the #BIG_Lab Ecological #Border Management Summer Institute. #Borders
Keep an eye out for session previews of our other Summer Institutes! 👀
Image shows people at a march for Indigenous rights. Text reads: Summer institutes. Indigenous Internationalisms and Border Crossings. Explore how Indigenous nations are expressing their relationships to land and waters through complex diplomacies and forms of engagement. Register now to attend online or in person at the University of Victoria, BC. 28-30 Jul 2025. Borders in Globalization.
This Indigenous People's Month, @big-lab.bsky.social is hosting a series of sessions led by Indigenous leaders, scholars, and policy-makers. If you're interested, the sessions are available both online and in person! You can register here: biglobalization.org/summer/indig...
Why enrol in a #BIGLab Summer Institute exploring contemporary #borders?
Project Director Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly has the answers.
Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/ybds6jme
Looking to make global connections in your field of work or study? 🌎 🤝
Collaborate with like-minded scholars and professionals from around the world through the BIG Lab Summer Institute program. #Borders #BIG_Lab
Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/ybds6jme
Join us for the next CFGS-BIG Talk featuring Dr. Andrew Burridge!
📍 Online via Zoom or in person at UVic (SED C168)
📷 June 4th, 2025, 10:30am-12:00pm PST
Register to attend on Zoom: tinyurl.com/CFGS-BIG-Tal...
More details: tinyurl.com/CFGS-BIG-Tal...
Join us for our next BIG Talk webinar featuring Anthony Asiwaju!
📍 Online via Zoom or in person at UVic (SED C168)
📅 May 26th, 2025, 10-11:30am PST
Register to attend on Zoom: tinyurl.com/Big-Talk-Reg...
More details: tinyurl.com/Asiwaju-BIG-...
Join us on May 14th for a dynamic discussion with Ben Rohrbaugh exploring how digital tools are transforming how borders are secured, managed, and modernized.
📆 May 14th, 2025 @ 12pm PST (19:00 UTC)
📍 Online via Microsoft Teams
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-Web-May-14
Couldn't make it to today's webinar? We've got you covered!
Check out the recording here: tinyurl.com/3vzcb9f2
Join us to learn from Jean Peyrony (Director General, MOT) how strong leadership and smart planning enable organizations to respond to complexity and crisis!
📆 May 7th, 2025, 8am PST (3pm UTC)
📍 Online via Microsoft Teams
Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/BIG-Web-May-7
Borders in Globalization Upcoming Events
Interested in discussing how border management is shifting? @big-lab.bsky.social are hosting two free, in-depth Q&A-style sessions in the month of May!
If you haven't yet registered for our next BIG_Talk, this is your reminder! 🔔
Irasema Coronado and Hector Antonio Padilla Delgado will be sharing their research on migrant integration and settlement in Ciudad Juárez.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/BIG-Talk-Apr...
Register: tinyurl.com/BIG-Talk-Reg...
Deadline for abstract submission: May 10th, 2025
Are you working on border regions by examining mobility and social interactions of people across country borders?
Olle Järv, Ate Poorthuis and Philippe Gerber invite you to submit your research for consideration for a special issue of Regional Studies.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/3nbnvhu5
World map with text overlaid / title: Exploring Borders in the 21st Century / text: Learn from top academics and policy readers to develop a comprehensive understanding of contemporary border issues / register now to attend online or in person at the University of Victoria, BC / July 2025 / Borders in Globalization
Professional Development Opportunity 🚨
Discover the latest in border research and policy through one of our Summer Institutes exploring contemporary border issues 🌎
Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/ybds6jme
Join us for our next BIG Talk webinar featuring Irasema Coronado and Hector Antonio Padilla Delgado!
📍 Online via Zoom or in person at UVic (SED C168)
📅 April 28th, 2025, 10–11:30am PST
Register to attend on Zoom: tinyurl.com/BIG-Talk-Reg...
More details: tinyurl.com/BIG-Talk-Apr...
Congrats to BIG_Lab grad students Emma Bowick, Nazia Arifa, and Ben Ajabuin on their engaging panel at the @absborders.bsky.social Annual Conference in Seattle! 🎉
