Online registration will be open until September 15.

We are pleased to invite you participate in our first Borders in Globalization (BIG) Conference on September 25-26, 2014, at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. The conference is followed by an optional field trip on September 27 crossing the Canada-U.S. border twice at Akwesasne/St. Regis and Landsdowne/Thousand Islands.

The goal of the BIG conference is to assemble the more than 100 faculty, non-academic partners and graduate students engaged in research and writing about borders in globalization under the auspices of the project, and to share this work on borders with a widening circle of participants interested in borders in globalization.

The participants will engage in two days of presentations and discussions aimed at introducing themes and concepts, exploring the intersection of themes and regions, and focusing on initial case studies developed by researchers. The organization of the conference is based on the BIG project themes and regions defined as the underlying structure of the project: themes – culture, flows, governance, history, security, sustainability – and regions of Canada (Alberta, Arctic, Atlantic, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Prairies), and selected international regions in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

A modest conference registration fee is required to cover costs not allowed by the SSHRC grant. The registration fee is $60 CAN. Students will not be charged for participation.