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CFGS is pleased to support Dr. Sophia Carodenuto’s recent application for a SSHRC Grant, Traders as agents of sustainability governance in global food supply chains: Initiating a research agenda.. As part of the funding she is able to share a graduate student opportunity for a funding a 2-year graduate Research Assistant position. The selected candidate will be admitted to a two-year Master's degree in Geography at UVic. She also has a 2-year funded graduate Research Assist...ant position through the SSHRC-funded project Follow the bean: Tracing zero deforestation cocoa. This opportunity is for an early-stage researcher interested in conducting field work in Côte d’Ivoire on sustainable cocoa production and trade as part of a Master’s degree in Geography at the University of Victoria. The deadline to apply for either opportunity is November 30, 2020 with anticipated start for September 2021. Click here for more details about the project and how to apply: http://ow.ly/awJo50CqFph

Happening tomorrow is a Webinar on "The Complex Relations Between Borders and the EU" by Benjamin Perrier. He is a scientific research collaborator and legal scholar in the "Borders in Globalization" program at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Victoria. When: November 24, 2020 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm... For more information on the Event please visit the European Studies Event page: http://ow.ly/ql7d50CqK3r

CFGS Congratulates Tom Gleeson, a former CFGS fellow and hydrologist in the Department of Civil Engineering who leads UVic’s Groundwater Science and Sustainability research group and founded the International Water Underground blog. Tom’s far-reaching contributions to groundwater research and sustainability have earned him a prestigious President’s Chairthe highest academic honour UVic can bestow on a faculty member. He is the second to receive the award, which was establis...hed in 2020 to recognize faculty who have achieved great distinction in research and teaching, and made significant contributions to UVic’s Strategic Framework priorities. Tom brings passion to each of these areas, through his extensive research, numerous high-profile publications, many collaborative projects on the international, provincial and local levels, and engaging civil engineering courses aimed at educating future leaders about the importance of water sustainability. For more information click here: http://ow.ly/25Q550CqJJ9

Over the past three years, the EUCAnet team collaborated with a group of scholars from across Canada (University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, Carleton University, Dalhousie University, University of Montreal, University of Ottawa, York University, University of Victoria) on enhancing the networking and outreach activities for the European Studies community in Canada. Beate Schmidtke, who led the project, was able to draw in a few fellows from the Centre for Gl...obal Studies to contribute to the ECSA-C. Pablo Ouziel was elected as the ECSA-C Young Researcher president and involved in various media alerts and the video production. Keith Cherry and Mehdi Hashemi wrote a policy memo and participated in our YRN interview series. Benjamin Perrier (BIG project), Miriam Müller (former fellow), doctoral students Franziska Fischer and Fazila Matt were also able to share their expertise in the field of European related studies. Last but not least the ECSA-C organization has had strong ties with the University of Victoria: Oliver Schmidtke and Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly were leading the organization as presidents in the past and brought the ECSA-C Biennials to the University of Victoria twice. Being strong supporters of this organization, they were happy to contribute to the expert comment series on COVID and the future of the EU together with Valerie D’Erman (European Studies lecturer and Board Member of ECSA-C) and Helga Hallgrimsdottir (BIG). Read more about the Project report Here: http://ow.ly/SGuO50Ckjhc

Less than two weeks left to submit your CFGS Fellowship application!!! Are you a graduate student in the process of writing your thesis or dissertation? or a Faculty member looking for a dedicated research residency? The Centre for Global Studies offers a variety of fellowship opportunities for qualified faculty and graduate students, both internal to UVIC and visiting scholars. ... Deadline: November 16th, 2020! Application packages available online here: http://ow.ly/6HPI50C7AHL -------------- Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue/ EUCAnet.org experts POLIS Water Sustainability Project EuropeanStudies UVic Borders In Globalization Add to Your Post

In law, the border is a common legal instrument of reciprocal and respective territorial differentiation between states. The European Union is a scene where we observe both the transformation of the bordering processes, the boundary-line and the transboundary spaces, legal modernity and juridical postmodernity. The territorial borders of the member states as well as the legal borders of the internal order of the states are integrated into the European "juridical and spatial" ...order and into common European policies. Among other effects, the European Union internalizes international borders and Europeanizes them in a harmonization of national policies, and in the emergence of a "territorial policy" or even a "territory" of the EU. The traditional functions of the border have thus changed. Police and customs controls have changed. Borders must now be "smart" and managed in a "shared" way. Because of the role of the EU, as an actor and as a factor, the state border on the scale of European construction is postmodernized. It means, States are not longer the only juridical operator in the phenomenon of legal bordering. There is no longer a modern border in the European Union. The interest of this lecture is to reflect on the new legal frontiers in general in the era of globalization. We will speak about the EU and the overtaking of modern borders in the light of material crossings; and about the EU and the overtaking of modern borders in the light of the relationship between legal orders. Benjamin Perrier is a scientific research collaborator and legal scholar in the "Borders in Globalization" program at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Victoria. When: November 24, 2020 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm Visit the European Studies Event page for webinar login information: http://ow.ly/BT7K50CdVKx

APPLICATION DEADLINE TONIGHT! Today is your last chance to submit an application for the 2021-2022 CFGS Fellowship Program. Are you a graduate student in the process of writing your thesis or dissertation? or a Faculty member looking for a dedicated research residency? ... The Centre for Global Studies offers a variety of fellowship opportunities for qualified faculty and graduate students, both internal to UVIC and visiting scholars Application packages available online here: http://ow.ly/6HPI50C7AHL --------------------------------- Borders In Globalization Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue/ EUCAnet.org experts POLIS Water Sustainability Project EuropeanStudies UVic UVIC

On October 7th we welcomed CFGS Faculty Fellow Megan Swift to present as part of our Global Talk Signature Series. She presented her research on Canada-Russia Arctic relations, highlighting the Arctic as a trans-national area that is uniquely capable of moving Canada-Russia relations forward. You can now watch the whole video online! https://bit.ly/3pQbF5x... Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue/ EUCAnet.org experts EuropeanStudies UVic Borders In Globalization POLIS Water Sustainability Project

Join us TONIGHT for the "Post US Election Debrief: Change or Continuity in Global Affairs in Asia?" This event aims to discuss the following questions: What are the prospects for multilateralism with a second Trump or new Biden Administration? How will this next presidency engage in trade policy (e.g., US-China, regional trade agreements), impacts on Taiwan and East Asian regional politics, COVID-19, climate & energy, and security. Join our speakers to debrief on the US elec...tion results and the implications for US-Asia foreign policy over the next four years and beyond? When: Friday, November 13th, 2020 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm (PT) For more info please click here: http://ow.ly/R2Dn50CkiRX

One Week Left for the Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) applications from qualified faculty and students, both internal to UVic and visiting scholars, interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary research community. The CFGS promotes critical citizenship in a complex and rapidly changing global environment including the advancement and understanding of major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. Facult...y and graduates students, both internal to UVic and visiting scholars, are invited to apply who are engaged in similar topics of a global dimension. These topics may include, but are not limited to: global governance, international environmental challenges, social and ecological justice issues, and culture and identity. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. The following fellowships are available: UVIC Graduate Student Fellowship UVIC Faculty Fellowship Visiting Graduate Fellowship Visiting Research Fellowship CFGS Associate Fellowship For more information on this click here: http://ow.ly/6HPI50C7AHL * Note: Deadline for Applications is on Monday November 16, 2020

Upcoming Webinar on "The Complex Relations Between Borders and the EU" by Benjamin Perrier. He is a scientific research collaborator and legal scholar in the "Borders in Globalization" program at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Victoria. When: November 24, 2020 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm... For more information on the Event please visit the European Studies Event page: http://ow.ly/BT7K50CdVKx

Congratulations to the European Studies Program Coordinator Amanada Merritt who has made the 2020 CBC Poetry Award longlist for her poem Let’s Not Bring The Will Into This. Amanada is a poet by trade and her debut collection, The Divining Pool, was shortlisted for the 2018 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her poetry has been published in both U.K. and Canadian journals, including Stand, Descant and Prairie Fire. In another life, Amanda was the founding poetry editor for the online literary magazine The Scores. You can read more about Let’s Not Bring The Will Into This, as well as the CBC Poetry Award here: http://ow.ly/ovZj50CdV6i

We are so glad they found a way to make this year’s event virtual and keep this amazing opportunity for students available.

Are you constantly refreshing your web browser to check the latest vote count in Georgia? Do you suddenly know way too much about the number of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania and the percentage that tilted Democrat or Republican? Are you dreading the days and weeks of legal wrangling that lie ahead? ... CFGS Director Oliver Schmidtke and Frederick Grouzet broke down Canadians’ growing sense of unease over the possible outcome of the US presidential election with Lindsay Kines from the Times Colonist. You can read the full article online here: http://ow.ly/xcTU50CdZwe

A recording of the co-presentation "Ethical Considerations and Guidance for Ethical Participatory Video Practice" by POLIS Co-Director Kelly Bannister and her Piikani mentor and colleague Elder Ira Provost is now available. This Webinar was the fourth in the Keeping the Fire Burning Series hosted by The Resilience Institute. The series supports knowledge mobilization and capacity development for Indigenous community-based researchers using participatory video as a method to document and share the stories of their communities related to traditional fire practices. You can watch the event recording online here: http://ow.ly/MI2Y50C7Chp

Our upcoming event is on the "Post US Election Debrief: Change or Continuity in Global Affairs in Asia?" This event aims to discuss the following questions: What are the prospects for multilateralism with a second Trump or new Biden Administration? How will this next presidency engage in trade policy (e.g., US-China, regional trade agreements), impacts on Taiwan and East Asian regional politics, COVID-19, climate & energy, and security. Join our speakers to debrief on the US ...election results and the implications for US-Asia foreign policy over the next four years and beyond? Speakers: Hugh Stephens (Principal, Trans-Pacific Connections, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Committee on Pacific Economic Cooperation (CANCPEC), Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Executive Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary); Melissa Low Yu Xing (Research Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute, currently pursuing her PhD studies part-time at the National University of Singapore’s Department of Geography); Michael Peil (Vice Dean and Associate Professor, Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law, Bhutan); and Wen-Chen Chang (Dean and Professor, National Chiao Tung University School of Law & Professor, National Taiwan University College of Law). Co-chairs: Oliver Schmidtke (Professor, Depts. of Political Science & History & Director of the Centre for Global Studies) and Victor Ramraj (Professor, UVic Law & Director of the Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives) This event is the second in the US Election and Global Affairs Lecture Series co-hosted by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI), the Centre for Global Studies (CFGS), and the Victoria Forum. This event is also co-sponsored by the Canadian International Council Victoria Branch (CIC). Event Details: When: Friday, November 13th, 2020 Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm (PT) * Note: Rregistration is required for this event. Click here to register: http://ow.ly/Zs4h50C7z4k

CFGS Graduate Student Alumni Smith Oduro-Marfo has recently co-authored a research report on the inclusion and exclusion dimensions of the ID ecosystem in Ghana. The project was supported by Caribou Digital and the Australia’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade, via its support for the Commonwealth Digital ID Initiative. The report can be found here: http://ow.ly/XHJR50C7BsH

Thank-you to all our wonderful panellists, moderators, co-hosts, and event participants who made this event as spectacular as it was! The full recording is now online! Last week CFGS, the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, and the Victoria Forum co-hosted a US Election Preview event where panellists discussed the prospects for global politics under a second Trump or a first Biden administration. Discussion focused on how both global politics in general, and the American r...ole in the world more specifically, have changed during the Trump years and how/if we can expect that to change under the next administration. --------------- UVIC University of Victoria Faculty of Law UCLA School of Law Department of Political Science, UVic Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law --------------- Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue/ EUCAnet.org experts EuropeanStudies UVic Borders In Globalization --------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evm5wDkapac&t=1132s See more

Last year CFGS Alumni Renu Modi co-edited a book titled, "Common Threads: Fabrics Made-in-India for Africa. Common Threads explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of cloth, from antiquity to the present. You can read the open access version of the book online here. Recently, they released a documentary on the project, which you can watch online here: http://ow.ly/z90850C1lG0 To read the book click here: http://ow.ly/x8XU50C1lG1

The Cascadia Report published in in-depth interview with CFGS Oliver Schmidtke titled, "Putting Cascadia on the Global Stage". Oliver spoke about his career path, the Cascadia Innovation Corridor, his work on migration studies, his leadership style, and key lessons he's learned over the course of his career. There may even be a couple shout-outs to CFGS in there as well. Read the full interview here: http://ow.ly/11bK50BURgx

On Thursday and Friday October 15 and 16th, Nicole Bates-Eamer, CFGS Graduate Fellow and PICS Scholar on the Centre’s project on Climate Displacement Mapping the BC Context, attended the 2020 (Virtual) PICS Student Forum. This year's theme was about Engaged Research and how PICS projects can effectively engage with ‘Solution Seekers’ those people or organizations that will ultimately use PICS-supported research to advance climate solutions. In addition to the PICS’ leader...ship, 47 students and postdocs engaged with PICS’ research attended; Nicole was one of six students to give a 3-minute Lightning Talk on the Climate Displacement Project. The Climate Displacement project also served as one of two case studies discussed throughout the Forum. Nicole is currently working on the final project report and will present to the CFGS community on the November 18th Global Talk. View the project here: http://ow.ly/bEwl50C1l7X

Participatory Video (PV) offers ways for communities to be directly involved in sharing and shaping their own stories by having a lead role in creating their own films. The process of PV brings people together to explore issues, be creative, share in their own voices what they feel is important, and communicate this to others through the medium of film. While PV is designed to elevate the authentic voice the community, important ethical questions and issues can still arise ab...out the processes as well as the products that are co-created. For example, these might relate to ensuring communities are the beneficiaries of the work, creating culturally meaningful and appropriate consent processes, protecting the knowledge and wisdom that is shared from being misunderstood and misused, and ensuring community responsibilities and rights are upheld in the final products. This webinar is an invitation to learn and share about the responsibilities, values and rights that surface in PV practice with Indigenous communities. Through a combination of presentation, conversation and interactive discussion with participants, speakers will highlight relevant ethical guidance, explore practical examples of ethical considerations in participatory video, and offer suggestions, ideas and resources for how to be aware of and respectfully address the issues that may arise. Speakers: Kelly Bannister (Co-Director, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance) and Elder Ira Provost (Piikani First Nation and Manager of Piikani Nation Consultation). When: October 28, 2020 Time: 9:00AM (PT) Link to Registration here: http://ow.ly/V7EY50C1kg2

Our 2019-2020 Annual Report includes a message from Director Oliver Schmidtke and well as updates from our existing projects and working groups. This reporting period we welcomed a new project to the Centre along with 13 new Fellows & Scholars, and 4 new Associate Fellows. In addition, this report contains an overview of our featured events, awards, publications, new funding opportunities, and media appearances for the year. A special thank-you to Karen Yen who did all the graphic design work for us again this year Read the full report here: http://ow.ly/E3ER50BUQCE

Watersheds 2020 'Stepping Stones to Collaborative Governance' brought together more than 200 water champions from across B.C. and Canada to learn from one another, and explore initiatives and opportunities for robust and innovative partnerships and watershed decision-making. Please, take a few minutes to fill out this short survey to help us evaluate the effectiveness of this gathering and identify next steps to keep the dialogue and action going! Link for Survey: http://ow.ly/9x2250C1kJC

This is the first webinar of the international series Democracy in Latin America co-sponsored by the Centre for Global Studies and the Latin American Studies Program. The aim of the series is to raise awareness about democracy in Latin America by maintaining online intellectual exchanges between academia and civil society from different parts of the Americas. On this occasion we address the rise of far-right populist political leaders and its challenges to democracy. Particip...ants will elaborate on historical aspects of far-right ideologies and their international networks, as well as the current dynamics of far right groups particularly in Uruguay and Bolivia. The webinar will be moderated by Fabricio Teló (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and chaired by Beatriz de Alba-Koch (University of Victoria). This webinar will be bilingual. Simultaneous translation will be available. Speakers: Margareth Power (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA); Gerardo Caetano (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay); and Ángela Cáceres (Colectivo La Vanguardia, Bolívia). When: October 30, 2020 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm (PT) Link to registration here:http://ow.ly/hva650BUPXA

This week we are welcoming Rowan Salverda to the Centre as our new Work-study Student. Rowan is a first year student studying European Languages in the Department of Humanities. Rowan is fluent in English, Dutch, and French and is conversational in Spanish and Italian - a perfect fit here at CFGS! Over the next few weeks Rowan will be taking over responsibilities for compiling and sending out our weekly On-Tap newsletter and will also be assisting with some administrative support at the Centre. Welcome to the team Rowan!