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A Brief History

In the summer of 1995, the Steering Committee of the Golden Horseshoe Educational Alliance decided that a bi-national conference would be an excellent means by which to develop academic relations between students throughout the cross-border region. Crossing Borders became a reality in March of 1996 as students convened at Niagara University to share ideas and discuss a wide range of cross-border issues. Since then, the conference has become an annual event and has flourished, receiving attention from key sectors of the academic community. The conference has been generously supported by both the U.S. Consulate General, Toronto and the Canadian Consulate General, Buffalo as well as government officials and scholars from both sides of the border.

Beginning in 2008, the annual conference will be hosted in alternate years by The University at Buffalo and Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario.

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2010 Conference

The University at Buffalo will host Crossing Borders March 25th - 26th, 2010.  The deadline for Abstracts is February 12th. Full papers and are due March 5th.  

Conference registration deadline: March 12th.  Please email Donna with your contact information.

For our Canadian participants, please remember that you will need a passport or other secure documentation for border crossing.  Please refer to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative for more information.