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Mission

Advance the understanding of and action on major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. Through diverse research and international development activities, the Centre promotes collaborative policy solutions to the human, economic and environmental challenges posed by globalization.

Mandate

Since its formal inception in 1998 The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) at the University of Victoria has had a mandate to conduct collaborative, policy-oriented inquiry into the impacts of globalization on a broad spectrum of inter-related issues encompassing international governance, finance, the environment, security, and sustainable development. Building on the university’s existing base of interdisciplinary expertise, the Centre provides a vehicle for linking scholarship with the needs of policy-makers for concise and accessible information and analysis in response to the pressing challenges of global change.

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Latest Stories

Jack Littlepage in AUCC's Canada-Brazil Blog

May 7, 2012

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Jack Littlepage's work in Brazil is featured in AUCC blog on the Canadian universities' presidents mission to Brazil.

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MIT-Harvard-CFR Workshop on People, Power & CyberPolitics

March 21, 2012

Meeting report on people Power & Cyber Politics which CFGS Director Gordon Smith took part in.

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Students Discuss Human Rights with UN Official

March 16, 2012

Students from Prof. Susan Bazilli’s International Human Rights Law class and members of the CUNY International Law Society recently met with Ivan Šimonovic’, assistant secretary-general for human rights .

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Young Protesters in the Middle East

March 15, 2012

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A public discussion forum on youth and student activism in the Middle East. Come to the David Lam Auditorium at UVic at 7pm on March 15th.

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