The UND Borderlands Institute will serve as a clearinghouse, motivator, information exchange center, and resource for faculty, community members, campus and community organizations, and businesses desiring to pursue projects focused on Canada. Goals and objectives are as follows: • The Institute will develop, support, and enhance curricula focused on border issues. • The Institute will encourage, develop, and support research and scholarship about border issues and/or involving cross-border collaboration. • The Institute will encourage and support cross-border cultural exchanges. • The Institute will encourage and support collaboration around problems related to border issues or problems that are intrinsically cross-border. • The Institute will encourage interactions that could support or lead to economic collaboration. • The Institute will promote cross-border agreement on issues of common interest.