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Rafika Merini, associate professor, Modern and Classical Languages, attended by special invitation the University at Buffalo Regional Institute’s “Region’s Edge Intelligence Briefing,” a critical examination of the Buffalo Niagara and Southern Ontario cross-border region, held at UB on June 14. She took part in a discussion and a reception following a presentation by a panel of experts. Merini has been invited yearly to UB’s Niagara Colloquium, where the guests give presentations on their Canada-related activities and research interests. She highlights the activities of the Buffalo State/University of Ontario Trois-Pistoles French Immersion Program as its founder and director and as a patron. She also discusses her teaching of French and Francophone literature in translation.