The Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue organized a conference and produced a series of publications integrating major Europe-Canada events over the past seven years.
On March 10-11, 2016, CETD held a major international conference featuring leading scholars from across Canada and Europe who reflected on developments over the last decade and potential areas of convergence or divergence between Europe and Canada in the face of current international and domestic issues. The conference represented an attempt to synthesize major findings on the following topics: cooperation in dealing with international conflict; prospects for intensified trade and investment; and comparing Canadian and European responses to challenges such as environmental sustainability and climate change, migration and integration of immigrants, managing economic crisis, policies for inclusive growth and social inclusion, and issues of democratic legitimacy and governance. More information
A Lightning Policy Brief Series — a suite of policy briefs aiming to stimulate public thought and action — was produced in conjunction with this conference.
Speaker bios
Conference agenda
Opening remarks
Speakers:
Joan DeBardeleben, Carleton University
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H. E. Marie-Anne Coninsx, Delegation of the European Union to Canada
Alan Bowman, Canadian Mission to the EU (Belgium)
Opportunities and Challenges in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation
Andreas Ziegler, University of Lausanne (Switzerland): Europe and the TTIP
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Ljiljana Biuković, University of British Columbia: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Canada’s Trade and Investment Policy Choices from NAFTA to CETA
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Marc Bungenberg, University of Saarland (Germany): Ratification of CETA in the EU
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Armand de Mestral, McGill University (Chair and Discussant): CETA: The First of the Mega-Regional Trade Agreements
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Crisis Management and the EU-Canada Strategic Partnership
Markus Kaim, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Germany): The EU and Russia: The Pan-European Order at the Crossroads
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Alan Bowman, Canadian Mission to the EU (Belgium): Canada-EU Security Cooperation in Practice
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Manfred Auster, EU Delegation, Ottawa: Joint Contributions to Crisis Management in CSDP
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Costanza Musu, University of Ottawa: Ten Years of Policy towards the Middle East: Comparing Canada’s and the EU’s Approaches
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Ruben Zaotti, Dalhousie University (Chair and Discussant)
Europe and Canada Respond to Challenges of Environmental Sustainability
Sibyl Steuwer, Free University Berlin (Germany): Acceleration or Stagnation of Environmental Sustainability in Europe: The Role of Pioneers
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Matthew Paterson, University of Ottawa: The European Experience of Climate Change Policy-Making: Lessons for Canada
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Inger Weibust, Carleton University: Two Rivers That Do Not Meet: Canadian and EU Approaches to Watershed Management
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Joan DeBardeleben, Carleton University (Chair and Discussant)
Challenges in Migration and Integration of Immigrants
Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield (UK): The Drivers of Migration Governance in the EU
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Howard Duncan, Metropolis, Carleton University: Migration Governance: The Role of Cities
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Agnieszka Weinar, European University Institute (Italy): Europeanisation of Migration Policies in Europe: A Dead End?
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Oliver Schmidtke, University of Victoria (Chair and Discussant)
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After the Euro Crisis
Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa: A Canadian Perspective on the Euro Area’s New Financial Governance Regime
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Tatjana Muravska, University of Latvia (Latvia): EU Newer Member States: Monetary Integration Maturity
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George Ross, Université de Montréal: Saving the Euro: Policies, Institutions, and Politics in the Eurozone Crisis
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Kurt Hübner, University of British Columbia (Chair and Discussant)
Inclusive Growth, Social Innovation, and Social Inclusion
Ana Marta Guillén Rodríguez, University of Oviedo (Spain) and European Social Observatory (Belgium): Quo Vadis Social Europe? Prospects for Inclusive Growth and Social Innovation in the EU
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Céline Bellot, Centre d’étude sur la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale, Montréal and Université de Montréal: Social Inclusion: Policies and Challenges
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Doug Murphy, Social Policy Directorate, Employment and Social Development Canada: Inclusive Growth, Social Innovation and Social Inclusion: Challenges and Federal Government Approaches
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Jane Jenson, Université de Montréal (Chair and Discussant)
Challenges of Democratic Legitimacy: Confronting Citizen Apathy and the Democratic Deficit
Alexander Trechsel, EU Democracy Observatory, European University Institute (Italy): The Europeanization of European Democracy
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Jon Pammett, Carleton University: Is Voting Turnout Still Declining?
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Lawrence LeDuc, University of Toronto: Voice vs. Votes: Adapting the Institutions and Processes of Direct Democracy to Improve Citizen Engagement and Participation
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Nicole Goodman, University of Toronto: Electoral Modernization in Canada and Europe: Trends and Impacts
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Joan DeBardeleben, Carleton University (Chair and Discussant)
Democratic Governance and Multi-Level Systems
Arthur Benz, Technical University Darmstadt (Germany): One Size Does Not Fit All: Varieties of Multi-Level Coordination in Canada and Europe
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Jörg Broschek, Wilfrid Laurier University: The Politics of Boundary Control in Multi-Level Systems: Europe and Canada Compared
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Lori Thorlakson, University of Alberta: The Evolution of Accountability Mechanisms in Multi-Level Systems: Implications for Canada and the EU
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Donna Wood, University of Victoria (Chair and Discussant)
This event received support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Carleton University’s Faculty of Public Affairs Research Month.