Archives: Policy Briefs

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Policy Brief: “Governing Canada and the EU: Key Similarities and Differences” by Amy Verdun and Donna Wood

Policy Brief (August 2011) by Amy Verdun and Donna E. Wood (University of... More

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Policy Brief: “Using European Governance Ideas to Open Up Canadian Federalism: The Case of Labour Market Policy” by Donna Wood

Policy Brief (August 2011) by Donna E. Wood, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of... More

Friday, June 17, 2011

Policy Brief: “The Canada-U.S. perimeter: Towards a North American Schengen?” by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly

Policy Brief (June 2011) by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Jean Monet Chair in European Border and Region Policy and Director of EU Centre of Excellence, University of Victoria. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama met on Friday February 4, 2011, to launch what the media have called the Washington Declaration : two... More

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Policy Brief: What Kind of Parliament? A Comparative Perspective on the European Parliament

Policy Brief (March 2011) By Arthur Benz, Technische Universität... More

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Policy Brief: CETA: Stumbling Blocks in Ongoing Negotiations-Interview with Christopher Kukucha by Kurt Hübner / Document d’information – AECG : Obstacles dans les négociations en cours-Entrevue avec Christopher Kukucha par Kurt Hübner

Policy Brief (May 2010) By Kurt Hübner, University of British Columbia Interview with Christopher Kukucha, Associate professor of political science at the University of Lethbridge This policy brief examines the issue of public procurement in the context of the negotiations between Canada and the European Union (EU) on a Comprehensive Economic... More

Monday, March 15, 2010

Policy Brief: “A New Approach to Citizenship and Integration: Some Facts about Recent Policy Changes in Germany” by Elke Winter and Kristina John

Policy Brief (March 2010) by Elke Winter and Kristina... More

Monday, March 15, 2010

Policy Brief: “Civil society in the EU: a strong player or a fig-leaf for the democratic deficit?” by Ingeborg Tömmel

Policy Brief (March 2010) by Ingeborg Tömmel, Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and Policies, University of Osnabrück, Germany This paper asks why civil society has become such an important actor and what role it plays in the European polity. The policy paper will trace the evolution of civil society as an additional player in European... More

Monday, March 1, 2010

La flexibilité des parlements dans les systèmes de gouvernance à niveaux multiples : ce que le Canada peut apprendre de l’Union européenne / Resilience of parliaments in multilevel government: What Canada can learn from the European Union

Document d’information, mars 2010 / Policy Brief, March 2010 By Arthur Benz, Fern Universität Hagen French version English... More

Friday, January 1, 2010

Policy Brief: “One Hand Giveth, the Other Taketh Away: Emissions Trading Schemes & Barriers to Expansion in a Liberalized Aviation Market by Mark Glynn

Policy Brief (January 2010) by Mark Glynn, under the supervision of Professor Armand de Mestral, Jean Monnet Chair in the Law of International Economic Integration This paper examines the seemingly paradoxical relationship between the soon to be implemented liberal aviation marketplace between Canada and the European Union and the EU’s... More

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Policy Brief: “Activating the Citizen: Addressing dilemmas of participation in Europe and Canada” by Joan DeBardeleben and Jon Pammett

Policy Brief (September 2009) by Joan DeBardeleben and Jon H. Pammett, Carleton... More

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Policy Brief: “The Launch of Negotiations for an Encompassing EU-Canada Economic Partnership” by Kurt Hübner

Policy Brief (July 2009) by Kurt Hübner, University of British Columbia The EU-Canada Summit held in Prague on May 6, 2009, marked the end of preparatory talks between Canada and the EU on a closer economic relationship. What hitherto had sailed under various flags was in Prague finally christened the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement... More

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Policy brief: “Creating a more attractive European Union – is the EU Blue Card just cosmetic?” by Sinéad Costelloe

Policy Memo (May 2009) by Sinéad Costelloe - Under the supervision of Oliver Schmidtke, Jean Monnet Chair in European History and Politics, University of... More

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