Archives: Policy Papers

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Working policy paper: “The Canadian Politics of Fair-Share during NATO’s Formative Years” by Dominika Kunertova

Working paper (April 2015) by Dominika Kunertova, PhD candidate at Université de Montréal The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) connects the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean by providing Canada, the United States, and Europe with a common defence framework. In the field of defence and security, the burden-sharing problem of distributing... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Policy Paper: “Social policy coordination in Canada: learning from the EU” by Bart Vanhercke

Policy Paper (April 2015) By Bart Vanhercke (European Social Observatory) and Madeleine Read (Brigham Young University) This policy paper (a) explores the reasons that people should consider the parallels between Canada and the European Union, (b) describes the instruments of the Open Method of Coordination and what lessons Canada might be able to... More

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Policy Paper: “La réponse de l’UE au printemps arabe, quelles leçons pour le Canada?” par Chantal Lavallée

Document contextuelle (Février 2015) par Chantal Lavallée, chercheuse invitée au Centre d'excellence sur l'Union européenne de l’Université de Montréal/McGill University Contexte: Au début de l’année 2011, des manifestations sans précédent en Tunisie et en Égypte mènent à l’exil du président tunisien Ben Ali et à la démission... More

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Policy Paper: “Lessons Learned from Transatlantic Electoral Assistance in the Palestinian Territories” by Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert

Policy Paper (February 2014) By Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert, visiting scholar at the Centre for European Studies At a time when an unprecedented wave of democratization is rippling through the Arab world, it is very important to reevaluate the actors’ commitment to democracy promotion and to examine the challenges which they must overcome if... More

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Policy Paper: “Multi-level Governance of Energy in the EU: a Model for the WTO?” by Davide Soto Naranjo

Policy Paper (September 2013) By Davide Soto Naranjo (LL.M, McGill University), former Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue research intern In this policy paper, the origins of the regulation of trade in energy will be explored from the beginning of the European integration process until today. Subsequently, an account of the state of play of the... More

Friday, March 1, 2013

Policy Paper: “Financial Exchange Mergers: European and North American Experiences”

Policy Paper (March 2013) By Matthew Gravelle, Doctoral Candidate, University of British Columbia The last decade has seen a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the financial exchange industry. This policy paper looks at two recent, high-profile merger proposals that failed : DB’s blocked acquisition of NYX, and the London Stock Exchange’s... More

Monday, January 21, 2013

Policy Paper: “The European Citizens’ Initiative: An early assessment of the European Union’s new participatory democracy instrument”

Policy Paper (January 2013) by Marcel Sangsari, Publications and Liaison Officer, Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue The world’s first transnational, digital right of initiative, the European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) took effect on April 1, 2012, when the EU Regulation on the citizen’s initiative entered into force. Despite its rocky... More

Monday, December 17, 2012

“Immigration and Multi-level Governance in Canada and Europe: The role of municipalities as integration ‘policy innovators'”

Policy Paper by Alexander Gunn, University of Victoria Cities are increasingly identified in Canadian academic and policy literature as being an integral support structure for the settlement and integration of immigrants to Canada – often serving as the “first point of contact” between newcomers and government due to the day-to-day... More

Monday, June 20, 2011

Policy Paper: “The role of sustainable public procurement policies and non-governmental certification schemes in the EU and Canada in the context of trade rules” by Patrick Clark

Policy Paper (June 2011) by Patrick Clark, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, Carleton University This paper comes out of the 4 March 2011 workshop on Local Food Policy held by the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue at the British High Commission in Ottawa. A common topic identified by workshop participants was the role of... More

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Policy Paper: “The Governance of Activation in Europe: What can we learn from a literature review?” by Kathleen Angers / La gouvernance des politiques d’activation en Europe: qu’est-ce qu’une revue de la littérature nous apprend? par Kathleen Angers

Policy Paper (January 2011) by Kathleen Angers, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal, working under the supervision of CETD researcher Denis Saint-Martin, Université de Montréal. English version French... More

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Policy Paper: “Opportunity in a Time of Crisis: Stimulus Packages and the Green New Deal” by Patricia Reid

Working Policy Paper (August 2009) by Patricia Reid This research was completed as part of an internship at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung, IÖW) in Berlin, Germany, under the supervision of Ulrich Petschow. The internship was made possible by the Canada-Europe Transatlantic... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Policy Paper: “Canadian social policy in comparative perspective with the Baltic (and Nordic) welfare states: how have elephants’ neighbours developed their social policies?” by Florence Larocque

Policy Paper (March 2009) by Florence Larocque, Département de science politique, Université de... More

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