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Monday, May 11, 2015

Policy Brief: “La reconnaissance de l’Union européenne à L’Organisation de l’Aviation Civile Internationale : une perspective canadienne” par Armand de Mestral et Mathieu Vaugeois

Note de synthèse (Mai 2015) par Armand de Mestral et Mathieu Vaugeois. De Mestral est professeur émérite, titulaire de la Chaire Jean Monnet en intégration économique internationale à l'Université McGill, et Vaugeois est membre du Barreau du Québec et détenteur d’une maîtrise en droit LL.M. de l’Institut de droit aérien et spatial... More

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 Brief: “Immigration, Immigration Perception and the Radical Right-Wing Vote in Europe: What is the empirical link?” by Daniel Stockemer

New policy brief by Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa. The pictures of immigrants trying to reach the Italian, Greek, and Spanish shores from the Middle East are a constant in the news. Escaping war, violence, and poverty, hundreds of illegal immigrants try to reach the European Union daily. In addition to the nearly 500,000... 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, January 15, 2015

Lead CETD researcher Oliver Schmidtke launches new book on migrants and the labour market!

CETD lead researcher, Dr. Oliver Schmidtke (University of Victoria) has co-authored a new book: Work in Transition: Cultural Capital and Highly Skilled Migrants' Passages into the Labour Market More information on the book, published by the University of Toronto Press, is available here. Congrats, Prof.... More

Friday, December 12, 2014

Policy Brief: “Veiled Women: Open Threats?” by Robert Gould

New policy brief by Robert Gould. This paper examines the following question: If it is unacceptable for a woman to be obliged by family or co-religionists to hide her face in public, is it acceptable for the state to oblige her to reveal it even if she herself does not want to? In contrast... More

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Three CETD researchers contribute to special issue of Comparative Migration Studies comparing German and Canadian Immigration Experiences

Oliver Schmidtke, University of Victoria (CETD, lead researcher), and Dagmar Soennecken, York University and Elke Winter, University of Ottawa (CETD collaborators) have contributed to a special issue of Comparative Migration Studies (Vol.2, No.1, 2014): Lessons From Germany and Canada: Immigration and Integration Experiences Compared. The... More

Monday, April 7, 2014

Free Trade with Europe: A deal at last (Commentary by Dr. Patrick Leblond)

Dr. Patrick Leblond discusses the negotiation process, content, and future prospects for the recently concluded Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. Dr. Leblond is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and research associate... More

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

New Thinking on Global Climate Governance (Commentary by Dr. Matthew Paterson)

Matthew Paterson, a CETD expert and professor at the University of Ottawa, discusses new trends and concepts in international cooperation on climate change in a new blog commentary. The commentary is hosted by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa, and can be accessed on the CIPS Blog. Full... 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

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Research Report: “Comparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social Policy in Multilevel Systems”

The following publications summarize the research project led by Amy Verdun and Donna E. Wood of the University of Victoria on comparative governance in Canada and the European Union. The research culminated in the special June 2013 issue of the Canadian Public Administration journal, published by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada,... More

Monday, September 30, 2013

CETD Policy Briefs Series on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Canada and the European Union launched negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in 2009; however, several hurdles still remain in closing a deal. In this special series of policy briefs, CETD collaborators and partners tackle some of the contentious issues in the negotiations, shedding light on what is being... More

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