{"id":2548,"date":"2014-08-20T12:26:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T16:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2018-04-05T15:11:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T19:11:44","slug":"opening-canadian-federalism-european-way-heard-cross-canada-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/2014\/opening-canadian-federalism-european-way-heard-cross-canada-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Up Canadian Federalism the European Way: What We Heard at the Cross-Canada Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the spring of 2014, the University of Victoria (UVic) European Union Centre of Excellence (EUCE)<\/a> and the Department of Political Science organized a series of workshops comparing Canadian and European Union (EU) approaches to social policy coordination across their different political systems. \u00a0The\u00a0Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (CETD)<\/a>, the\u00a0Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (IIGR)<\/a>, the\u00a0Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC)<\/a>, and the European Social Observatory (OSE)<\/a> were key partners in the initiative.<\/p>\n

The workshops started in Vancouver on April 14, 2014 (employment and pension policy) and finished in Halifax on May 16 (health care). \u00a0In between, they were held in Edmonton on April 16 (research and postsecondary education), Montreal on May 9 (civil society participation), Toronto on May 12 (the market for coordination), and Ottawa on May 13, 2014 (policy learning).<\/p>\n

The workshops provided an invaluable opportunity to have a practical conversation about the challenges of managing multilevel governance in Canada today. \u00a0Using the EU as a mirror, workshop participants were able to reflect on ways to improve how social policy is managed in the Canadian federation.<\/p>\n

The different outputs from these events are now available, and can be viewed on the Canada-EU workshops website. \u00a0These include:<\/p>\n