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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Corporate Social Responsibility in the EU and Canada: Practices and Opportunities

Professor Dirk Matten of the Schulich School of Business currently holds the Hewlett Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility. He spoke about the two diverging approaches to corporate social responsibility in the EU and Canada. To view his presentation of the lecture, click here. To read the paper his lecture is based on, click... More

Thursday, February 9, 2012

The Euro Crisis: How it all started and where it might lead

Patrick Leblond is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, an advisor to the Canada-Europe Roundtable for Business and CETD collaborator. He discusses how the crisis started, who is to blame and the potential implications for Canada. to listen to a podcast of Patrick Leblond’s... More

Thursday, November 3, 2011

2011 Canada-Europe Public Lecture. Who’s Afraid of the European Radical Right?

Cas Mudde, Hampton and Esther Boswell University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, DePauw University, IN Cas Mudde received his PhD at Leiden University in the Netherlands and has taught at universities throughout Europe and the United States. His most recent book, Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe(Cambridge University Press,... More

Thursday, September 22, 2011

The European Union, Canada, and the Arctic: International Policy on the Arctic

Interviews conducted by Helen Morris, Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. Sept 22 & 23, 2011  Presentations by Speakers: Pami Aalto (University of Tampere) presentation  Sandra Cavalieri (Ecologic, Berlin) presentation  Armand deMestral (McGill University) presentation Podcast Erica Dingman (World Policy Institute, New... More

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Global Energy Challenges and the Implications for the EU’s Common Energy Policies

Senior Associate and Head of the International Energy Security Program, Centre for European Security Strategies (Munich-Berlin) Held at the Delegation of the European Union in Ottawa in collaboration with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany as one event in a series to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Canada-Germany Agreement on... More

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Aspirations of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Join NATO and EU

H.E. Biljana Gutić-Bjelica, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Canada The presentation includes a brief country profile of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a discussion around the topics of Canada’s relations with BiH, and prospects for the accession of BiH to the EU and NATO. To view H.E. Biljana Gutić-Bjelica’s presentation in PDF format... More

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Reducing the Democratic Deficit: Lessons from Scandinavia and Europe

Henry Milner, visiting Professor at University of Umeå in Sweden, and a member of the Chair of Electoral Studies, Université de Montréal Professor Milner’s latest book is The Internet Generation Engaged Citizensor Political Dropouts. He is also the author of Civic Literacy: How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work To view Henry... More

Thursday, March 3, 2011

2011 Canada-Europe Public Lecture. Rebuilding Local Food Systems in an Era of Empire and Globalization: Lessons from the EU and Beyond

Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, Wageningen University Jan Douwe van der Ploeg is actively involved in several farmers’ initiatives such as the new ‘environmental cooperatives’ in the Netherlands.  He is co-editor of Living Countrysides: Rural Development Processes in Europe – The State of the Art (Elsevier 2002).  Dr. Van der Ploeg ‘s talk... More

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Smart Grid, Renewables, Electric Mobility: When to use your dishwasher or recharge electric vehicles?

Hartmut Schmeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany As politicians continue to target a higher share of power generation from renewable sources, this is leading to only partially predictable fluctuations in power supply. Dr. Schmeck outlines the essential challenges of intelligent energy management and highlights the potential of extending... More

Thursday, November 25, 2010

The Rise and Fall of Dominant Party Regimes in Europe

Steffen Schneider, University of Bremen Steffen Schneider is a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for European Studies. He is an Assistant Professor at the Research Centre on Transformations of the State, University of Bremen and a Lecturer in the Political Management program at the University of Applied Sciences, Bremen. Dominant party regimes... More

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Norway’s Relationship with the EU

H.E. Else Berit Eikeland, Ambassador of Norway to Canada Ambassador Eikeland discusses Norway’s integration with the European Union, focusing on the working of the European Economic Agreement (EEA) and on other aspects of Norway’s cooperation with the EU. H.E. Else Berit Eikeland was Deputy Director-General of the Personnel Section of the... More

Friday, November 5, 2010

Open Markets, Segmented Identities, Contested Legitimacy? Comparing Regional Integration in Europe and North America

Participants: Laura Macdonald, Carleton University Neil Nevitte, University of Toronto George Ross, Université de Montréal Steffen Schneider, Universität Bremen Moderator: Achim Hurrelmann, Carleton University How have European and North American integration affected citizen identities and patterns of political contestation? Are the two... More

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