Teachers’ Workshop 2019
Theme: Teaching About the European Union in the Classroom
The 2019 edition of the workshop was held on Thursday, November 7, 2019. Here is the agenda as well as presentations from the workshop (with links to slides, videos and materials)
Agenda
8:15am – 8:30am Welcome Coffee
8:30am – 8:50am Introduction and Making Learning about the EU Relevant to High School Students, Professor Crina Viju, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) and Coordinator, Jean Monnet Project, Centre for European Studies, Carleton University
8:50am -9:40am Introduction to the European Union, Professor Crina Viju
9:40am – 9:50am Break
9:50am -10:50am EU-Canada Trade Relations, Marta Middlebro’, Trade Counsellor, Trade and Economic Section, Delegation of the European Union to Canada
10:50am-12:00pm EU Learning Project Services and EU Lesson Plan Demonstration, Paul Sjoberg, Research Assistant, Jean Monnet Project, Centre for European Studies, Carleton University
12:00pm – 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm – 1:20pm Brexit, Professor Achim Hurrelmann, Department of Political Science and Co-Director, Centre for European Studies, Carleton University
Break out sessions, please choose one of the following lectures to attend:
1:25pm – 2:15pm Option 1: Populism in the EU, Dr. Robert Gould, Professor Emeritus, School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University
1:25pm – 2:15pm Option 2: Russia, EU and NATO on a Collision Course? What Role for Canada? Professor Joan DeBardeleben, Chancellor’s Professor, EURUS and Co-Director, Centre for European Studies, Carleton University
2:15pm – 2:25pm Evaluation
This workshop is organized by the Centre for European Studies Jean Monnet Project “Studying EU in Canadian High Schools”. Jean Monnet Project activities are co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and by Carleton University.
