Joan DeBardeleben
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada granted $2.1 million to strengthen a strategic knowledge network housed at Carleton that will promote a dialogue between Canada and Europe to solve similar challenges in integrating diverse immigrant populations, addressing environmental and climate change issues, countering declines in citizen participation in politics, and balancing security concerns with human rights.
“Sharing European and Canadian experiences in these areas, with a solid base of scientific research being carried out by Canadians, will ensure that we do not unknowingly replicate unsuccessful approaches or miss promising ones,” says Joan DeBardeleben, chancellor’s professor and director of the centre for European studies, where the knowledge cluster is housed.
Linking six partner universities, 60 Canadian researchers from 18 universities, and partners in government and the NGO sector, the knowledge cluster strengthens Canada’s research capacity on Europe and will disseminate knowledge in new ways to policy-makers and the public.
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