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The Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue brings together scholars and partner organizations to promote research on relations between Canada and Europe (including the European Union), and on policy challenges of common concern to Europe and Canada. We foster Canada-wide and trans-Atlantic research networks as well as the dissemination of research findings to the Canadian policy community and to the public at large. The aim is to enhance the quality of public discourse and encourage research-based assessments of diverse responses to pressing policy problems.

The project produces policy papers and briefs on current issues, as well as downloadable podcasts. We hold workshops on targeted policy problems, bringing together experts and practitioners, as well as public symposia where the wider public can meet academic researchers, policy makers, NGO representatives, and experts from the business community. The symposia promote discussion of solutions to today's critical policy concerns.

This project is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada under the Strategic Knowledge Cluster Program (2008-2015), as well as by participating universities, particularly Carleton University in Ottawa, where the project is housed at the Centre for European Studies (EU Centre of Excellence).

The Cluster supports a searchable database of experts on Europe, EUCAnet.

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

    These interviews result from a briefing about the Euro crisis for politicians, diplomats, political staffers and public servants that took place at Carleton University on Feb. 9, 2012. The event was supported by the Centre for European Studies (European Union Centre of Excellence) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
    The interviewees were in conversation with Anca Gurzu.

    Achim Hurrelmann is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, Associate Director of Research at the Centre for European Studies and collaborator with the Canada Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. He assesses the economic and political responses to the Euro crisis, as well as the potential impact on European integration.

    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.

  • The Decline of the European Empire

    Anand Menon is a member of the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. His research in the network focuses on the EU and Canada as global actors in international conflict management and security. He is also a professor of west European politics at the University of Birmingham. He speaks about the need for a unified European defense strategy and the reasons behind the European intervention in Libya.

    Marie Bernard-Meunier is on the advisory board of the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. She has also been Canada’s ambassador to Germany, the Netherlands and UNESCO. She speaks about the European debt crisis, the reality of a “two-speed Europe,” and the need for certain countries to take a leadership role in managing it. She also discusses the development of the Canada-EU free-trade agreement.

    Marc Helbling dirige le groupe de recherche Emmy-Noether <<Immigration Policies in Comparison>> au Centre de recherches en sciences sociales de Berlin. Il a écrit sur le nationalisme, la xénophobie et l’accommodement de l’Islam. Il traite des effets de la crise économique européenne sur l’immigration, de la question de savoir si l’Europe peut apprendre du système canadien.

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