About EUCAnet

What is EUCAnet?

EUCAnet stands for European Studies Network in Canada

Initially started as a joint initiative of ECSA-C (European Community Studies Association - Canada) and the European Studies Program at the University of Victoria , EUCAnet is now part of the Strategic Knowledge Cluster Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. From 2004-2006 EUCAnet was partly financed by a grant from the European Commission (DG Relex). Since September 2008 EUCAnet is co-financed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

The European Union and Canada share increasingly similar political, economic and cultural values on contemporary subjects like: Foreign policy, multilateralism, security, defence, immigration, multiculturalism, environment, health, education and trade.

Together with the Strategic Knowledge Cluster Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue, EUCAnet addresses common concerns and debates by offering several information tools:

• Directory of experts and scholars in the field of Europe and European Studies in Canada
• Media Tip service on  selecetd current events
  
• Browsing functions for Strategic Cluster Groups of the Strategic Knowledge Cluster
  
• Links guide to European Institutions, Institutions that engage in EU-Canada relations and relevant information on EU News, Leading Presseagencies in the EU and on Publications and Databases Specializing on EU Contents

EUCAnet Leadership

Oliver Schmidtke, EUCAnet Leader

Derek Fraser, EUCAnet Advisor and Supervisor

Joan DeBardeleben,  Director of the Strategic Knowledge Cluster

EUCAnet Team

Beate Schmidtke, Project Manager, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Beate Schmidtke is the project manager for the EUCAnet.ca project since 2004. She brings to the EUCAnet project experience of several projects that she managed with the funds of the European Commission (yearly up to 1.5 million Euros). Beate has a Diploma in Cultural Science from the University Hildesheim and MA in International Cultural Affairs from the Robert Bosch Foundation in Germany. From 1996-2001 she worked with the International Media and Book Agency in Berlin focusing on the implementation of the New Media in the field of culture and education in close collaboration with the Council of Europe and European wide networks (Germany, Italy, Poland, Netherlands) especially in the field of higher education and the book industry.

In 2002 she started working for the University of Victoria at the European Studies Program as a conference organizer. In 2004 she was responsible for the development and management of the EUCAnet project. In 2006 and 2007 she developed and managed the European Commission projects for the Young Researchers Network in Canada. Since 2008 she is also responsible for the management of the GermanStudies.ca network project.

Marta Giménez: EUCAnet – Internship (2009/2010)

Marta Giménez (LL.M. Candidate, University of Victoria, Canada, LL.B., University of Barcelona, Spain, 2003) is a member of the interdisciplinary program "Law and Society" at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law. She is currently undertaking research for her thesis project on environmental regulation and policy. Her thesis tackles European Union (EU) legislation and policy-making, with a focus on water management. Her topic is the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in France and Spain (Directive 2000/60/EC). She is interested in the fields of EU law and policy, EU environmental law and policy (in particular, water policy), policy implementation, institutionalism, and governance.

Timothy Scolnick, Eucanet-Internship (2008/2009)

Timothy Scolnick completed the Bachelors degree in 2008 from the University of Victoria (UVic). Currently, he is an M.A. student at UVic studying the development of Chinese foreign policy relating to climate change and the influence Europe is having upon it. Pertaining to Europe, he is very interested in many issue areas including enlargement, immigration, integration and most importantly policies relating to environmental protection, security and climate change.

Steffen Neumann: EUCAnet – Assistant (2009)

Steffen Neumann is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (CSPT) and the Department of Political Science at UVic. Before he came to Victoria, Steffen was a doctoral student at the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany), where he also completed his Masters and Bachelors degrees in Sociology and Political Science.

His doctoral thesis focuses particularly on theories of recognition (e.g. Ch.Taylor, A. Honneth, N. Fraser, I.M. Young) and their respective contributions towards a more comprehensive theoretical account of recognition and redistribution. Steffen is also interested in contemporary social thought, multiculturalism/identity politics, and migration research.

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EUCAnet - European Studies Network in Canada