Exhibition Transformation EAST. Lives in Transition Virtual Tour and Panel Discussion on January 22, 2021 The IRTG Diversity together with the Centre canadien d'études allemandes et europénnes and the German Consulate General in Montréal present, in collaboration with colleagues from the worldwide network of DAAD-sponsored Centers for German and...

CEDoD stands for Canada - Europe Dialogue on Democracy: Democratic deficit and the rise of populism in Europe. CEDoD (2018-2020) brought together a core group of multidisciplinary researchers at UVic to create a transatlantic scholarly network designed to facilitate a multilogue between civic society actors, academics and policymakers regarding...

Read about EUCAnet's projects in the newest report from the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria. "For the Europe-Canada Network (EUCAnet) the past year continues to be one of transition with intense work on completing four Jean Monnet projects co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and initializing the...

EUCAnet's Co-lead Dr. Oliver Schmidtke reflecting on his professional and personal experiences as an immigrant from Europe to the Canadian part of the Cascadia region. Oliver Schmidtke , Director of the Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) at the University of Victoria, joined CFGS in August 2012 as interim director and became director in July 2013....

Addressing the nationalist-populist challenge to the Brexit negotiations Expert Comment by Oliver Schmidtke , director of the Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria The EU has opened an infringement procedure against the United Kingdom for violating the Brexit agreement. When the British government under Boris Johnson decided to...

By Fazila Mat (PhD candidate, University of Victoria) and Sofia Verza (PhD candidate, University of Perugia) Four years after the attempted coup of 15-16 July 2016, the space for media pluralism in Turkey continues to shrink. Numerous pro-government media, owned by companies which have investments in several other sectors, dominate the scene. The...

By Helga Hallgrimsdottir and Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly , University of Victoria ‘Accountability and Transparency for all Europeans: Covid-19 & the MMF 2021-27’ The response to the recent Covid-19 crisis shows the importance of the European Union in forging a way forward in the post-pandemic world for all Europeans. In July 2020, the Special European...

During the conference "Constitutionalism in the Age of Populism" (March 2020, just before the COVID lockdown) a series of video interviews was produced in a collaboration between EUCAnet’s project Canada Europe Dialogue on Democracy (CEDoD) and the Cedar Trees Institute initiative. Selected scholars were invited to reflect on the question “What...