Partners
Our Partners
Mnemonic Democracy brings together a unique transatlantic partnership of universities, research institutes, museums, and civil society organizations. Together, our partners contribute complementary expertise in collective memory, civic education, democratic engagement, public history, museum practice, digital innovation, and policy development.
🇨🇦 Canada
University of Victoria (Lead Institution)
The University of Victoria is the lead institution of the SSHRC Partnership Development Grant. Through the Centre for Global Studies, it coordinates the international partnership and contributes expertise in democracy, memory politics, comparative politics, and knowledge mobilization.
Centre for Global Studies
The Centre for Global Studies is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Victoria dedicated to global governance, democracy, migration, and transatlantic cooperation. It serves as the administrative and intellectual hub of the project.
Royal Roads University (Victoria, British Columbia)
Royal Roads University
Royal Roads University contributes internationally recognized expertise in community engagement, public leadership, social innovation, and applied research. Through its strong tradition of collaborative and interdisciplinary scholarship, the university supports the partnership’s work on democratic participation, civic learning, and community-based approaches to memory, inclusion, and social resilience.
Western University (London, Ontario)
Western University
Western University contributes expertise in democratic governance, political institutions, public policy, and interdisciplinary social science research. Through its internationally engaged research community, the university strengthens the partnership’s comparative perspective on democracy, civic participation, and the relationship between collective memory and contemporary democratic challenges.
McGill University (Montréal, Quebec)
McGill University
McGill University contributes internationally recognized expertise in memory studies, history, public policy, and democratic governance. As one of Canada’s leading research universities, McGill enhances the partnership’s comparative research on collective memory, democratic resilience, and public engagement while strengthening collaboration across Canada and Europe.
Canadian Museum of Women’s History (Gatineau, Quebec)
The Canadian Museum of Women’s History promotes public understanding of women’s contributions to Canadian society through exhibitions, education, and community outreach. The museum contributes expertise in public history, museum practice, and inclusive approaches to collective memory.
🇦🇹 Austria
3s Research Laboratory – Forschungsverein
3s Research Laboratory is an independent research institute specializing in education policy, lifelong learning, skills development, and civic competences. It contributes expertise on democratic learning, educational innovation, and knowledge transfer.
🇵🇱 Poland
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
One of Central Europe’s leading research universities, Adam Mickiewicz University contributes internationally recognized expertise in public history, memory studies, borderlands, and European integration.
Fundacja dla Polski (Foundation for Poland)
Fundacja dla Polski is a leading Polish philanthropic organization supporting democratic participation, civil society, and social innovation. The foundation strengthens the project’s connections between academic research and civic engagement.
Warsaw Failure Lab
The Warsaw Failure Lab develops innovative approaches to collaborative learning, public participation, and social innovation. It contributes expertise in participatory methods and democratic experimentation.
🇩🇪 Germany
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin
ZOiS is an internationally recognized research institute focusing on Eastern Europe, youth, memory, and democratic transformation. The institute contributes expertise in generational change, memory politics, and comparative social research.
Frauen in der Einen Welt
Frauen in der Einen Welt is a German non-governmental organization promoting gender equality, intercultural dialogue, and global citizenship. The organization contributes expertise in women’s history, civic education, and participatory approaches to remembrance.
🇪🇸 Spain
Fundació Blanquerna – Universitat Ramon Llull
Fundació Blanquerna contributes expertise in communication, media, civic engagement, and knowledge mobilization. The institution has extensive experience in international research collaboration and public outreach, supporting democratic dialogue and the effective dissemination of research to academic, policy, and public audiences.
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡º Hungary
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Hungary’s oldest and largest university, ELTE contributes expertise in constitutional democracy, minority rights, legal pluralism, and comparative memory politics.
🇫🇷 France
Université de Strasbourg
Located at the crossroads of Europe, the Université de Strasbourg contributes expertise in European integration, border studies, democratic governance, and transnational memory.
🇳🇱 Netherlands
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen contributes internationally recognized expertise in European governance, comparative politics, democratic resilience, and public policy.
🇮🇹 Italy
International Association of Women’s Museums (IAWM)
The International Association of Women’s Museums is the world’s leading network of women’s museums and gender heritage institutions. It contributes expertise in museum practice, gendered memory, public history, and international cultural cooperation, strengthening connections between research, museums, and public engagement.
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Together, these partners represent a distinctive transatlantic network that bridges academic research, museum practice, public history, and civil society. By combining complementary expertise from Canada and Europe, the partnership develops innovative approaches to strengthening democratic participation through collective memory, civic education, and public engagement.
