September 26, 2017
In these times of globalization, many democracies around the world face the same social and political issues. From immigration to climate change, Canada can learn valuable lessons from other nations’ solutions to global challenges. This is why, with support from...
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September 22, 2017
DAVIEL LAZURE-VIEIRA This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the founding agreement of the European Union. And yet, it comes in the midst of an existential crisis. Eurosceptical populism is on the rise in many member states,...
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July 26, 2017
CERES Prof. Seva Gunitsky recently discussed his thoughts on the potential collusion between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in an interview with VOX. Read the full article here.
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April 5, 2017
Professor Thanos Veremis warns of the dangers of populism by Yukon Damov, First-year CERES MA student Greek historian Thanos Veremis offered a diagnosis of the state of the contemporary Western world in a lecture delivered at the Munk School...
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March 3, 2017
STEPHANIE BEATTIE For most students, Reading Week means time spent sequestered in libraries. But for students in Robert Austin’s Enlarging Europe: The European Union and its Applicants class, it was a chance to forgo the books for an immersive learning...
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March 3, 2017
Danijela Stajic is a graduate student at the Munk School’s Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies who works on issues related to minorities, migrants and ethnicity. She shares with us her thoughts on the importance of history and culture...
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January 24, 2017
Describe your big “a-ha” moment. My big a-ha moment happened during my undergrad, when I took my first political science class, in the summer 2012. My first two years as an undergraduate student were filled with translation classes, which I loved,...
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September 2, 2016
In Spring 2017, CERES will offer a new course on the European Union and migration. This new course is available to fourth year European Studies students, and will appeal to those interested in the recent migration developments in Europe, in current...
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July 6, 2016
CERES Director Prof. Randall Hansen discusses the aftermath of the Brexit referendum on the CBC’s The National with Peter Mansbridge. View the full video here.
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May 31, 2016
Britons are weighing their options less than a month before a referendum on whether to remain in the European Union. CERES Director Randall Hansen appeared on the Business News Network to discuss the economic implications of a Brexit, its impact on the Canada-EU...
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Germany: Students want to connect what they learn in the classroom to work-related, career contexts, and employers are increasingly demanding graduates...
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Freiburg: The Canadian Year in Freiburg: Discover Europe in Germany Study for a year at the University of Freiburg under the guidance...
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Bolzano: Between the months of May and July 2015, Cara interned for the Institute for Minority Rights at the European Academy...
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Berlin, Germany: 2010 marked the 200th anniversary of the Humboldt-Universität. As one of eleven German universities, the Humboldt-Universität was chosen “University of...
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Tartu, Estonia: UT is Estonia's leading centre of research and training. It preserves the culture of the Estonian people and spearheads the...
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Brussels, Belgium: The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom...
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