May 19, 2016
A vote to leave the European Union in June’s referendum could lead to renewed support for sovereignty in Quebec and the loss of the UK as Canada’s ally in EU affairs. The prime minister is well placed to wade...
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May 11, 2016
Randall Hansen appeared on Canada AM to discuss the implications of the upcoming Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom. Watch the full video at CTV News.
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May 4, 2016
CERES hosted a conference on 27 April devoted to security policy and the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw that brought together Canadian parliamentarians, academics, journalists, students, diplomats and representatives of Polish and Ukrainian communities. Participants included: Robert Austin – Associate...
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May 3, 2016
by Alex Gillis Greece has played key roles in global affairs for much of the past 100 years, influencing social and economic policy in Europe and becoming a microcosm of many of the world’s most pressing challenges. During World War...
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April 25, 2016
CERES Director Prof. Randall Hansen sits down with U of T News for a brief Q&A on the arms deal struck between the Canadian and Saudi governments. Read more here.
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March 29, 2016
CERES Hungarian Studies instructor Eva Tomory received the prestigious Silver Cross of Merit from the Government of Hungary on 19 March 2016. She was awarded the Cross in recognition of her contributions to preserving Hungarian language and culture. The award...
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January 27, 2016
In December 2015, eight CERES MA students joined CERES Program Advisor Dr. Edith Klein and Prof. Robert Austin for a week of field research as part of Prof. Austin’s course on twentieth- and twenty-first-century Hungary. Students met with a variety...
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January 25, 2016
When defence ministers from the United States, France, Australia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom met in Paris this week to discuss strategy in the fight against ISIS, Canada’s defence minister Harjit Sajjan wasn’t among them. Critics claimed...
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January 4, 2016
Two University of Toronto Political Science PhD candidates, Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith, appeared on CBC Radio’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy last month to discuss the global refugee crisis. Kiran and Craig are both researching the crisis in...
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December 8, 2015
The refugee crisis in Europe has become acute. In addition to increasingly restrictive immigration legislation, the impending winter has intensified the urgency of the situation. CERES Director Randall Hansen made a presentation on 24 November 2015 at the Volkswagen Foundation in...
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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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