| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, May 10, 2019 | 10:00AM - 2:30PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place |
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome
Randall Hansen, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Thomas E. Schultze, Consul General of Germany in Toronto
Knut Dethlefsen, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
10:15 – 10:35
E-Day: What Do the European Elections Hold in Store for a Continent in Flux?
Wolfgang Schmidt, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance
10:40 – 11:55
Session 1: Madness at the Polls: Canadian and European Elections in an Era of Right-wing Populism
Wolfgang Schmidt, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance
Nathan Cullen, Member of Canadian Parliament
Moderator: Shachi Kurl, Executive Director, Angus Reid Institute
11:55 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:15
Session 2: A Coalition of the Modest? Canadian and German Leadership for a Liberal Democratic World Order
Janice Gross Stein, Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
John Ralston Saul, Co-Chair, Institute for Canadian Citizenship and former President, PEN International
Moderator: Roland Nelles, Chief US Correspondent, Der Spiegel
14:15 – 14:30
Closing remarks
This event is sponsored by the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the German Foreign Ministry.
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