Features


Amelie Tolvin, CERES MA student

Notes from the Field: Amelie Tolvin, CERES MA student, at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki

May 18, 2022

After spending two years cooped up in Toronto, spending the summer in Finland for the field component of my MA gave me a very welcome change in scenery.

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The Petro Jacyk Non-Resident Scholars Program

Call for Applications: The Petro Jacyk Non-Resident Scholars Program

May 4, 2022

The Petro Jacyk Non-Resident Scholars Program will bring together Ukrainian scholars, public officials, advanced PhD students, and public intellectuals in Ukraine

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CERES Statement on Ukraine

May 1, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine violates international law, the principles of national self-determination that have governed global politics for a century, and any sense of human decency. Our support and sympathy go out to Ukrainians in the homeland, to our faculty, staff, and students of Ukrainian nationality and descent, and to Russian nationals who oppose this grotesque action and the dictator who launched it.

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Professor Edward Schatz

Professor Edward Schatz has been named director of CERES

April 28, 2022

Professor Edward Schatz has been named director of the Munk School’s Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES).

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Professor Robert Austin, Associate Director, CERES

Robert Austin receives Outstanding Teaching Award

April 1, 2022

Professor Robert Austin has received an Outstanding Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts and Science.

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European Affairs Students Meeting with Nordic Ambassadors

March 15, 2022

On March 10, the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy jointly hosted the Nordic Ambassadors to Canada: Hanne Fugl Eskjaer Ambassador of Denmark, Roy Eriksson Ambassador of Finland, Hlynur Guðjónsson Ambassador of Iceland, and Jon Elvedal Fredriksen Ambassador...

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War, refugees, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

March 8, 2022

Since the invasion began, as of March 7, more than 1.7 million people have fled Ukraine, according to the United Nations. Read Randall Hansen,  CERES Director & Canada Research Chair in Global Migration, comments on the fastest-growing refugee crisis in...

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Randall Hansen,

“While Canada Welcomes Refugees, Its Door Is Far From Wide Open”

March 2, 2022

Professor Randall Hansen, CERES Director, comments on new immigration measures by the Canadian government to help Ukrainians affected by the war. More in The New York Times’s “While Canada Welcomes Refugees, Its Door Is Far From Wide Open”  

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CERES Statement on Ukraine

February 25, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine violates international law, the principles of national self-determination that have governed global politics for a century, and any sense of human decency. Our support and sympathy go out to Ukrainians in the homeland, to our...

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Robert Austin

CERES Associate Director Professor Robert Austin Speaks to CTVNews.ca about Ukraine

February 24, 2022

CERES Associate Director Professor Robert Austin spoke to CTVNews.ca about why the West cares, and should continue to care, about Ukraine in light of Russia’s recognition of two breakaway republics in Eastern Ukraine as independent. “We should understand that a...

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