CCGES is pleased to be welcoming the Acting Head of the European Commission’s Delegation to Canada, Mr. Giovanni Di Girolamo, to York on Wednesday, March 11th. Mr. Di Girolamo will be meeting with several CCGES affiliates and university representatives to learn about Europe-related activities at the Centre and York generally, before presenting a talk in a fourth year Political Science course on the EU. His talk is open to all interested individuals and will take place at 11:30 am in Winters College, room 118.

Please rsvp to ccges@yorku.ca.

The European Politics & Society Workshop is a monthly, interdisciplinary forum for discussing work in progress. This month the workshop welcomes Dr. Andrej Zaslove, a post-doctoral fellow at McGill University’s European Studies Institute. Attendees of the workshop will discuss his paper “Divergent Paths: The Politics of Immigration in Europe and Canada Compared.” (CONTINUE READING)

CCGES is pleased to welcome Germany’s Ambassador to Canada, Mr. Matthias Hoepfner, to campus on Tuesday, February 10th for a talk entitled “A New Dynamic in Canada-EU Relations”.

Ambassador Matthias Hoepfner

Ambassador Hoepfner is an experienced diplomat who has held his current post since 2006. Prior to this station, he served in Indonesia and Libya. From 1996 to 2006 he held important posts in the German Foreign Office, the last being Deputy Director General of the Department for Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development.

This event is open to the public.

Location: York Lanes, Room 305
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Please RSVP to ccges@yorku.ca

CCGES is currently accepting applications from faculty at all Canadian universities to the 1st German-Canadian Transatlantic Forum, the successor to the Centre’s highly successful, annual Fortbildungsseminar.

The inaugural forum will take place on February 27-28, 2009 at CCGES York and the topic of the event is “The Cultural Dimensions of Climate Change”.

For more information on the event as well as how to apply to participate, click here.

This event will begin with a panel discussion featuring Ms. Patsy Soerensen of Payoke, a European NGO working to combat human trafficking. Other panelists will represent government, the media and academe. Af the conclusion of the discussion, Ms. Sorenson will deliver a keynote address. (CONTINUE READING)