Also available at the . The webinar was originally presented on 24 November, 2021.

Discussion of the geopolitical deadlock and humanitarian crisis between Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus with some discussion of Russia. Speakers covered a range of topics about the migrant crisis, including:

• The motives of President Lukashenko’s use of the crisis as an attempt to force EU countries to end sanctions and engage with Belarus.
• The narratives coming from the countries involved as well as Russia, and the Polish narrative as the last defence of Europe against the migrants.
• The historical factors around Soviet Border control and the legacy of this system in the current situationl.
• Russia’s public diplomacy in relation to crisis, and the way it has made use of the crisis.
• The EU’s eastern policy and the impact of the crisis on this policy, and whether the eastern policy has been at all successful.
• The EU narrative of the crisis and the framing of the crisis as not a migrant crisis, but rather an authoritarian attempt to destabilise democratic neighbours.

Timestamps for speakers are available on YouTube.

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This is an activity of the��Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the Centre for European Studies with the support of the����of the European Union and���Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

The selection of topics will be a competitive process and the deadline to submit proposed topics is November 26, 2021.

Submissions are encouraged from MA and Ph.D. students in EURUS, History, Political Science, International Affairs, Economics, Law and Legal Studies and other relevant subject fields.

Proposals will be one page (approximately) and will include a title, learning objectives and outcomes and a general overview of the topic, along with an indication of any interactive exercises with students during the presentation.

*This conference will be held online.

For further questions and assistance, contact: Alimaolud@cunet.carleton.ca

This is an activity of the Centre for European Studies Jean Monnet Project��Studying��EU in Canadian High Schools co-funded by a grant from the of the European Union and by �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

Professor Viju-Miljusevic is one of the scholars associated with the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics. Her scholarly work focuses on the economic effects of trade policies applied within the EU, US and Canada, as well as European economic integration and EU enlargement.

Read about the Jean Monnet Network on Transatlantic Trade Politics and watch more available in the series of Transatlantic Trade Videos here.

This is an activity of the��Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations, with the support of the����of the European Union, by���Ӱ�ԭ�� University, and Jean Monnet Network partner universities����(Belgium),����(Maine, USA),����(Austria) and����(UK).

Dr. Greer provides important insights into the EU’s challenges when it responded to the needs of its member states during the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. The EU’s primary focus on economic integration expanded to managing an overwhelming health emergency. There was success in establishing a shared procurement and vaccine strategy and a new EU preparedness agency.

In the policy brief, he describes the three faces of the EU’s health policy. From public health coordination, patients’ rights and e-health initiatives to the market to fiscal governance, he focuses on how COVID-19 changed the EU’s health policy. Additionally, he suggests it is the third face, fiscal governance, to watch in the future. As member states move forward through the pandemic in the next few years, it is unclear if the funding and commitment by member states will continue for the EU’s health policy.

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is Professor of Health Management and Politics, Global Public Health and Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is Senior Expert Advisor on Health Governance to the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels. His books include the edited Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policies of COVID-19��(2021) (open access link��) and Everything you always wanted to know about European Union health policy but were afraid to ask��(third edition, Oct. 2021). He was a guest presenter for a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence webinar earlier this year in June.

EU Policy Talks Series

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University is supported by the����and by �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.��

The policy brief highlights important key findings and policy implications. Dr. de Mestral notes there is a high degree of difficulty in negotiating an AFTA but such an agreement could very effectively cover a wide range of issues with market access, common standards and dispute resolutions, and environmental controls.

The AFTA can provide a primary forum for dealing with issues of common interest including the traditional issues of goods and services as well as contemporary issues such as intellectual property, regulation of the internet and artificial intelligence, to name but a few of a range of increasingly important issues.

The written report summarizing the key points from the presentations and discussion is available here.

Armand de Mestral (McGill University) and an expert international panel provided their perspectives on the prospects for a North American free trade area, also referred to as an Atlantic Free Trade Area (AFTA).

The panel, moderated by Crina Viju-Miljusevic (�Ӱ�ԭ�� University) included:

• Özlem Atikcan (University of Warwick)
• Marc Bungenberg (Europa-Institut and University of Saarland)
• Michelle Egan (American University)
• Ricardo Ramirez (RRH Consultores, S.C.)
• Sylvie Tabet (Global Affairs Canada)

This event was organized by ,��Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law and��,��CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, at the University of Ottawa. The event is co-sponsored by the��Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at���Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence activities are hosted with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

Professor Rostoks shares his insights from his teaching experience at higher education institutions in Latvia and explores several mainstream IR theories, Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism, to explain Russia’s foreign policy behaviour with Ukraine, the impact of domestic influences on Russia’s foreign policy and the impacts of sanctions on Russia and the relationship with Europe and globally.

Toms Rostoks��is Associate Professor in international relations at the Department of Political Science,�� and a faculty member of the university’s . He is also a Senior Researcher at the at the .

This policy brief is based on a presentation at the Network workshop, The EU and Canada in the Face of Changing US Global Policy, held on March 25, 2019, at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University. The Workshop was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and by �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

The Jean Monnet Network on EU-Canada Relations: The EU and Canada in Dialogue is housed at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University in Ottawa, Canada, /caneunet. The project supports a network involving �Ӱ�ԭ�� University and four European partner universities: University of Antwerp, Technical University Darmstadt, Technical University Munich, and University of Latvia.

Professor Gould analyzes the recent proposal by the European Commission to establish the first regulatory framework on AI, in an effort to address the risks of AI and the possible positions which Europe may take on AI, both within the EU and globally.

For further reading, you can download a copy the European Commission’s proposed legal framework, “Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence” and a published “” (Brussels, 19.2.2020 COM(2020) 65 final).

Professor Gould explores the topic of AI with a series of previously published commentaries: Commentary: EU and AI: EU Identity and “Systemic Rivalry” (February 2021) and��Commentary: EU Digital Autonomy, Sovereignty and Identity in the Time of COVID-19 (July 2020).

This commentary series is written for the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, which is supported by a grant from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

A brief presentation with videos highlighting European Culture () and Galway, Ireland as a 2020 Capital of Culture () was followed by a panel presentation with representatives from three embassies in Ottawa: Delegation of the European Union to Canada, Embassy of Ireland and Embassy of Portugal. Each offered their insights important to the culture of their respective country and the diversity of European cultures. Portugal currently holds the of the Council of the European Union.

During the Mini-EU Day, students and teachers learned about the value of culture bringing Europeans together, strengthening communities across Europe and deepened their understanding of the impact of culture in Europe. With two fun activities designed for the event, students played trivia games of well known European people, sports, food, geography, fashion, art and architecture and symbols.

For an introduction to EU Capitals of Culture, you can listen to the ECPR Policy podcast, . More about the EU’s�� “Capitals of Culture” policy is available at and the decision, No 445/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, which established a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 and repealing Decision No 1622/2006/EC is found at .

The EU Learning Project “Studying EU in Canadian High Schools” aims to promote a broader and deeper awareness and understanding of European integration and of the EU among high school students in Ottawa region. If you are a high school teacher interested in participating in activities, you can send an email to eulearning@carleton.ca or complete the Teacher Activity form here. We will get in touch with you.

The Mini-EU Day is an activity of the EU Learning Project “Studying EU in Canadian High Schools” which is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and by �Ӱ�ԭ�� University.

With an introduction and five articles written by Canadian and European scholars, this issue provides an in-depth analyses on the progress of Canada and the EU with their green transition, climate neutrality in Canada and Germany, multi-level governance energy policy and policy dynamics in federal systems and the impact of elections in Canada and the United Kingdom on environmental issues.

CJERS is an open-access journal and published papers are available to users free of charge. The journal welcomes submissions from established researchers, young scholars, and advanced graduate students. Read more about CJERS .