The target audience is high school students studying business, world issues, geography, history, economics in Ottawa and the surrounding area. The project will include lesson plans and online instruction materials developed to fit the Ontario curriculum in various courses and events for students held on Zoom.

A registration link will be provided for high school teachers who would like to attend the event with their students.

Should you require any other information or are interested in attending any of the events, please do not hesitate to contact: alimaolud@cunet.carleton.ca.

If you have any questions, please send email inquiries to:听EULearning@carleton.ca .

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

Designed to assist with their classroom programming, our goal is to augment teachers’ knowledge of the significant political, economic, and cultural challenges facing the EU and European countries and Canada-Europe relations.

The workshop presentations will include an overview of the history of the EU and enriched modules on a range of topics which may include:

• Causes and consequences of Brexit
• EU trade relations
• The recently signed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Europe and Canada
• EU responses to the refugee crisis
• EU and the right-wing populist movement
• EU and the law

Once you have registered, you will be provided with an email as well as a draft agenda. Please feel free to share this invitation with any fellow teacher and supply teachers who would be interested in attending.

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

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听 “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 .

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 EU Learning Project 鈥淪tudying EU in Canadian High Schools鈥� is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and by 杏吧原创 University.

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Learn about the best practices among European media and basic journalistic techniques as part of the European lessons to identify when disinformation is being promoted and exercises to improve critical thinking skills to identify fake news.

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