ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University Professor Jennifer Evans participated in last week’s symposium on radicalization and spoke specifically to the question of diversity in today’s Germany.
Jennifer Evans participated in last week’s symposium
Canada-Germany relationship appeared in different forms, each panel refracting another aspect of a connection that has developed over 75 years. The military panel explored Canada’s presence in Germany during the Cold War. Alongside discussions of NATO, deterrence, and defence planning came stories of schools, neighbourhoods, sports clubs, local festivals, German colleagues, and lifelong friendships. The strategic and the personal occupied the same space. A military posting became an encounter with a society, a language, and a community. The panel on radicalization and democratic resilience shifted the focus toward questions of memory, antisemitism, racism, social cohesion, and public discourse. Several speakers returned to the importance of civil society, education, and public trust. Democratic culture, it was noted, requires continual attention, sustained through institutions, community organizations, and spaces where difficult conversations remain possible. The final panel on universities and research covered a remarkable amount of ground, from student mobility and research partnerships to academic freedom and science diplomacy.
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