EUCE York is pleased to present the second European Union Affairs Seminar on June 16 and 17, 2011 under the title "Making Multi-level Public Management Work - Cases from the EU and North America". Organized by Prof. Ian Roberge (Political Science, Glendon College, York University) this event will bring together scholars from Canada, the United States and Europe for two days of meetings and panels at York's bilingual campus, Glendon College. More details on this event can be found in the event program: Program - Making Multi-level Public Management Work This event is open to the public, however, attendees are ...

As part of the series EUCE York Lectures in EU Law and Governance, EUCE York presented a lecture by Dr. Denita Cepiku, an Assistant Professor in Public Management at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" on Monday, June 13, 2011 from 6:30-8:00 pm in the Senior Common Room of McLauglin College (room 140) on York's Keele campus. This event was co-presented with the York Masters in Public Policy, Administration and Law Students Association. Dr. Cepiku teaches strategic management in the public sector and is also responsible for the Research Methods course of the doctoral programme in Public Management & Governance. Her ...

On April 28 and 29, 2011, EUCE York, in cooperation with York's Centre for Public Policy & Law (YCPPL), Office of the Principal, Glendon College, the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost and the Law and Society Program in the Department of Social Science, are pleased to present "Adversarial legalism à l'Européen", a two-day conference which will bring together younger and more established scholars from the EU, the United States and Canada who are working on law and politics in ...

Prof. Daniel Kelemen (Jean Monnet Chair and Director, Centre for European Studies at Rutgers University) will deliver the fifth lecture in EUCE York's Lectures in Law and Governance Series on Thursday, April 28, 2011 from 4:30-5:30 pm in the Glendon Senate Chamber, York Hall, C Wing (#9 on the map found here). This lecture will be delivered as the keynote address for the conference "Adversarial Legalism à l'Européen" and will be based on his new book,

EUCE York and the IMBA Program of the Schulich School of Business are pleased to present the second annual Canada-EU Business Lecture on Wednesday, April 6th from 11am to 12:30pm in room N105, Schulich School of Business (building #42 on the map found here). This year's lecturer will be Mr. Ashley Prime who is both the Deputy Consul and Director for Trade with Great Britain's Toronto consulate. His lecture will be entitled "The Canada-EU Economic and Trade Agreement: Opportunities and Risks". All are welcome, but attendees are asked to pregister ...

Prof. Suzanne Kingston (University College Dublin/EUCE York Visiting Scholar) gave the sixth lecture in EUCE York's Lectures in Law and Governance Series on Thursday, March 17, 2011 from 12:30-2:00 pm in room 626 York Research Tower (#95 on the map found here).

Entitled "Rights, Security and Conflicting International Obligations: The Judgment of the European Court of Justice in Kadi and its Aftermath", this talk examines the European Court of Justice’s decision in Joined Cases C-402/05 P and C-415/05 P Kadi & Al Barakaat, a ruling which has frequently been condemned as a missed opportunity for the Court to ...

The Centre for Refugee Studies, CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre and EUCE York are pleased to a lecture by Stefan Kok, Research Lawyer with the Law Commission of Ontario and until recently a senior policy officer and strategic analyst for the Dutch Council for Refugees .This talk will take place on Thursday, March 17th from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in room 519 York Research Tower (building #95 on the map found here) . This event is open ...

On Tuesday, March 15th, EUCE York is pleased to present From the European Economic Community to a Europe of “Values”: Assessing the Limits of the “Ever Closer Union”, the fifth in the Centre's series EUCE Lectures in Law and Governance. This lecture will be given by Prof. Suzanne Kingston (School of Law, University College Dublin), a visiting scholar at EUCE York.

While the EU famously started life as a regional economic organization aimed essentially at achieving a customs union and, ultimately, a common market, the past twenty years have witnessed tremendous efforts to cast off these limitations in a ...

The European Union Centre of Excellence will present its second graduate student conference on March 11, 2010 at York's Glendon campus. This conference convenes around the title "Europe in Troubled Waters/L'Europe en eaux troubles" and will be conducted in both English and French. The challenges facing the European Union and its member states at the present are considerable. From economic and security challenges, through to questions around the sustainability of a variety of social program, Europe is faced with problems likely requiring new solutions; the new Europe demands a new way. Graduate students interested in participating are invited to submit paper abstracts ...

On March 7^th, 2011, the European Union Centre of Excellence (EUCE) at York University, Toronto, will be hosting a one-day conference, convening under the theme: “The Maturing of the Multicultural Experiment: European Challenges Coming to Canada?” Scholars and activists from across Canada and around the globe will be meeting at York’s Keele Campus to share their ideas on this timely and compelling topic. Convened by EUCE York Research Fellows, Hannah Biesterfeld (Master's Candidate, Political Science, York), Karina Pogosyan (MPIA candidate, Glendon School of Public and International Affairs, York) and Sibylle Schaffhauser (Master's Candidate, North American Studies, ...