AWARDS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
EMBASSY OF FRANCE MOBILITY FUDING FOR RESEARCHERS
The Embassy of France in Canada has launched its 2019 call for Mobility Funding for Researchers. Small travel awards are available for Canadian/French faculty who wish to travel to France/Canada for the purpose of academic collaboration. The application deadline is 17th February. For details, see: https://francecanadaculture.org/call-for-appplications-2019-mobility-funding-for-researchers/
JMEUCE STUDENT AWARDS
The JMEUCE is pleased to invite applications for its annual awards for Dalhousie students interested in the EU:
- STUDENT ESSAY AWARD: $250 for best essay on any aspect of the EU;
- GRADUATE RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANT: $1,000 for travel support for conference/research in the EU on a topic relating to the EU;
- GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD: $2,000.
For application forms and details of eligiblity, contact jmeuce@dal.ca.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- EU Study Tour (provisionally 12th May - 1st June 2019) & Internship Programme - - "an excellent study opportunity -- less a "course" than an immersion in European institutions, a program for self-directed and independent study". See: www.uvic.ca/interdisciplinary/europe/study-tour/index.php or contact jmeuce@dal.ca for application details.
- Day of Debate: for local IB students (April 2019)
RECENT EVENTS
- EU and Asia-Pacific Relations: an Overview - Hungdah Su, Professor & Jean Monnet Chair, National University of Taiwan and Director General, European Union Centre in Taiwan. (19th Nov.)
- Changing EU Schengen Visa Regime: Biopolitics, Risk Management, and Networked Databases - Can Mutlu, Department of Politics, Acadia University, Wolfville (5th Nov.)
- Visit from delegates of the European Economic and Social Committee for meeting with JMEUCE Director and Deputy Director (29th Oct.)
- Cannabis and the Canada-EU trade agreement: Opportunities and Challenges - Hon. Darrell Dexter, Global Public Affairs and MacEachen Institute (22nd Oct.) in collaboration with MacEachen Institute
- The Nine Circles of Brexit: A Guided Tour of Britain's Path out of the EU - Ian Cooper, Brexit Institute, Dublin City University, Ireland (15th Oct.) in collaboration with CIC-Halifax
- The European Union and Global Ocean Governance - Jan-Stefan Fritz, German Marine Research Consortium, Brussels, Belgium (3rd Oct.)
- Transparency and the Pharmaceutical Industry in Comparative Perspective: workshop held by Jean Monnet Health and Policy Network at Dalhousie (3rd - 4th July). See: jmhealthnet.org for more information on this major three-year project.
- Innovation in Housing Models and Policies for Older LGBTQi2S Populations: Lessons from the European Union - Public panel (29th June) as part of two-day workshop organised by the JMEUCE with Dalhousie University, MacEachen Institute and Halifax Public Libraries.
- CETA Implementation: the Next Steps - public workshop (18th May). See ciipdal.ca for workshop programme and other details or e-mail ciip@dal.ca.
- EU Study Tour (13th May - 2nd June) & Internship Programme - with three students sponsored by JMEUCE for 2018.
- Celebrate Europe Day - 9th May!
- JMEUCE Student Awards: deadline for applications - 25th April. For details and eligibility, contact jmeuce@dal.ca.
- Day of Debate: The JMEUCE hosted nearly 40 local IB and pre-IB students at Dalhousie to debate current EU issues - 11th April 2018.
- Canada-EU Relations: Perspectives from Berlin, Brussels & Rome - public panel discussion with Ambassador Stephane Dion, Ambassador Daniel Costello, Ambassador Alexandra Bugailiskis (16th March). Co-sponsored by MacEachen Institute and the Centre for the Study of Security and Development. Watch the video recording.
- Still Europe's Underbelly? A Roundtable on Italy's Upcoming Elections, presented by the JMEUCE and Dalhousie's Italian Studies Program. 1st March.
