Supporting European Studies Community in Canada
The ECSA-Cn project (2017-2020) was a joint initiative between ECSA-C and the EUCAnet project (European Studies Network in Canada, ). ECSA-Cn stands for the . The initiative was led by Beate Schmidtke and allowed for a collaboration with the former European Community Studies Association Canada presidents Joan DeBardeleben (University of Ottawa), Frédéric Merand (University of Montreal), Ruben Zaiotti (Dalhousie University), Oliver Schmidtke (番茄社区) and the ECSA-C Young Researchers Network (Co-presidents Pablo Ouziel, Johannes Müller-Gómez and Sabrina Paillé) .
Its main goal was to enhance the networking capacity of the European studies community in Canada. In this respect ECSA-Cn provided public visibility to the EU as a key economic and political partner of Canada and thus allow to play a more effective role in promoting research, teaching and outreach initiatives in the field of EU and European Studies.
The ECSA-Cn project’s activities and services were:
- ECSA-Cn expert database (specific service for ECSA-C members)
- Promotion of research groups (interviews; media alerts)
- Promotion of innovation in teaching and research (award; interviews)
- Fostering engagement of young academics (junior EU scholar interviews; policy memos)
- Dissemination of research outcomes and innovation in teaching (media alerts; video clips; FB)
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