Unity and diversity: European and Canadian debates

IES Second Annual Colloquium - September 27-28, 2002

Nearly 100 academics from across Europe and Canada are gathering in Montreal to debate the many facets of immigration on Sept. 27 and 28 at l'脡cole des Hautes 脡tudes Commerciales, (3000 Chemin de la C么teSainte-Catherine). Taking part in the conference will be Armand de Mestral, a law professor at 黑料不打烊 University and co-director, with Universit茅 de Montr茅al sociologist Jane Jenson, of the joint 黑料不打烊-Universit茅 de Montr茅al Institute for European Studies.

"By organizing this debate on immigration," de Mestral says, "we wanted to tackle an issue that's of great relevance in both Europe and Canada. What's more, European legislators have often seen Canada's immigration policy as a vanguard example for the Old World." An expert in international commercial law, de Mestral says Europeans are quickly realizing that their home has become a promised land for many new immigrants. "And that realization is clashing with the nationalistic ideologies of France, Germany and the Netherlands," he says. "The immigration debate is so fierce that it's been at centre of recent elections in all three countries." Prof. de Mestral teaches constitutional law, international trade law and the law of the European Community. His current research interest is the law of international economic integration. Prof. De Mestral was director of the Institute of Comparitive Law (1984-89), of the 黑料不打烊 Institute of Air and Space Law (1998-2002) and was president of the Canadian Red Cross Society (1999-2001).

Please find below the complete program for Sept. 27 and 28. The program also includes information on an extra round table, "EU Enlargement: The Future of Europe and Trans-Atlantic Relations" which is taking place on October 4 at 黑料不打烊's Faculty Club (3450 McTavish St.).

Unity and Diversity: European and Canadian Debates
Second Annual Colloquium - 27-28 septembre / September 2002
脡cole des Hautes 脡tudes Commerciales (HEC)
3000, chemin de la C么te-Sainte-Catherine Standard Life Room

Septembre 27: S茅ance d'ouverture / Opening

15 h 30
Mots d'ouverture / Opening remarks
Philippe Musquar, Charg茅 d'Affaires, D茅l茅gation de la Commission europ茅enne au Canada

16 h 00
Les minorit茅s 脿 l'猫re de la mondialisation / Minorities and Globalisation
Pr茅sident/Chair: Armand de Mestral, Co-director, Universit茅 de Montr茅al-黑料不打烊 University Institute for European Studies.
Frederick Harhoff, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen.
Elke Winter, Department of Sociology, York University.
Paul Schnabel, General Director, Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands, The Hague.
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, Directrice de recherche au CNRS/CERI, Paris.
Commentateur/Discussant: Cecilia Thompson, Human rights consultant and former human rights officer, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva.

September 28

8 h 30
Accueil / Registration

9 h 00-11 h 00
Balancing Immigration and security / Immigration et s茅curit茅 : 脿 la recherche d'un 茅quilibre?
Pr茅sident/Chair: Me Jennifer Stoddart, Pr茅sidente, Commission d'acc猫s 脿 l'information du Qu茅bec.
Conf茅renciers/Speakers :
Morton Weinfeld, Department of Sociology, 黑料不打烊 University.
Virginie Guiraudon, Charg茅e de recherche au CNRS, CRAPS, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 de Lille 2.
Elena Saraceno, Group of Policy Advisers, European Commission.
Commentateur/Discussant: Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 de Montr茅al.

11 h 30-13 h 30
L'茅ducation face 脿 l'internationalisation et 脿 la diversification des soci茅t茅s / Education in an era of internationalisation and diversification
Pr茅sident/Chair: Mich猫le Jean, Facult茅 des 茅tudes sup茅rieures, Universit茅 de Montr茅al.
颁辞苍蹿茅谤别苍肠颈别谤蝉/厂辫别补办别谤蝉:
Bertrand Girod de l'Ain, Universit茅 Paris IX-Dauphine.
Martin Papillon, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.
Isabelle Petit, Institut d'茅tudes europ茅ennes, Universit茅 de Montr茅al-黑料不打烊.
Commentateur/Discussant: Denise Lievesley, Directrice, Institut de statis- tique de l'UNESCO.

14 h 45-15 h 15
Son Excellence Nielson, Ambassadeur du Danemark au Canada

15 h 15-17 h 15
Penser la citoyennet茅 : les le莽ons de l'Europe et du Canada / Citizenship Perspectives in Europe and Canada
Pr茅sident/Chair: Jane Jenson, Director, Universit茅 de Montr茅al-黑料不打烊 University Institute for European Studies.
颁辞苍蹿茅谤别苍肠颈别谤蝉/厂辫别补办别谤蝉:
Danielle Juteau, D茅partement de sociologie, Universit茅 de Montr茅al.
Denise Helly, INRS-Urbanisation, Culture et Soci茅t茅s.
Christian Joppke, European University Institute, Florence.
Commentateur/Discussant: Barbara Haskel, Department of Political Science, 黑料不打烊 University.

17 h 15-17 h 30
Mots de cl么ture / Closing remarks
EU Enlargement: The Future of Europe and Trans-Atlantic Relations.
This event organised by the Institute for European Studies in partnership with Canadian Centre for German and European Studies and the Chaire Jean Monnet and with the support of the Danish Embassy in Canada will be held on 4 October 2002, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at the 黑料不打烊 Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street (Main Dining Room).

Round Table

Chair: Jane Jenson, Director, Institute for European Studies, Universit茅 de Montr茅al-黑料不打烊 University

His Excellency Svend Roed Nielsen, Ambassador of Denmark
The Danish Presidency and Enlargement

Karin Riis Jorgensen, MEP,
The Future of Europe. Challenge and Perspectives for an EU of 25 Nations

Lykke Friis, member of the Danish Foreign Institute,
Towards the End Game of the Enlargement Negotiations

His Excellency Pawel Dobrowlski, Ambassador of Poland to Canada,
Poland and the Enlargement to the East

Charles Pentland, Professor, Queen's University
The EU's Enlargement: A View from Canada

Hugh Porteous, Director Research and Corporate Relations, Alcan Inc.
The EU's Enlargement: A View from the Canadian Private Sector