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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

TO CÉRIUM

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CÉRIUM’s triple mission: CÉRIUM’s triple mission:

Bring together academics in international studies from Bring together academics in international studies from the Université de Montréalthe Université de Montréal

Train a new generation of students Train a new generation of students

Contribute to the international awareness of citizens Contribute to the international awareness of citizens and decision-makers from civil society, the public and decision-makers from civil society, the public

sector and the private sectorsector and the private sector

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Over 150 researchers in

21 research units

A strong presence :- Europe

- North America- Peace and security

-Immigration

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A Strong European PresenceA Strong European PresenceAn EU Centre of Excellence :

A French and a German unit

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Three chairs looking at the Three chairs looking at the USAUSA

Politics and economics History

Law

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An International Network An International Network on Peacekeepingon Peacekeeping

- Providing francophone expertise in key Providing francophone expertise in key arenas (UN, Francophonie, French Africa);arenas (UN, Francophonie, French Africa);

-  A daily updated, freely accessible online -  A daily updated, freely accessible online encyclopedia on peace operations;encyclopedia on peace operations;

-  Focal point of discussions, publications, -  Focal point of discussions, publications, events in the francophone worldevents in the francophone world

Peace operations

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Nobel Prize, Shirin EbadiFormer President of Brazil, Fernando CardosoFormer presidential candidates Howard Dean and Ralph NaderFormer French presidential candidate, Ségolène RoyalFormer French Prime Minister, Alain JuppéFormer French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hubert VédrineFormer Head of Policy for Tony Blair, Geoff MulganFormer SG for the Council of Europe, Catherine LalumièreFormer speechwriter for George W. Bush, David FrumFormer François Mitterrand advisor, Régis DebrayGreen European MP and May 68 leader Daniel Cohn-BenditCSIS director for Europe, Simon SerfatyFounder of Doctors without borders, Rony BraumanCanadian politicians foreign policy prononcements: Paul Martin, Stéphane Dion, Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton, Michael IgnatieffCanadian Ambassadors to the UN (Allan Rock), London (Mel Cappe), NATO (Jean-Pierre Juneau) China (Joseph Caron) French sociologist, Dominique WoltonIRIS director, Pascal BonifacePeking correspondents, Eric Meyer and Pierre HaskiIsraeli Journalist Emmanuel Halperin, and many others…

In four years: more than 350 guests

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FranceAgroParisTech, CÉRI-Paris, U.Paris VII, U. de Savoie, U. de Rennes, U. de Paris VIII, U. Paris XII, Paris II, U. Paris X, Nanterre, EHESS Paris, U. de Lyon, Institut catholique de Paris, U. de Metz, American University of Paris, CNRS, IEP Rennes, U. Paris-Dauphine, INED,

Paris, IRIS Paris, U. Jean Moulin, Lyon, EM Lyon, U. Paris I, CÉRI-Paris, INRS-Culture et Société, U. Lyon III, ESG-Paris, U. de Picardie Jules Verne, U. de Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne, U. de Clermont-Ferrand, U. Paris X-Nanterre, U. de Paris-Sud, ADIS-GRJM

EuropeCharles U., Collège d’Europe (Bruges), Durham U., Edinburgh U., Egmont – the Royal Institute for International Relations

EUI-Trento, European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety, European U. Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Fribourg, Humboldt U., IISS London, Institut kurde de Paris, Karl-Franzens-Universität, l’U. Radboud de Nijmegen, Martin-Luther-

U., Middlebury College, Oxford U., U. del Piemonte Orientale, PRIO, Queen Mary U, U. of London, Technische U. Berlin, Torino, U.C. Hastings, U. Bruxelles, U. de Genève, U. de Hagen, U. de Liverpool, U. de Lübeck, Allemagne, U. Maastricht, U. of Amsterdam, U. of

Cologne, U. of Mainz, U. Sheffield, U. Torino, U. Zürich, U. de Barcelone, U. de Bretagne-Sud, U. de Genève, U. de Liège, Université de Louvain, U. libre de Bruxelles, U. of Helsinki, U. of Nottingham, U. of Oslo, U. of Southern Denmark, U. of the Basque Country

The United StatesBoston College, Columbia U, Pittsburgh U., Brown U., U. de Miami, Washington U., U. of North Carolina, Denver U., U. of Chicago, Brandeis U, Rutgers U, Duke University, Yale U., U. of Utah, U. of Illinois, City U. of New-York, Northwestern U., U. de Delaware, U. South Carolina, Dartmouth College, Temple U., U. de Pennsylvanie, U. of Massachusetts, U. of Mary Washington, California State U.

AmericaU. de São Paulo, U. de La Havane, U. de Buenos Aires, U. Iberoamericana, U. Autónoma Metropolitana

AsiaIndian Institute of Management Calcutta, Waseda U., Aichi Gakuin U.

Middle EastU. of Haifa

AfricaU. Mohamed V de Rabat

Quebec and CanadaCarleton U., Concordia U., Dalhousie U., HEC, Huron College, McGill, UBC, U., McMaster U., Polytechnique, Queen’s U., U. d’Alberta,

U. de Calgary, U. de Moncton, U. Laval, U of Newfoundland, U. of Saskatchewan, U. of Toronto, U. of Waterloo, U. Ottawa, U. Sherbrooke, UBC, UQAC, UQAM, York U.

International Organizations ACDI, Commission de Coopération environnementale, Commission européenne, AUF, CISDL, UNESCO, CEPII, CISDL, ONU, OIF,

OTAN, Enfants du Ningxia, Amnesty International, PNUE, Banque Mondiale, Commission africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples, Reporter sans frontière Canada, ITU, Institut canadien des affaires internationales

In 2007/08, 315 academic guests

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A continuously

updated

website

A million visitorsper year

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Over a hundred

academic lectures online

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First French First French International International

Studies Center on Studies Center on iTunes UiTunes U

Free access, video and audio,

to CERIUM conferences

through iTunes

http://itunesu.umontreal.ca

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An academic showcase

for the researcher

s’ work

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Applied research

How US states respond to climate change

Our researchers routinely inform policy-makers

Peace opérations seminars for UN members

Research for the India strategy of theQuébec governement

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High level eventsHigh level events

March 2007

March 2006

With HEC :

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CÉRIUM strengthens and multiplies links with domestic and foreign universities,

NGOs, and governments

A Strong Networking Capacity

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The international The international Generation Generation

A Master ’s in International Studies with A Master ’s in International Studies with 215 very talented students (rigorous 215 very talented students (rigorous selection)selection)

40 graduates every year40 graduates every year

70 Ph.D. and Post-doctoral students70 Ph.D. and Post-doctoral students

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CERIUM Summer SchoolsCERIUM Summer SchoolsIntended forAnd attended by:

- Diplomats- Graduates

students- Members of NGOs- Journalists- Civil servants- Business

managers - Citizens

interested in international issues

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Summer Schools 2008Summer Schools 2008

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In construction in 2008

Two new Research unitsTwo new Research units

A symposium on A symposium on Citizenship in a Citizenship in a Globalized WorldGlobalized World

A major conference on A major conference on the US electionsthe US elections

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The team of the Cérium

Raymond Chrétien, former ambassador to Paris, Washington and Mexico, chairs Cérium Board of Directors, which also

includes:Rupert Duchesne, Marie-José Nadeau,

Guy Crevier, Jacques Bougie, Jean-Louis Roy, Martine Tremblay

the vice-rector Martha Crago, two deans, Joseph Hubert (FAS) and Anne-Marie

Boisvert (Law)And the vice-rector for research Joseph

Hubert

The executive director is Jean-François Lisée.

The executive team is supported by a Scientific Committee .

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