Corps du texteccc A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CÉRIUM

CÉRIUMs triple mission: Bring together academics in international studies from the Université de Montréal Train a new generation of students Contribute to the international awareness of citizens and decision-makers from civil society, the public sector and the private sector

Already 150 researchers regrouped into nineteen research units A strong presence : - Europe - North America - Peace and security -Immigration -China Priorities: - China - The international economy

Nobel Prize, Shirin Ebadi Former President of Brazil, Fernando Cardoso Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Ralph Nader Former French presidential candidate, Ségolène Royal Former French Prime Minister, Alain Juppé Former French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hubert Védrine Former Head of Policy for Tony Blair, Geoff Mulgan Former SG for the Council of Europe, Catherine Lalumière Pierre Pettigrew, Gilles Duceppe and John Manley Former Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Geoff Mulgan Former speechwriter for George W. Bush, David Frum Fulbright scholars Ted Marmor (Yale) and Stephen Blank (Pace) CSIS director for Europe, Simon Serfaty French Ambassador Bernard Dorin, Zaki Laïdi, from CERI, Canadian Ambassadors to the UN (Allan Rock), London (Mel Cappe), NATO (Jean-Pierre Juneau) China (Joseph Caron) Former Ambassadors Alan Gotlieb and Marie Bernard-Meunier; French sociologist, Dominique Wolton IRIS director, Pascal Boniface Pekin French journalist, Eric Meyer, Israeli Journalist Emmanuel Halperin, and many others… In three years: more than 350 guests

France AIE, Paris, CÉREQ, Marseille, CÉRI, CNRS, Collège de France, EHESS, Paris, IDDRI, INRA, Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Universitaire de France, IRD, Orléans, Lyon II, Paris I, Paris II, Paris III, Paris IV, Paris XII, Science Po, (IEP) Paris, U. de Montpellier, U. de Nice, U. de Rennes I, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Europe Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Cambridge U., CECRI-UCL, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, Collège de lEurope, Freie Universität Berlin, GCSP, Göteborgs Universitet, Institut für Sozialforschung, IWH, Allemagne, Leiden Universiteit, Queens U., Belfast, Roskilde U. Center, U. dAbsbourg, U. dAmsterdam, U. dUmea, Suède, U. de Genève, U. de Milan – Bicocca, U. de Turin, U. La Rochelle, U. Libre de Bruxelles, U. Maastricht, U. of Bosphore, Turquie, U. of Bristol, U. of Edinburgh, U. of Richmond, U. of Warwick, U. Pays Basque, U. Pecs, U. St-Kliment-Ohridski, Sofia, U. Stockholm, Università degli Studi di Firenze. Etats-Unis American U., Arizona State U., Boston U., Brandeis U., Columbia U., Cornell U., George Washington U., Georgetwon U., Harvard, Levin Institute, Ney York, Northwestern U., Portland State U., Princeton U., Rutgers U., State U. of New York, Texas A&M U., Tulane U., U. of California, San Diego, U. of Colorado, U. of Mary Washington, U. of Nort Carolina, U. of Oregon, U. of Texas, Austin, U. of Wisconsin, U. Texas School of Law, Yale U. Amériques ITAM, Mexique, IUPERJ, Brésil, U. Central de Venezuela, U. de Buenos Aires, Argentine, U. de Chile, U. de la República, Uruguay, U. Sao Paolo, Brésil. Asie Institute for Defence Studies ans Analyses, New Delhi, Institute of World Development, Chine, U. de Pékin, U. des langues étrangères de Pékin. Océanie Monash U., Australie, U. of Auckland, Nouvelle Zélande. Proche-Orient U. de Tel-Aviv, U. Hébraïque de Jérusalem. Afrique IDRI, Burkina Faso, INSEA, Rabat, Maroc. Québec et Canada Carleton U., Collège de forces canadiennes, Concordia U., HEC, McGill U., McMaster U., Queens U., U. dAlberta, U. de Moncton, U. Laval, U. of Western Ontario, U. Ottawa, U. Sherbrooke, UBC, UofT, UQAM, York U. Organisations internationales Agence Française de Développement, Amnistie Internationale, Banque Asiatique de Développement, British Council, Greenpeace, Médecin du monde, Médecins sans frontières, OCDE, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, OMC, OTAN, Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de lhomme, UNHCR (pour les Amériques). In 2006/07, 127 academics guests

A continuously updated website Half million visitors per year

About a hundred of academic lectures online

An academic showcase for the reserchers work

High level events March 2007 March 2006 With HEC :

CÉRIUM strengthens and multiplies links with domestic and foreign universities, NGOs, and governments A strong networking capacity

The international Generation A Master s in International Studies with 215 very talented students (rigorous selection) 70 Ph.D. and Post-doctoral students 150 conferences and seminars / year

Summer Schools 2008 Intended for citizens interested in international issues, members of NGOs, journalists, civil servants, the business community and graduate students

An International Network on Peacekeeping - Many activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Blue Helmets by Lester B. Pearson - An international association for French speaking scholars - An Internet portal Achieved in 2005/06 An International Network on Peacekeeping -Many activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Blue Helmets by Lester B. Pearson - An Internet portal - An Internet portal

New research units in International Research Center in compared criminology

To come in 2008 Two new Research Chairs A symposium about Issues for Citizenship in a Globalised World

The team of the Cérium Raymond Chrétien, former ambassador to Paris, Washington and Mexico, chairs Cérium Board of Directors, which also includes: Lucien Bouchard, Jean-Louis Roy, Martine Tremblay, Jacques Bougie, Guy Crevier, Marie-José Nadeau, Rupert Duchesne, the vice-rector Martha Crago, two deans, Joseph Hubert (FAS) and Anne-Marie Boisvert (Law) And the vice-rector for research Joseph Hubert Scientific direction is under the responsibility of the renowned specialist in immigration and human rights issues François Crepeau The executive director is Jean-François Lisée. Madam Graciela Ducatenzeiler is the Assistant Scientific Director. The executive team is supported by an Academic Committee.

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