Meeting the challenges

We are now halfway through the five-year period of the MCRI grant. Since the beginning of the project, we have profited from extensive input from researchers, both during plenary sessions and smaller discussions held during three pan-Canadian meetings in July 2006 (Rama), January 2007 (Montreal) and June 2007 (Saskatoon). We have also organized meetings at a more local level among researchers in the same region to track their progress in relation to the project objectives. More recently, in February and March 2008, we held joint meetings on “Recognition and Self-Determination” in Victoria with the MCRI research groups working on Ethnicity and Democratic Governance (EDG) and the Consortium on Democratic Constitutionalism (Demcon). The project’s students had the opportunity to participate in every important meeting with researchers. In addition, two student events were organized: one in Montreal (December 7 - 8, 2007) and another in Victoria (February 28, 2008). These meetings were very rewarding since they allowed students to establish both scientific and personal ties with other students and researchers.

At the next meeting we will review the research project as a whole, which is now at its halfway point. This National conference will take place in Montreal on October 9 - 11, 2008.

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