Dr. Achim Hurrelmann is Associate Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) at Carleton University. He holds the Jean Monnet Chair “Democracy in the European Union” and serves as Associate Director of the Centre for European Studies (CES), Carleton’s EU Centre of Excellence. He is an elected member of the management board of the European Community Association-Canada (ECSA-C). Dr. Hurrelmann's research focuses on the politics of the European Union, with a particular emphasis on questions of democracy and legitimacy in the EU, multilevel governance, and European integration theory. His work has appeared in journals such as Political Studies, European Political Science Review, European Journal of Political Research, West European Politics. This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org

Sara Norrevik is a PhD Candidate and Fulbright Grantee in Political Science at the University at Buffalo. Her dissertation "Trade Policy Preferences and Comprehensive Trade Agreements" consists of three papers that consider trade policy preferences among legislators, the public and elites under comprehensive trade agreements. Sara Norreviks major fields of interest are International Political Economy, Comparative Politics and American Politics. In 2018, Sara Norrevik received the Best Paper Award, Junior Scholar, from the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) at their Biennial Conference. This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org

This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org

Dr. Conrad King, Capilano Collage, on the importance of the European Community Studies Association in Canada for his career and the collaboration on various projects. This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org

This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org

This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org

This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org

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Dr. Joan Debardeleben is the Chancellor's Professor of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. In this interview, Dr. Debardeleben talks about the role of the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) and other academic initiatives to support outreach initiatives in the field of European studies. This interview was recorded during the ECSA-C Biennial 2018 in Toronto within the outreach initiatives: "ECSA-Cn - Building capacity for Canada’s European Studies community: the European Community Studies Association Canada (ECSA-C) as a research and outreach hub” (https://www.eucanet.org/index.php/projects/ecsa-cn/about-team) . This project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Support to Associations Programme of the European Union. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org