Carleton to receive two large grants for new exchange programs

Carleton University has been awarded two large grants from the Government of Canada to fund two new student exchange programs in Europe, Mexico and the United States, reflecting Carleton’s considerable prestige in these particular world regions, and more generally, in international relations.

Over the next five years, Human Resources and Social Development Canada will provide a total of $346,000 to allow students to study in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. The exchange programs will provide valuable opportunities for students to expand their international experience and study at prestigious international institutions, with most of their expenses covered. The programs will also promote ties between faculty at these universities.

The first program, CELAB – Consortium on Regional and Global Governance: Canada and the EU as Laboratories, will send a total of 12 students to study at the University of Trento and Warsaw University in Poland. Based in the Department of Political Science and the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the exchange is part of the Canada-European Union Program for Cooperation in Higher Education, Training and Youth.

A second program, part of the Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education, will send a total of 12 Carleton students to study in U.S. or Mexico. The program, titled Beyond Borders: Regionalism, Migration and Security in North America, involves the partnership of the Department of Political Science and the Centre for North American Politics and Society (CNAPS) at Carleton University and the University of Alberta in Canada; the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Mexico; and the University of Texas at El Paso and the Florida International University (FIU) in the United States.