{"id":9894,"date":"2026-04-29T13:26:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/news\/jean-monnet-debate-2026-reflecting-on-eu-canada-relations-with-stephane-dion\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:30:48","slug":"jean-monnet-debate-2026-reflecting-on-eu-canada-relations-with-stephane-dion","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/news\/jean-monnet-debate-2026-reflecting-on-eu-canada-relations-with-stephane-dion\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Monnet Debate 2026: Reflecting on EU\u2013Canada Relations with St\u00e9phane Dion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"323\">The Jean Monnet Centre Montr\u00e9al had the pleasure of hosting the <strong data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"248\">Jean Monnet Debate 2026<\/strong> at McGill University, marking the 50th anniversary of EU\u2013Canada relations.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"649\">We were honoured to welcome <strong data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"381\">Ambassador St\u00e9phane Dion<\/strong>, whose keynote address explored the evolving relationship between Canada and the European Union. His intervention highlighted both the growing convergence between partners and the distinct political paths that continue to shape this unique transatlantic relationship.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"813\">The discussion provided a timely opportunity to reflect on cooperation, shared values, and the future of EU\u2013Canada relations in a rapidly changing global context.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"1022\">The event concluded with the presentation of the <strong data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"892\">JMCM Student Awards 2026<\/strong>, recognizing outstanding student research, as well as the <strong data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"989\">George Ross Fieldwork Scholarships<\/strong>, supporting fieldwork in Europe.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1134\">We would like to warmly thank our partners and all participants for contributing to the success of this event.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1175\">\ud83d\udc49 You can access the full speech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/news\/speech-by-stephane-dion-jean-monnet-debate-2026-canada-and-the-european-union-growing-closer-without-merging\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260428-WA0013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260428-WA0013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260428-WA0013.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260428-WA0013-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260428-WA0013-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jean Monnet Centre Montr\u00e9al had the pleasure of hosting the Jean Monnet Debate 2026 at McGill University, marking the 50th anniversary of EU\u2013Canada relations. We were honoured to welcome Ambassador St\u00e9phane Dion, whose keynote address explored the evolving relationship between Canada and the European Union. His intervention highlighted both the growing convergence between partners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[332],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9897,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9894\/revisions\/9897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9894"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeanmonnet.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=9894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}