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To promote research about issues facing Canadian democracy;
To engage in public education programs to raise awareness of these issues;
To create a Canadian centre for research on policy in international democratic development;
To promote collaboration between Canadian and international researchers working on issues of democratic development;
To enlarge and strengthen Canada’s role in international democratic development ;
To promote engagement between the scholarly research community working on issues of democratic development and Canadian policy-makers, program administrators, and practitioners.

Administration

The Centre is housed in the School of Policy Studies and engages faculty and researchers from a variety of disciplines across the University.

It is administered by a Director who reports to the Director of the School and to the Associate Vice-Principal of Graduate Studies.

Activities

The Centre’s research activities include conferences, workshops, and occasional papers.

Its public education activities include television forums, podcasts, and the full range of Web 2.0 utilities

It also conducts international assistance projects.

For information on current activities see the following links: “International Research”, “Canadian Research” and “International Assistance Projects”