Current Projects

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MCP Index

The Multiculturalism Policy Index monitors the evolution of multiculturalism policies in Western democracies. The project is designed to provide information about multiculturalism policies in a standardized format that aids comparative research and contributes to the understanding of state-minority relations. There are three separate indices covering three types of minorities: immigrant groups; historic national minorities; and indigenous peoples. Documentation on the adoption (or repeal) of multiculturalism policies relating to these three types of groups across 21 Western countries is freely available through this site for researchers, public officials, journalists, students, activists, and others interested in the topic.

Building Democracy in Ukraine

This CIDA funded project was established in partnership with the Ukrainian Ministry of Education to help Ukraine develop the capacity to deliver a self-sustaining program of education to foster and strengthen commitment to liberal-democratic values and the processes of liberal-democratic governance. The project has created a foundation course on democracy which is being used in more than 250 universities; courses on democratic policing and human rights for the universities and technical colleges of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; a course on teaching civic education for Ukraine’s 43 pedagogical universities and summer institutes; and courses on democracy and human rights for secondary schools. It has published nine textbooks. Its post-secondary courses have annual enrolments o f more than 40,000 students and through a new compulsory Grade XI course it will reach 200,000 students each year.

Ethnicity and Democratic Governance

Haklai receives Shapiro award for Best Book in Israel Studies

Democracy and Diversity faculty associate wins Trudeau Fellowship

John McGarry is one of four Canadian researchers to win this year's Trudeau fellowships which are awarded annually to support "creative academics showing commitment to solving social issues that are important to Canada." McGarry has been recognized for his ongoing work in conflict resolution and peace negotiations.

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BDU textbook wins national competition:
Will be used in a course reaching 200,000 students

A secondary school textbook supported by the Centre’s project “Building Democracy in Ukraine” has won a national competition for a textbook for the final year of high school in Ukraine. The competition was held by the Ministry of Education to choose a new text for a social science and humanities course that is part of the compulsory curriculum for all students in Grade XI.

The winning text was based on the Project’s secondary school textbook Civic Education: the Fundamentals of Democracy” which has been approved by the Ministry for a new optional civic education course for students doing a concentration in social science.

The new text will be published by the Ministry. It will be used in 20,000 secondary schools with an annual enrolment of more than 200,000 students.

It has been written by three of the authors of the civic education textbook, among them the Project’s Director in Ukraine: Lyubov Margolina.