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Commissioner in Canada: Opening of the Destination Europe Conference, McGill University

Commissioner and Suzanne Fortier, Principal & Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, together at McGill University, Montreal, © EU, 2014
"During the Seventh EU Framework Programme, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie scheme funded some 270 Canadian researchers to work in Europe and more than 150 Europeans to work in Canada. We hope that this excellent level of researcher mobility will increase in the coming years. These pan-European programmes are only the tip of the iceberg of opportunities."

 

Destination Europe – an opportunity for Canadian researchers

Montreal, 8 September 2014

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to this, the first Destination Europe Conference to be held in Canada.

It is very fitting that it takes place at McGill because this University has built up excellent cooperation with EU research and innovation programmes over the years.

And of course the University hosts one of the five EU Centres of Excellence in Canada. The funding of this Centre recognises the high quality, variety and depth of your activities to promote the study of the European Union and EU-Canada relations.

Canada is a key research and innovation partner for the European Union.

Today, there are almost 200 EU-funded research and innovation projects with Canadian participants, and McGill is top of the list – its researchers are taking part in 16 projects.

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