About Us

Portal for North America is a unique web-based tool for knowledge exchange within Canada, Mexico and the United States. Built by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), it provides accessible avenues for research, education and network-building on critical continental issues.

Main objectives include:

  • To provide open access to the most comprehensive resources for research and analysis on interaction between Canada, Mexico, and the United States;
  • To develop and promote educational resources for increased continental studies;
  • To establish and foster a network of scholars, policymakers, practitioners and students interested in North American governance issues.

 

Steering Committee

Daniel Schwanen (Project Director)

Deputy Executive Director, Programs
The Centre for International Governance Innovation

Stephen Blank

Senior Fellow
The Centre for International Governance Innovation

Stephen Clarkson

Professor of Political Economy
University of Toronto

Daniel Drache

Associate Director - Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
Professor of Political Economy - York University

Annette Hester

CIGI Research Fellow
The Centre for International Governace Innovation

Andrés Rozental

Chairman
Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI)

Christopher Sands

Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute

Dra. Ma. Isabel Studer Noguez

Directora
Centro de Diálogo y Análisis sobre América del Norte (CEDAN), Tecnológico de Monterrey

José Luis Valdés-Ugalde

Director
Center for Research on North America (CISAN) - UNAM, Mexico

PNA/CIGI in the News

Abitibi deal may create political precedent: experts

September 1, 2010
Professor Stephen Clarkson, a leading NAFTA expert at the University of Toronto, said provincial governments may approach treaty challenges differently as a result of the Abitibi outcome. Last week, the federal government announced it agreed to pay $130 million to Abitibi for hydro dams and other assets the province expropriated. Under NAFTA, if governments expropriate or nationalize assets, they have to pay fair market value promptly. Read more

Liberals put Ignatieff on 'unplugged' tour in effort to connect

July 19, 2010
University of Toronto Political Science Professor Stephen Clarkson, who has written extensively about the Liberal Party, including the book Big Red Machine: How the Liberal Party Dominates Canadian Politics, said summer barbecue tours of this sort have been helpful to opposition leaders in the past, partly because federal politicians typically get an easier ride with local media than with the Parliamentary Press Gallery. http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/unplugged-07-19-2010

Politicians face sticky issues as they descend on Stampede city

July 6, 2010
Canada's political heavyweights land in Calgary this week for some Stampede partying, but the sticky issues of oilsands development and cross-border energy dialogue with the U.S. may push their way onto the agenda.
Tags: Canada, Energy

Full list of 74 new appointees to the Order of Canada

June 30, 2010
The Canadian Press
Tags: Canada

Tensions within the G20 on a Bank Tax - Daniel Schwanen

June 25, 2010
In this video blog from the G20 media centre, Daniel Schwanen, Special Advisor - Programs at The Centre for International Governance Innovation, comments on the international bank tax debate.
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