Launched in April 2004, Cérium is a new centre in the field of international research in Québec and Canada.
Every Spring, CERIUM organizes a major conference, alternating in focus between a European country and a North American topic.
Scholars from the US, Europe and Canada debated the different facts of American, and Canadian, conservatism.
The Cérium offers intensive summer schools organized for citizens interested in international issues, as well as local and foreign graduate students.
Subjects in 2009: From June 29 to July 4: The Obama Presidency: Year One India: Surprising Modernity Pluralism and Radicalization in the Arab-Muslim World International and European Environmental Law/Climate Change From July 6 to 11: Biodiversity: current situation, challenges and management issues China Risen: How it is Changing, and Changing Us Understanding and Preventing Terrorism Peace Operations: Manufacturing Peace For further information and a short video