On November 8-9, 2019, the 16th annual international scientific conference ‘Russia and Canada: Opportunities for Cooperation’ was held at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences

On November 8-9, 2019, the 16th annual international scientific conference ‘Russia and Canada: opportunities for cooperation’ was held at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The conference discussed topical issues of Canadian science: from politics and economics to culture and science. Particular attention was paid to Arctic issues, and opportunities for cooperation between Russia and Canada in the Arctic dimension were actively discussed.
For the second year in a row, a meeting of the Young Canadian Studies section is held, where graduate students are given the opportunity to make a presentation on their chosen topic.
Following the conference, a collection of materials will be printed, which will become a source of relevant information about Canada and Russian-Canadian relations.
The conference program can be found here.

Plenary session. The opening of the conference.

From left to right: Vice Chairman of the Canadian Business Association in Russia and Eurasia (CERBA) Withers Neal; Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the 1st class of the Department of North America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Isakov A.V .; Director of ISCRAN Garbuzov V.N., Doctor of Historical Sciences; Chargé d’Affaires of Canada to the Russian Federation, Zhoben S .; President of the ROIC Kuzmina TR, Ph.D.
From left to right: Director of ISKRAN Garbuzov V.N., Doctor of Historical Sciences; Chargé d’Affaires of Canada to the Russian Federation, Zhoben S .; President of the ROIC Kuzmina TR, Ph.D.
Scientific Director of ISCRAN, Honorary President of the ROIC, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences S. Rogov, Doctor of History

Panel meeting 1.1. “Russia and Canada: joint interests and challenges.”

Moderators – A. Demchuk, Ph.D. Akimov Yu.G., Doctor of History

Panel meeting 1.2. “Russia and Canada: problems and achievements in the Arctic dimension.”

Moderators – Khoroshilov E.E., Ph.D .; Volodin D.A., Ph.D.
Speech on Skype by Global Brief Editor-in-Chief Paykin Z.

Panel Session 2.1.’Russian-Canadian Cooperation: Culture and Science ‘.

From left to right: reporter Khayrullin R.Z., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences; moderators – Isaeva E.V., Ph.D.; Romanov K.S., K. Culturology.
Participants of the second day of the conference.
ROIK President Kuzmina TR, Ph.D., with volunteers of the conference.

You can also see the full photo report from the conference on the ROIC page.