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The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) is no longer in operation. This website documents FOCAL's activities and accomplishments throughout its existence. Thank you for your interest in the work of FOCAL.
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Canada-Mexico | Canada-U.S. | North America | Mexican News and Analysis | Migration Mexico-Canada trade relations | SP Enhancing the movement of people between Canada and Mexico Beyond trade: Sub-national diplomacy between Canada and Mexico In search of relevance for Canadian-Mexican energy relations México y Canadá: ¿qué haremos? Canada-Mexico Visas: What Were We Thinking? Mexico's drug problem will soon hit closer to home FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Excellent Signals in the Canada-Mexico Relationship Where Are We Going: Canada and Mexico Looking Beyond 2006 FOCAL hosted this conference to discuss the Canada-Mexico relationship beyond the elections in both countries. It was sponsored by Canada's DFAIT; la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico; el Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; and the Centre for North American Politics and Society at Carleton University. The Canada-Mexico Relationship: The Unfinished Highway FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Mexico and Canada: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly… and the Pragmatic Canada and Mexico: Searching for Common Ground on the North American Continent High Expectations for Mexico: Responding to the Priorities of a New Government FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Note from the Editor - How Will Obama Transform the Americas? Obama’s Americas Policy Could Bring Opportunity for Canada Obama’s engagement promise to the Americas Can Obama End the "Cuba Wars"? Should Obama and Harper Talk About the Americas? Common Partners, Common Interests: Why We Must Develop a Social Agenda for Latin America Interview - U.S. Protectionism and the Americas Mexico is in the Third Seat at the Canada-US Table FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Will Canada and Barack Obama Collide in the Americas? Mexico is in the Third Seat at the Canada-US Table Dialogue on Labour Mobility in North America Labour Mobility and Trade in the Americas: Current Frameworks and Socio-economic Implications FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas North American Reinforce the Benefits of Cooperation Achieving True Security and Prosperity for North Americans: The Leaders’ Summit in Montebello The North American Summit: More or Less than It Seems? NAFTA All Over Again? Promoting a Better Understanding of the SPP The 2007 Leader’s Summit: What’s in it for Us? Will North American Leaders Follow Through on Energy? Obstacles to North American Integration: The Rhetoric and Reality in Mexican Foreign Policy The Potential for Canada-Mexico-U.S. Cooperation A North American Approach to Energy Security: The Case of Two G8 Countries and an Emerging Economy FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Made in North America (page 1) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas North America: In the Aftermath of Katrina (page 4) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Hu Jintao’s Visit to North America (page 6) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas The Meeting in Waco FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas NAFTA at Ten: A Mexican View North American Integration: Back to the Basics Overcoming Obstacles on the Road to North American Integration: A View from Canada Mexico’s Presidential Election FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas The PRI and Mexico’s July 5 Mid-Term Congress and Senate Elections FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas PAN Mid-term Election Loss Could Cripple Calderón FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Mexique: le nerf de la guerre anti-narcotique / Mexico: the core of the war against drugs FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas No Consensus on PEMEX Mexican Military Not a Long-term Solution to Drug War FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Caught in the Crossfire: Media and Democracy in Mexico / El público en medio: La democracia y los medios en México FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Mexico-Brazil Relations: Status and Prospects FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Mexico and Brazil: Myths and Reality, Toward a New Vision for Cooperation FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Brazil and Mexico Edging Toward a Strategic Relationship? FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas A Lengthy Electoral Process (p.1) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas The Mexican Presidential Elections: Too Close to Call FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas The Challenges of the 'Politics of Recognition' in Mexico (p.7) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Challenges in the 2006 Mexican Presidential Race (p.6) Mexico between Cuba and the United States... Again (p.8) Looking at the 2006 Mexican Elections FOCAL hosted this conference in partnership with the Centre for North American Politics and Society (CNAPS) at Carleton University, in order to provide insight about the nomination process of Mexico’s main political parties and electorate preferences as of November 2005, as well as discuss similarities and differences between Mexico and Canada. FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Elba Esther Gordillo and her Future in the PRI (p.2) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Race in the Americas: Memím Pinguín is the Least of Our Worries (p.4) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Democracy and the Rule of Law in Mexico’s 2006 Presidential Elections FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas The Impact of Higher Oil Prices on Oil Producing Countries: The Mexican Case (page 6) Campos agrícolas, campos de poder: el estado mexicano, los granjeros canadienses y los trabajadores temporales mexicanos FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Succession in Mexico: The Last Temptation of an Old Regime (p.4) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Cuba and Mexico: Changing the Rules of the Game, or the Game Itself? (p.3) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas The Mexican Dream: Finding a Way Out (p.4) FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas The Mexican Mid-Term Elections: PRI Resurgent and Democracy Strengthened? FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Uncertain Times for Maquiladoras in Yucatán, Mexico (p.3) Mexique: l'art de la négotiation politique FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Enabling the Voluntary Sector in Mexico? The Fox Administration and Civil Society (p.5) High Expectations for Mexico: Responding to the Priorities of a New Government
FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Feminization of Migration in Latin America: Domestic Workers Feminización de la Migración en América Latina Women from Latin America and the Caribbean Cross Borders to Work in the Domestic Sector Latinoamericanas y Caribeñas Atravesando Fronteras para Trabajar en el Sector Doméstico Toward a New Understanding of Labour and Domestic Service Hacia una Nueva Concepción del Trabajo y del Servicio Doméstico Dialogue on Labour Mobility in North America Labour Mobility and Trade in the Americas: Current Frameworks and Socio-economic Implications The Impact of Canadian Labour Experience on the Households of Mexicans: A Seminal View on Best Practices FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas FOCALPoint: Canada's Spotlight on the Americas Beyond El Muro (page 3) |
CMI in the Media
Moving North America at the speed of business
April 6, 2011
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