ABSTRACT
Citizenship can be considered and practised as people meet and work together. Universities as sites of citizenship (Council of Europe, 2000a,b) are well placed not only to promote valuable work within their immediate context but also to bring people together through the process of international exchanges. This chapter discusses the issues arising from work undertaken through a project that was developed as a response to the increasing demand for effective citizenship education in the interdependent and multicultural societies of Canada and of the European Community. We worked mainly with trainee teachers but also with ‘leisure time workers’ and other graduates with specialisms in a variety of fields, attempting to expose them to new cultural perspectives on education and citizenship. We wanted to help all those who would become involved in our project to be more competent and confident in their roles as national and global citizens.
