Are Poland and Canada: Becoming Close Partners?

• Autorzy: Tomasz Kamiński
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

PL

The author presents relations betweenCanada and Poland in 21st century.He explains the reasons for the lack of closeconnections between the two countries.Then, he recognizes few historicallinks, focusing on Polish migrationto Canada. Afterwards, he describesofficial diplomatic relations by presentingmeetings of politicians from bothcountries in 20th century. The foundationof relations between countries in modernworld is economics, which is presentedin next part. The author presents factsabout trade and investment. In next part,he describes the Polish community inCanada, focusing on the Canadian PolishCongress and other organizations thatplay an important role in life of Polishminority. Finally, the two most importantevents of last decade of bilateral relationsare presented: death of a Polish immigrantthat was tasered in Vancouver and recenttakeover of Quadra FNX, a Canadianmining company, by the Polish coppercorporation KGHM. The author describesthe incident with Robert Dziekanski,presenting the reaction to it by Canadiansand Poles, as well as the results of theinvestigation. He also gives facts about KGHM’s purchase of Quadra FNX andexplains what this transaction means tothe Polish company. The author concludesby deliberating about perspectives ofrelations between Canada and Poland.Full text: http://bazhum.muzhp.pl/czasopismo/589/?idno=14761

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Poland; Canada; Polish community in Canada; Robert Dziekanski; KGHM

• Wydawca: Fundacja Copernicus na rzecz Rozwoju Badań Naukowych
• Czasopismo: The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies
• Rocznik: 2012
• Numer: 1 (1)

Daty

wydano

2012

online

2018-10-21

Twórcy

autor

Tomasz Kamiński,

edytor

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

edytor

Natalia Olszanecka

edytor

Daniel Urbański

edytor

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

edytor

Agnieszka Bryc

edytor

Bartosz Bojarczyk

edytor

Feride Asli Ergul Jorgensen

edytor

Dorota Niedziołka

edytor

Anna Pacześniak

edytor

Radosław Potorski

edytor

Maria Wincławska

edytor

Agata Włodkowska-Bagan

edytor

Agnieszka Jeran

edytor

Anna Mol

edytor

Alex Solsbery

edytor

Izabela Dąbrowska

edytor

Mirosław Głodkowski

other

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

other

Natalia Olszanecka

other

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12775/18379