No, COVID-19 vaccines do not violate the Nuremberg Code | CTV News
September 7, 2021 |聽In a sign of the extraordinary times through which we're living, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis was recently asked to explain why the Nuremberg Code is not a formal treaty, and how聽vaccine mandates fit into our聽human rights framework.
Chrystia Freeland tweet labelled 鈥渕anipulated video鈥� by Twitter | CPAC
August 30, 2021 | In this CBC interview,聽Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory's聽Canadian Election Misinformation Project, provides聽an overview of the Project's first memo: an analysis of a misleading video tweeted聽by Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland.
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Twitter's slap-down of Liberal video reveals growing role of social media giants in election | CBC News
August 30, 2021 | In this CBC interview,聽Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory's聽Canadian Election Misinformation Project, provides聽an overview of the Project's first memo: an analysis of a misleading video tweeted聽by Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland.
Economists say NDP plan to hike tax on heavy emitters would cost Canadian jobs | Toronto Star
August 31, 2021 | The NDP has pledged to close loopholes in Canada's carbon pricing regime that provide a discount to industrial polluters. Some economists, including Max Bell School director Chris Ragan, believe that such a policy change would cost Canada聽jobs and lead to no reduction聽in global greenhouse gas emissions.
Political scientist Aengus Bridgman on manipulated media and misinformation | CBC Radio
August 24, 2021 | In this CBC Radio interview,聽Aengus Bridgman, director of the聽Canadian Election Misinformation Project, comments聽on manipulated media and misinformation in the ongoing federal election campaign.
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Will misinformation be a problem this election season? | CBC News
August 24, 2021 | Election 44 is underway, and the Media Ecosystem Observatory's Canadian Election Misinformation Project is hard at work tracking election mis- and disinformation. Learn more about the Project in this interview with its director,聽Aengus Bridgman.
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The calculated measure of success of our mission to Afghanistan | Policy Options
August 30, 2021 | Was Canada's involvement in the war in Afghanistan a success? Despite the recent collapse of the Afghan聽government and the resurgence of the Taliban,聽Max Bell School professor Andrew Potter argues that Canada accomplished the聽narrow objectives it set back when troops were first deployed.
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Canada needs to reimagine a foreign policy for a leaderless world | The Globe and Mail
August 30, 2021 | In the wake of the disastrous pullout from Afghanistan, a group of foreign policy experts鈥攊ncluding the Max Bell School's Jennifer Welsh鈥攊s calling for a rethink of Canada's role in global diplomacy.
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The Canadian Election Misinformation Project - Memo #1
August 26, 2021 |聽The Media Ecosystem Observatory's聽Canadian Election Misinformation Project is out with its聽first聽memo聽of the 44th Canadian federal election聽campaign.
Election campaign and inflation set up 鈥榩erfect storm鈥� for usually sleepy review of BoC monetary policy | The Globe and Mail
August 20, 2021 | The Bank of Canada's mandate renewal鈥攗sually a mundane and technical affair鈥攊s generating interest in the political sphere as Canadas 44th federal election gets underway.
Luxury Belief Systems and Economic Stagnation: The Recipe for Our Discontent | Quillette
August 19, 2021 | "The growth of civilization shifted our concerns from struggles against the elements to trying to deal with other people. Our politics thus went from being focused on survival, to being obsessed with status." Read a passage from Max Bell School professor Andrew Potter's new book, ON DECLINE.
韩国裸舞 launches Canadian Election Misinformation Project
August 19, 2021 |聽Mis- and dis-information are a growing threat to the integrity of free and fair elections and to the strength of democracies the world聽over. That is why聽韩国裸舞聽University聽and the聽University聽of Toronto聽are聽announcing the creation of the聽Canadian Election Misinformation聽Project聽to monitor and respond to聽mis- and聽disinformation incidents聽and threats during the聽44th Canadian federal election.
The COVID-19 pandemic. Climate change. Culture wars. For the West, the party is over | Globe and Mail
August 20, 2021 | "The rot in the foundations of the West is deep, and we are still in the early stages of figuring out just how bad things are going to get." Max Bell School professor Andrew Potter's new book, ON DECLINE, delves into the structural challenges facing Western nations聽as they attempt to deal with COVID-19, climate change, and an onslaught of聽other crises.
Quebec vaccine passport elicits protest | Global News
August 13, 2021 | The Quebec government's plan to implement a vaccine passport system for some non-essential services has drawn the ire of some Quebecers. But despite the fact that such a system may infringe on certain Charter rights, it will likely be able to weather potential legal challenges, says Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis.
Vaccination passport implications | Global News
August 18, 2021 | The Quebec government's聽forthcoming vaccine passport system has some people raising legal and human rights concerns. Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis addresses those in this new interview with Global News.
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