David Shribman on Joe Biden approaching 100 days in office | The Globe and Mail
April 24, 2021 | In the contemporary First Hundred Days (the standard measure聽of early presidential achievement that, in Joe Biden's case, ends聽April 30),聽a consequential question, which聽will determine the course of the next several years and will shape the 46th President鈥檚 place in history, emerges: Has Mr.
Ken Boessenkool: Finally, a credible Conservative climate plan 鈥� now over to Kenney and Ford | National Post
April 19, 2021 | Your move, Kenney and Ford. Max Bell School professor Ken Boessenkool believes the Albertan and Ontarian premiers聽can聽design their own鈥攕uperior鈥攑rovincial plans by聽using聽carbon revenues to cut personal or corporate income taxes or boost childcare tax rebates, rather than giving聽restricted visa-cash-back style rebates.
Group representing hijab-wearing teachers launches appeal against Bill 21 decision | Global News
April 21,聽2021聽|聽鈥淭he decision touches on virtually every aspect of the Canadian political landscape as it affects fundamental human rights.
David Shribman on American Politics | The Globe and Mail
April聽2021聽| In these recent Globe and Mail articles, Max Bell School professor聽David Shribman discusses Biden's post-Trump agenda,聽voting laws, and the potential for a GOP Presidential hopeful from the state of Florida.
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With the World in Crisis, What's an Intellectual To Do? | CBC
April 16, 2021聽|聽With the world in crisis, what's an intellectual to do?
The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations
October, 2020 | In the inaugural edition of聽The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations, read聽Jennifer Welsh's chapter on International law and peaceful change.聽
Chris Ragan on the Conservative's Climate Plan | CBC Power & Politics
15 April, 2021聽| In this panel conversation, Max Bell School director Chris Ragan shares his thoughts on the Conservative's newly revealed climate plan聽in a conversation with the聽Globe and Mail's Kelly Cryderman and political commentator Shakir Chambers.聽
Facial recognition technology speeds ahead as Canada's privacy law lags behind | The Ottawa Citizen
March 1, 2021聽| Software company Clearview AI has recently been discovered illegally scraping countless images of faces on the Internet and selling them to third-party organizations in Canada.聽Co-penned by Sonja Solomun, Research Director of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, this article looks at the consequences of using facial recognition for the purposes of widespread surveillance.
David Shribman on the Biden Administration | The Globe and Mail
March聽2021聽| Max Bell Professor David Shribman has penned several articles covering the ongoing changes being instated by the Biden administration. To learn more about how the US has been dealing with the pandemic relief response, massive government spending, and the other challenges of adapting to new leadership, read the articles:
Liberals should drive daycare improvements, not redo system, report says | Times Colonist
March 30, 2021 | This Times Colonist article examines a recent C.D. Howe Institute report, co-authored by Max Bell School professor Ken Boessenkool. Read about the report's proposal for improving Canadian daycare systems iteratively, rather than by pressing the reset button.
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Hedging our bets with China was a mistake | The Line
March 23, 2021聽| In this recent article, Max Bell Professor Andrew Potter comments on the current diplomatic trajectory Canada is taking with China. To learn more about the economic聽and defense-related consequences聽involved, read on.
Should a bullying comedy routine be illegal? Canada鈥檚 high court may decide. | The Christian Science Monitor
April 1, 2021 | Max Bell Professor Pearl Eliadis is quoted聽in this article, which takes a look at the recent Supreme Court case against comedian Mike Ward, and the consequences of a joke he made against the disability of Quebec artist J茅r茅my Gabriel. This聽piece encourages readers to consider the tense relationship between freedom of speech, artistic autonomy, and personal dignity.
Human Rights Approaches to Covid-19: Opening Remarks to a Canadian Law School Conference | PKI Global Justice Journal
May 5, 2021 | Max聽Bell Professor Pearl Eliadis聽delivered the opening address at Queen's Human Rights Law Club's 鈥淗uman Rights in Pandemic Times" conference. In this article by the聽PKI Global Justice Journal, learn more about Eliadis' address and the conference's key takeaways.
Saving Journalism from Big Tech | Project Syndicate
March 5, 2021 |聽Google and Facebook聽have dominated聽digital advertising in search and social networking, creating a business model that is not based on the distribution of reliable information.
To govern Big Tech, listen to those most harmed by it | National Post
March 19, 2021 | Taylor Owen's latest piece for the National Post delves into聽algorithmic bias and the disproportionate harms Big Tech inflicts on people of colour. One piece of the solution? "Amplify聽the diverse voices of those with most knowledge of technology鈥檚 injustices."
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