At Pittsburgh鈥檚 Tree of Life synagogue, faith blooms afresh | The Globe and Mail
May 5, 2021 | Over two years after the tragic mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, David Shribman聽focuses on renewal, reflection, and and remembrance.
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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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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
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?
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.
Variation in the Canadian Provincial and Territorial Responses to Covid-19 | Blavatnik School
In collaboration with Oxford University's Blavatnik School and Institute for Research on Public Policy and its Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation,聽Max Bell School alumni and Policy Scholar聽Paisley Sim聽co-authored a wor
How to fix the patchwork system of paid sick leave in Canada | IRPP
April 23, 2021 | In our聽fragmented federal system, policies on issue like paid sick leave can vary drastically from province to province. The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a聽light on the problems with such disparities.
