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July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.
Activists defending their communities and the surrounding environment against development of extractive industries and land grabs for agrarian use face high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder around the world, according to a study published this month in the journal Global Environmental Change. The study, which analyzed 2,743 cases of environmental conflicts worldwide, found that despite the fact that these activists primarily use nonviolent forms of protest, they become victims of violence in 18 per cent of these conflicts and murder in 13 per cent of all cases.
By how much will the pandemic cause federal spending to rise? How much revenue are we expecting to lose? And how will the Canadian government manage their debt and avoid a financial emergency? As the COVID-19 crisis continues to spread uncertainty across Canada and the around the world, economists and policymakers must ask themselves these questions and devise ways to manage the post-pandemic financial landscape.
June 19, 2020 | The unfolding economic and public health crisis caused by COVID-19 has revealed cracks in healthcare while underscoring the challenges of Canada's decentralized fiscal federalism. With cities facing increased service delivery pressures and a steep decline in revenues, provinces must invest in municipal economic development on equal footing with the federal government.
March 19, 2021听| In this article for New Canadian Media, MPP candidate听Camilla Liu听recounts the racism she has faced and explains why such bigotry must be met with legal consequences.
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June 17, 2020 | For years, advocates have been criticizing the Canadian government for neglecting to implement听race-based data collection in policing, the justice system, health care, education, and employment.听This kind of disaggregated data is essential for policy makers, as it exposes hidden data trends and establishes听the scope of systemic inequality.听In this Policy Magazine article, MPP candidate Janoah Willsie illustrates the pressing need for race-based data collect
June 18, 2020 |听From food banks to women鈥檚 shelters, the COVID-19 pandemic has left Canada鈥檚 charitable sector overstretched and underfunded like听never before.听Less funding means less operational capacity at a moment when demand for social services is anything but flattening. In this article, MPP student听Jameson Voisin expresses how, without urgent intervention, COVID-19 may be the final straw for many of Canada's charitable organizations.
The findings,听published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences听earlier in June, show how social isolation can negatively affect the health of the brain as well as the immune system.鈥淪ocial isolation, or a lack of social opportunity, gives rise to a sense of loneliness. Directly or indirectly, this feeling has many wide-ranging consequences for our psychological well-being as well as our physical health, even our longevity,鈥� the study states.
June 16, 2020 | In 2007, the City of Ottawa adopted an Accountability and Transparency Policy,听which outlined seven municipal governance principles to promote transparency. In this article, Max Bell MPP student听Kathryn Lemieux argues that Ottawa has failed to incorporate these principles into the management听of the LRT.听She elaborates on how this听lack of transparency has proven to be a significant barrier for holding governance structures听accountable for the failures of the system.
June 15, 2020 |听In Canada, First Nations people experience lower health, social, and education outcomes than non-First Nations Canadians across the board. These vulnerabilities have only been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, Max Bell MPP candidate Kayli Avveduti argues that economic reconciliation in the form of a Universal Basic Income听could be a policy solution that pulls First Nations children and families out of poverty.听
June 3, 2020 | Given the early-warning signal from bank earnings last week, we should be expecting a wave of business failures in the months ahead, and demands for taxpayer assistance will soon follow. Now is the time for governments to commit to clear principles to guide their response. In this Financial Post article, Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan and Dr. Paul Boothe explain how we can use lessons from the financial crisis of 2008-09.
Hydroxychloroquine is not effective in preventing the development of COVID-19 in people exposed to the novel coronavirus, a new study involving Canadian researchers concludes. The results are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The clinical trial was led in Canada by Dr. Todd Lee and Dr. Emily McDonald of the Research Institute of the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre, in conjunction with partners at the University of Manitoba and University of Alberta. The Canadian research is co-ordinated with a large study by Dr.
