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Jennifer Welsh Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh has been elected to the聽American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
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Opinion: Biden鈥檚 refugee cap should prioritize Afghanistan鈥檚 religious minorities | The Washington Post
April 26, 2021 | President Joe Biden's plan to fully withdraw American troops from Afghanistan has been met by extensive debate, but little of the discourse has centred on the plight of religious minorities鈥攑articularly Sikhs and Hindus鈥攚hose fate in Afghanistan remains worryingly uncertain.
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Ontario announces paid sick leave program | CBC
April 28, 2021 | MPP alumna Paisley Sim, who recently wrote an IRPP policy brief on paid sick leave in Canada,聽was interviewed by the CBC after the聽Government of Ontario announced a plan to temporarily provide聽workers in the province with three paid sick
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Americans are super-spreaders of COVID-19 misinformation | 9I制作厂免费 Newsroom
April 6, 2021|聽The mis- and dis-information that fills many corners of the American media ecosystem is having an affect on Canadians'聽perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from Professor Taylor Owen and other 9I制作厂免费聽academics. The 9I制作厂免费 Newsroom has the full story.
Read the news release.
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Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada | Media Ecosystem Observatory
The Max Bell School's Media Ecosystem Observatory is out with a new research paper on vaccine hesitancy in Canada.
Some of the key findings:
Sixty-five percent聽of Canadians intend to take a vaccine, with some slight erosion since a high in July. Approximately 15 percent聽of Canadians are unwilling, and an additional 20 percent聽are unsure.聽
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Dissecting the Bill 21 ruling | CTV News
April 25, 2021聽| Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis was interviewed by CTV News, providing聽perspective on Quebec's Bill 21 and the聽notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Watch the interview.
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Mais encore鈥 Le jugement sur la Loi 21 cr茅e-t-il 芦deux Qu茅bec禄? | Journal Metro
April 25, 2021聽| In this Journal M茅tro article,聽Pearl Eliadis assesses the Quebec government's decision to聽invoke聽the notwithstanding clause to allow the passage of聽Bill 21, which聽violates聽Section 23 of the Canadian Charter.
Conservative strategist argues for carbon tax as path to smaller government | Energi Media
June 1, 2020聽| For years, carbon taxation has been anathema to Canada's conservatives.
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What the experts say about Quebec鈥檚 COVID-19 curfew measure | Global News
April 18, 2021聽| Pearl Eliadis speaks to Global News about how Quebec's curfew is exacting a聽disproportionate adverse effect on the province's most marginalized people, including people who are unhoused.
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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.
Read the article.
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Five competition ministers discuss regulating Big Tech | Columbia Journalism Review
May 14,聽2021 | Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen recently chaired a virtual panel with competition ministers from five different countries. Among the topics discussed: the hotly debated new聽Australian News Media and Digital Platform Bargaining Code.
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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.
Jennifer Welsh Time Capsule | 9I制作厂免费
March 25, 2021聽| As part of 9I制作厂免费's Bicentennial Digital Time Capsule, Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh shared her predictions for the future of the world's multilateral institutions.
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Are Google and Facebook really the future of journalism? | Columbia Journalism Review
April 28,聽2021 | This article in the Columbia Journalism Review explores聽a recent seminar鈥攃o-hosted by the Max Bell School's Taylor Owen鈥攖hat brought together competition ministers from across the globe to discuss the ramifications of the聽News Media Bargaining Code and the changing dynamics between platforms and publishers.
Is nuclear energy like immigration and free trade? | Energi Media
May 11, 2021聽|聽John Stewart聽spoke with聽Energi Media about his recently聽published聽MAX Policy聽article, "How is Nuclear Energy Like