June 20, 2022 | With the聽's new report hot off the press, Commission co-chair and Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen sat down for an interview with CBC Radio to discuss the recommendations on curbing online harm that he and his colleagues have proposed.
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June 6, 2022 |聽With Russia's illegal war in Ukraine now well past the hundred day mark, Western interest is waning鈥攄espite the fact that Ukraine's people and territorial integrity are far from safe. What does this tell us about the depth of the West's commitment to Ukraine? Andrew Potter comments in this article for the The Line.
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With the last pre-election sessional period of Quebec's National Assembly drawing to a close last week, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis聽joined CTV News Montreal to discuss the key legislative news of the past several months.
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June 3, 2022 | After Bill 96 passed in the Quebec legislature, the government of Quebec published a full-page advertisement in both French and English newspapers to "correct falsehoods" circulating about the law. However, several legal experts - such as Max Bell's Pearl Eliadis - fact-checked the claims made in the ad in this article for CBC News.
May 19, 2022 | This City News article delves into the various reasons Quebec's Bill 96 is stirring controversy. Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis provides prospective on how the proposed law would affect access to justice.
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May 13, 2022 | In a recent debate, Conservative Party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre pledged that鈥攊f he were to become prime minister鈥攈e would fire the governor of the Bank of Canada. Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan thinks such a promise is irresponsible and dangerous.
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May 5, 2022 | The Max Bell School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy鈥攁s part of the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression鈥攈as published in-depth research paper on transparency and accountability issues regarding online platforms. Read more about the research via the Financial Post.
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The Max Bell School couldn't wish for a better partner than the Max Bell Foundation. It is only thanks to the Foundation's generous and ongoing support that we are able to carry out our critical work educating policy leaders and creating impact. As the Foundation celebrate its 50th anniversary, we offer our sincere congratulations.
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There is a glaring gap in Quebec's healthcare system: Women whose immigration status is precarious are systematically denied access to critical reproductive and sexual health services. This, says Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis, must change.
April 29, 2022 | U.S. President Joe Biden, a lifelong centrist Democrat, has a extremely difficult job at an exceedingly tumultuous time in history. His low poll numbers reflect the scale of the challenges he faces. As politics becomes more and more polarized, what does Joe Biden's moderate approach to politics bode for his re-election chances, should he decide to seek a second term? Max Bell School professor David Shribman provides perspective in this article for the Globe and Mail.
In an interview with CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen鈥攚ho leads the School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy鈥攐pined on the role regulation can play in safeguarding free speech and online safety.
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April 28, 2022 | Numerous English-language advocacy groups have raised concerns about potential constitutionality issues with Quebec's recently tabled Bill 96, which was introduced as a means to safeguard the status of the French language. In this interview on CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor and humans rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis weighs in.
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April 27, 2022 |聽Taylor Owen聽and聽Supriya Dwivedi of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy write that Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter might strengthen the democratic governance that social media companies have fought against.
May 2022 | Writing for the Literary Review of Canada, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis reflects on her three UN missions to Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide and provides perspective on the trajectory of the country in the ensuing years.
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April 14, 2022 | Writing for The Line, Max Bell School professor Andrew Potter comments on the heroism of聽Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, in the face of Russia's attempted incursion into Kiev.
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