October, 2020 | In the inaugural edition ofThe Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations, readJennifer Welsh's chapter on International law and peaceful change.
15 April, 2021| In this panel conversation, Max Bell School director Chris Ragan shares his thoughts on the Conservative's newly revealed climate planin a conversation with theGlobe and Mail's Kelly Cryderman and political commentator Shakir Chambers.
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March 1, 2021| 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.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. Read on to learn more about Canadian privacy law needs to change in order to hold users of facial recognition technology accountable.
March2021| 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:
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.
March 23, 2021| 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 economicand defense-related consequencesinvolved, read on.
April 1, 2021 | Max Bell Professor Pearl Eliadis is quotedin 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 Jérémy Gabriel. Thispiece encourages readers to consider the tense relationship between freedom of speech, artistic autonomy, and personal dignity.
May 5, 2021 | MaxBell Professor Pearl Eliadisdelivered the opening address at Queen's Human Rights Law Club's “Human Rights in Pandemic Times" conference. In this article by thePKI Global Justice Journal, learn more about Eliadis' address and the conference's key takeaways.
March 5, 2021 |Google and Facebookhave dominateddigital advertising in search and social networking, creating a business model that is not based on the distribution of reliable information. Following the Australian government's recent mandate on tech regulation, Max Bell School ProfessorTaylor Owendiscusses the plight of independent media and the reputable journalistic institutions that are at stake.
March 19, 2021 | Taylor Owen's latest piece for the National Post delves intoalgorithmic bias and the disproportionate harms Big Tech inflicts on people of colour. One piece of the solution? "Amplifythe diverse voices of those with most knowledge of technology’s injustices."
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March 27, 2021 | In this Globe and Mail article,Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan weighs in on the Bank of Canada's role inpandemic economic recovery, discussing monetary policy topics including quantitative easing and inflation risks.
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April 8, 2021 | In this Globe and Mail article, the Max Bell School's Ken Boessenkool opines on the stepsErin O’Toole must take if the Conservatives want to form government in the next federal election.
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February 26, 2021 |It is increasingly clear that the many benefits of digital platforms such as Facebook, Amazon and Google come with significant economic, social and political costs. Reflecting on recent attempts to address the harms caused big tech, Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owenargues thatthe governance struggle between Big Tech and the nation state is actually about the future of liberal democracy itself.
February 10, 2021 | As each province deals with their respective struggles in healthcare capacity, vaccination rates, travel restrictions, and other COVID-19 related policies, the federal government weighs the possibility declaring a national crisis.Take a look at what Max Bell School alumni Anil Wasif, Alexandra Ages, Ellen Rowe, and Leonardo Lozano have to say about the evolving landscape of federal pandemic policy in Canada.
February 17, 2021 | Max Bell School Director Christopher Ragan and Carleton University economist Dave Sawyer penned this op-ed that takes acritical look at the widespread economic and industry reforms needed to achieve Canada's goal of "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.