Understanding the U.S.鈥檚 influence over Israel | The Globe and Mail
May 21, 2021 | The power dynamics in United States-Israeli relations are exceedingly聽complicated. David Shribman helps unpack that complexity in this episode of The Decibel podcast, produced by The聽Globe and Mail.
Listen to the podcast.
Higgs income tax cut signals a shift in Conservative carbon policy, say economists | CBC News
May 27, 2021 | In this article by CBC News, Max Bell School professor Ken Boessenkool expresses support for the burgeoning conservative movement to translate carbon pricing revenues into lower personal income tax rates.
Read the article.
In Alberta鈥檚 quest for a fair deal, the province shouldn鈥檛 look to Quebec for solutions | The Globe and Mail
May 29, 2021 | In his latest for the Globe and Mail, Max Bell School professor Andrew Potter cautions Alberta鈥攁s it聽seeks to gain聽more federal leverage鈥攖o avoid the pitfall of emulating Quebec's tactics.
Read the article.
Taylor Owen: China's dystopian digital future threatens us all | National Post
August 7, 2021 | In this聽new National Post article, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen argues that China's sweeping surveillance apparatus poses a threat to democracy the world over.
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How systemic anti-Blackness affects who gets grants and sector workers鈥� well-being | The Philanthropist
April 26, 2021 | MPP candidate聽Rudayna Bahubeshi writes in The Philanthropist about the impacts of聽systemic anti-Blackness in the non-profit sector.
Read the article聽here.
Montreal needs noise observatory, experts say | Montreal Gazette
August 2, 2021 | As part of their 2020 Policy Lab, a team of Max Bell School students examined ways to measure and mitigate the effects of sound pollution in Montreal. In this Montreal Gazette piece, read about their analysis and the impacts it's having on public policy.
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.
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.
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
Americans are super-spreaders of COVID-19 misinformation | 不良研究所 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 不良研究所聽academics. The 不良研究所 Newsroom has the full story.
Read the news release.
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
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.
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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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.
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.
