February 18, 2025 | MPP '21 Alexandra Ages听writes how the alarming rise in intimate-partner violence and femicide across Canada, emphasizing that urgent action and accountability are needed to address this crisis. She argues that appointing a national gender-based violence commissioner would provide crucial oversight and help ensure effective implementation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
April 21, 2025 | In an interview with The New York Times, Aengus Bridgman warns that Meta鈥檚 2023 news ban on Facebook and Instagram in Canada has left the country鈥檚 online media environment vulnerable to disinformation and polarization ahead of the federal election. With mainstream news blocked, hyperpartisan pages like Canada Proud have surged in popularity, spreading misleading content and amplifying political division.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
April 13, 2025 | In a recent interview, Taylor Owen warned that Canada鈥檚 online media environment is more fragile and susceptible to manipulation than ever before. As trust in journalism declines, he explained that political support for far-right parties abroad often backfires, making Canadian politicians cautious. He highlighted the challenges of detecting foreign interference on platforms like Twitter, especially without strong transparency laws such as the failed Online Harms Act.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
April 23, 2025 | Taylor Owen, principal investigator for the Media Ecosystem Observatory, highlights the growing challenge of disinformation in Canada鈥檚 high-stakes federal election. In an interview with Steve Paikin on TVO Today, Owen explains how the rapid spread of false and misleading information online is making it increasingly difficult for voters to distinguish fact from fiction.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
April 24, 2025 | With less than a week before the federal election, Taylor Owen sat down with Jim Balsillie鈥攆ormer co-CEO of Research in Motion and one of Canada鈥檚 most prominent business leaders鈥攖o discuss why Canada鈥檚 economy is falling behind and what must change. As Donald Trump escalates attacks on the Canadian economy and hints at turning Canada into the 鈥�51st state,鈥� Balsillie argues the real threat to Canadian sovereignty isn鈥檛 Trump鈥攊t鈥檚 decades of political complacency and corporate capture.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
March 24, 2025 | In a recent interview with CBC, Taylor Owen, Director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, warned that Canada鈥檚 online media environment is more fragile and susceptible to manipulation than ever before. As trust in journalism declines, Owen explains, disinformation that once existed on the fringes is now entering the mainstream鈥攍argely through social media platforms.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
April 16, 2025 | In an interview on The Paul Wells Show, Taylor Owen, founding director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at 91黑料网, raised urgent concerns about online election interference in Canada. Drawing from his work with the Media Ecosystem Observatory, Owen explains how foreign and domestic actors attempt to sway public opinion through misinformation and platform manipulation. He emphasizes that while online interference is not always overt, its cumulative effect undermines democratic processes.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
April 18, 2025 | In an interview with The Guardian, Media Ecosystem Observatory Executive Director Aengus Bridgman warned of a dramatic surge in fake political content on social media as Canadians prepare to vote in the federal election. Bridgman explains that, despite Meta鈥檚 ban on Canadian news sharing, more than half of Canadians still rely on Facebook for political information鈥攏ow increasingly shaped by fake headlines, fraudulent ads, and deepfake videos.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
As the U.S. government moves to erase large amounts of scientific data, including climate data, from its websites, researchers at 91黑料网 in Montreal are helping the scientific community safeguard what might otherwise be lost.听听
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
SOCI 395: Sociology of Law was honoured to welcome Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis as a guest lecturer this past Winter 2025 semester.
Justice Karakatsanis shared reflections on her career trajectory and spoke to the relationship between law and society.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2025
Global Pasts Works-in-Progress Workshop
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Published on: 24 Apr 2025
The Faculty of Law was again ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities at which to study law by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject in Law and Legal Studies placed 91黑料网 Law 41st worldwide.
Since QS introduced the ranking in 2011, the Faculty of Law has consistently placed in the top 50 institutions globally. The QS ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, H-index citations, and citations per paper.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2025
Please be advised that 91黑料网 has mandated CORENOV CONSTRUCTEURS to carry out the following project:听23-027 Duff, CFI IF 2023, Siegel
Description:听Renovation of lab 615 including replacement of ceiling tiles, repairs to floors/walls, installation of new lab bench and sink
Construction start date: April 28, 2025
Planned construction end date: End of May 2025
Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2025
91黑料网 researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucat谩n Peninsula. The challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and highlight the urgent need for conservation efforts, the researchers say.
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Published on: 24 Apr 2025
March 2025 | In a 2024 policy brief for the Collectif qu茅b茅cois pour la pr茅vention de l鈥檌tin茅rance (CQPI), Pearl Eliadis, alongside Melissa Shemirani and Angelina Freeman, highlights the urgent need for increased investment in second-stage shelters for women and children fleeing domestic and intimate partner violence. Building on a 2022 recommendation from CQPI鈥檚 Gender Research Stream, the team conducted a rapid literature review that found second-stage housing plays a vital role in bridging the gap between emergency shelters and permanent housing.
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Published on: 23 Apr 2025
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