No Time to Waste in Canada鈥檚 Tryst with Cyber Warfare
In聽Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
A Country Covered by Water, but not by Insurance
In Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
Session wraps up at National Assembly | CTV News Montreal
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.
Watch the interview.
Legal experts fact-check Quebec ad campaign that aims to correct 'falsehoods' on controversial language law | CBC News
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.
Five reasons Quebec's language law reform is stirring controversy | City 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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Why politics and central banking shouldn't mix | The Line
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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Public Policy Forum releases second report from its Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression initiative | Financial Post
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.
The Max Bell Foundation Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
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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Pearl Eliadis on Reproductive and Sexual Health Services for Vulnerable Women in Quebec
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.
Amid rising pressures and a political divide, Biden鈥檚 centric views might be a bad omen for a second term | The Globe and Mail
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?
Stronger government regulation of social media companies could improve free speech, says expert | CBC Radio
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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Bill 96 and the constitution - What you need to know | CBC Radio
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.
Whose speech will Elon Musk鈥檚 Twitter be protecting, exactly? | Globe and Mail
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.
International Cooperation Failures in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Past Efforts to Address Common Threats | American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 2022 |聽The American Academy of Art and Sciences' project on Rethinking the Humanitarian Health Response to Violent Conflict has just released International Cooperation Failures in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Past Efforts to Address Common Threats.
One Hundred Days: How to explain a genocide | Literary Review of Canada
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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