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July 26, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh is quoted in Policy Magazine saying that something cognitive has happened to Western donor sensitivities to the misery of others. She notes that public outrage over the war in Gaza appears to be the exception rather than the rule, pointing to a broader decline in empathy and responsiveness from governments and publics alike toward global humanitarian crises.

Classified as: Jennifer Welsh, Humanitarian, EU
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Published on: 28 Jul 2025

July 23, 2025 | Anil Wasif, MPP 21, writes in Policy Magazine about the painful disconnect between high-level development discourse and lived tragedy, reflecting on the deadly crash of a military jet into a school in Dhaka, Bangladesh that claimed 32 lives. Writing from the World Banks Annual Conference on Development Economics, where he was attending as a Government Analytics fellow, Wasif describes how the academic conversation on institutional decay and populist anger mirrored the catastrophic reality unfolding in his home country.

Classified as: Bangladesh, World Bank
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Published on: 24 Jul 2025

July 20, 2025 | MPP 25 Isabella Coronado Doria wrote an opinion piece for Policy Magazine addressing the urgent need for stronger regulation of digital platforms to protect childrens mental health and safety. The article highlights the tragic story of Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old who developed a harmful virtual relationship with a chatbot, leading to his suicide and a lawsuit against the platform for inadequate safety measures.

Classified as: Digital Governace, mental health, social media
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Published on: 22 Jul 2025

July 16, 2025 | Abigail Jackson, MPP '23, and Ricardo Chejfec, MPP '21, along with Rachel Samson, co-wrote an article in Policy Options arguing that Canadas push to accelerate major infrastructure and energy projects must be matched by an ambitious strategy to build the local skills needed to support them. They stress that without early investment in training and better coordination among employers, governments, and educators, many rural and remote communities could be excluded from the benefits of these nation-building efforts.

Classified as: infrastructure, Rachel Samson, energy
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Published on: 21 Jul 2025

July 11, 2025 | In an opinion piece published in Canadas National Observer,Marc Fortin, alongside Richard Gold, Evan Henry, and Martin Bader, arguethat Canada should seize the moment created by U.S. research setbacks to build a stronger, more collaborative innovation ecosystem. With American universities facing cuts and instability, the authors call on Canada to rethink how they support research, moving away from patent sales toward long-term industry partnerships, open data, and simplified licensing.

Classified as: Marc Fortin, Research, U.S. politics, innovation
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

July 14, 2025 | In an article forPolicy Magazine, MPP '25 Al-Amin Ahamed examined the gap between Canadas 2022 federal ban on conversion therapy and the ongoing harm caused by its underlying ideology. While Bill C-4 made it a criminal offence to attempt to change or suppress someones sexual orientation or gender identity, Ahamed warns that the ideology behind these practices has simply evolvedadopting new language and methods that fall outside the laws reach.

Classified as: LGBTQ+, health, Bill C-4
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

June 16, 2025 | Speaking on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand, Pearl Eliadis cautioned that if Canadas Supreme Court does not act to limit Quebecs use of the notwithstanding clause in laws such as Bills 21 and 96, the anglophone community may need to seek recourse through the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Eliadis noted that Canada, as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has a duty to uphold principles of equality and non-discriminationprotections she believes are being undermined by the legislation.

Classified as: Pearl Eliadis, bill 21, Bill 96, United Nations
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

July 12, 2025 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CityNews Montreal about the potential to challenge Quebecs Bills 21 and 96 before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Eliadis explained that bringing the case to the UN would aim to get the UN committee's view on whether the laws violate international human rights obligations. The interview highlights growing legal interest in using international mechanisms to confront the controversial legislation.

Classified as: Pearl Eliadis, bill 21, Bill 96, United Nations
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Published on: 14 Jul 2025

June 2025 | Vincent Rigby, alongside other senior experts, co-authored a white paper analyzing the Canada-EU Security and Defence Partnership. While the agreement aims to reduce reliance on U.S. defence suppliers and expand access to the European market, the report warns that its success is far from guaranteed. Rigby and his co-authors highlight major fiscal and political barriers, including Canadas underinvestment in defence, EU divisions over spending targets, and implementation hurdles in aligning procurement and supply chains.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby, defence, EU
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Published on: 10 Jul 2025

July 9, 2025 |Vincent Rigby, along with retired vice-admiral Mark Norman, former deputy trade minister Tim Sargent, former defence minister Perrin Beatty, and professor Fen Hampson, wrote a report highlighted in The Globe and Mail that raises concerns about Canadas new Security and Defence Partnership with the European Union. The pact, signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney, aims to reduce Canadas reliance on U.S. military contractors and boost the Canadian defence industry by tapping into the EUs growing defence market.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby, defence, EU
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Published on: 10 Jul 2025

June 23, 2025 | Vincent Rigby joined the CDA Institutes Expert Series alongside former Canadian Ambassador to NATO KerryBuck and former NATO Assistant Secretary General Wendy Gilmour to unpack whats at stake as leaders gather in The Hague for the 76th NATO Summit.The conversation focused on Canadas recent pledge to meet NATOs long-standing 2% GDP defence spending target by March 2026, as well as the summits broader agendaexpected to include raising the defence spending floor to 3.5%, enhancing alliance readiness, and addressing industrial capacity shortfalls.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby, NATO
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Published on: 26 Jun 2025

June 25, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen,founding director ofhas come together with other advisors to build an application, called Gander.Its a social media platform that lets you post videos, write updates, and tailor your feed to whatyouactually want to see minus the trolls, conspiracy theories, and the why is this even in my feed? content.

Classified as: taylor owen, Taylor Owen on Digital Governance
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Published on: 26 Jun 2025

June 23, 2025 |ProfessorVincent Rigby, a former NSIA to the Prime Minister, along withKerry Buck, a former Canadian Ambassador to NATO and Former Assistant Secretary General, Defence Investment, Wendy Gilmour joined the CDA Institute to discuss the key issues, challenges, and likely outcomes of this years Summit for Canada and the Alliance in this podcast.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby
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Published on: 25 Jun 2025

June 18, 2025 | In March 2023,Jennifer Welshlaunched Tour de Table, a podcast series that joins leading scholars and policymakers for a bilingual discussion of the political, economic, and security challenges confronting our world and whether and how Canada is prepared to address them.

Classified as: Jennifer Welsh
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Published on: 19 Jun 2025

June 17, 2025 | ProfessorVincent Rigby, a former Global Affairs Canada and Department of National Defence government official, contended at how Canada must not step away from the U.S. completely regarding trade, economics,defense, andsecurity, despite diversification strategies because of Trump. I mean, we share a continent...we are indivisible in that respect, and so it makes sense for Canada to still work closely with the United States on defense and security issues, said Rigby.

Classified as: Vincent Rigby, diplomacy
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Published on: 19 Jun 2025

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