How EC鲁 Is Shaping System Thinkers in Evaluation | American Evaluation Association
August 4, 2025 | In their blog for the American Evaluation Association, PhD students Doreen Otieno and Janet Arogundade share how participating in the Evaluation Capacity Case Challenge (EC鲁) transformed their understanding of evaluation. EC鲁, led by Max Bell鈥檚 Leslie Fierro and Queen鈥檚 University鈥檚 Michelle Searle, offers graduate students a powerful opportunity to develop systems thinking through real-world evaluation challenges.
Jennifer Welsh on Canada鈥檚 Role in Filling the Global Leadership Void | The Red Passport Podcast
July 31, 2025 | On The Red Passport聽Podcast, Jennifer Welsh joins Louise Blais, Jeremy Kinsman, and Peter Donolo to discuss the consequences of the United States abandoning its traditional role in global leadership. Together, they reflect on what this shift means for today鈥檚 major international challenges 鈥� and how countries like Canada can help fill the gap.
Pearl Eliadis on the Legal Justification for Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones | CBC
July 30, 2025 | Quoted in a recent CBC News article, Pearl Eliadis offered legal insights on the Quebec Superior Court鈥檚 decision to uphold the 50-metre buffer zone around abortion clinics. Eliadis underscored the ruling as a necessary protection of health care access, especially amid a rising tide of anti-abortion sentiment influenced by developments in the U.S.
Chris Ragan on Rethinking Canada's Industrial Strategy | The Suburban
July 24, 2025 | Chris Ragan is quoted in The Suburban聽emphasizing the long-term economic benefits of cutting corporate taxes over relying on large-scale business subsidies. Nearly 25 years ago, Ragan argued that reducing taxes which inhibit investment鈥攑articularly corporate income taxes鈥攚ould spur productivity, attract capital, and raise living standards.
Jennifer Welsh on Fading Western Donor Sensitivities to Global Suffering | Policy Magazine
July 26, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh is quoted in Policy Magazine saying that 鈥渟omething cognitive has happened鈥� 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.
Anil Wasif on Confronting Institutional Decay After the Dhaka School Tragedy | Policy Magazine
July 23, 2025 | Anil Wasif, MPP 鈥�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.
Isabella Coronado Doria MPP '25 on Canada鈥檚 Need for Stronger Online Safety Laws | Policy Magazine
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 children鈥檚 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.
Ricardo Chejfec MPP '21 and Abigail Jackson MPP '23 on Why Canada鈥檚 Nation-Building Projects Need a Skills Revolution | Policy Options
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 Canada鈥檚 push to accelerate major infrastructure and energy projects must be matched by an ambitious strategy to build the local skills needed to support them.
Marc Fortin on Rethinking University Research to Drive Canadian Innovation | Canada's National Observer
July 11, 2025 | In an opinion piece published in Canada鈥檚 National Observer,聽Marc Fortin, alongside Richard Gold, Evan Henry, and Martin Bader, argue聽that Canada should seize the moment created by U.S. research setbacks to build a stronger, more collaborative innovation ecosystem.
MPP '25 Al-Amin Ahamed on Why the Ideology Behind Conversion Therapy Still Persists | Policy Magazine
July 14, 2025 | In an article for聽Policy Magazine, MPP '25 Al-Amin Ahamed examined the gap between Canada鈥檚 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 someone鈥檚 sexual orientation or gender identity, Ahamed warns that the ideology behind these practices has simply evolved鈥攁dopting new language and methods that fall outside the law鈥檚 reach.
Pearl Eliadis on Potential United Nations Challenge to Bills 21 and 96 | Montreal Now with Aaron Rand
June 16, 2025 | Speaking on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand, Pearl Eliadis cautioned that if Canada鈥檚 Supreme Court does not act to limit Quebec鈥檚 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.
Pearl Eliadis on Challenging Quebec鈥檚 Bills 21 and 96 at the UN | City News Montreal
July 12, 2025 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CityNews Montreal about the potential to challenge Quebec鈥檚 Bills 21 and 96 before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Eliadis explained that bringing the case to the UN would aim 鈥渢o get the UN committee's view鈥� on whether the laws violate international human rights obligations. The interview highlights growing legal interest in using international mechanisms to confront the controversial legislation.
Vincent Rigby on the Challenges Ahead for the Canada-EU Defence Pact | Expert Group on Canada-US Relations
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.
Vincent Rigby on the Risks and Realities of Canada鈥檚 New EU Defence Pact | The Globe and Mail
July 9, 2025 |聽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 Canada鈥檚 new Security and Defence Partnership with the European Union. The pact, signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney, aims to reduce Canada鈥檚 reliance on U.S.
Vincent Rigby on NATO, Canada鈥檚 2% Commitment, and Alliance Readiness | CDA Institute
June 23, 2025 | Vincent Rigby聽 joined the CDA Institute鈥檚 Expert Series alongside former Canadian Ambassador to NATO Kerry聽Buck and former NATO Assistant Secretary General Wendy Gilmour to unpack what鈥檚 at stake as leaders gather in The Hague for the 76th NATO Summit.聽The conversation focused on Canada鈥檚 recent pledge to meet NATO鈥檚 long-standing 2% GDP defence spending target by March 2026, as well as the summit鈥檚 broader agenda鈥攅xpected to include raising the defence spending
