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One nation under two per cent: Is it time for a shake-up of the economy’s most important number?

Published: 3 September 2020

September 3, 2020 | As far as the Bank of Canada is concerned, the economy works best when cost of consumed goods and services increases at a rate of about two per cent every year. In this article...

Implications of a Moratorium on Public Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Canada | Tech Informed Policy

Published: 26 August 2020

August 17, 2020 | Since the start of this year, there have been increasing calls for the Canadian government to impose a national moratorium on facial recognition technology. This demand arises...

New report finding racism at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was shocking — but predictable | The Conversation

Published: 12 August 2020

August 10, 2020 | The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has joined the ranks of other Canadian cultural institutions that are facing accusations of discrimination and harassment. Pervasive and...

Algorithm 'gatekeepers' undermine democracy and health | Montreal Gazette

Published: 10 August 2020

August 6, 2020 | Social media and other digital platforms have begun to overtake traditional journalism as our primary sources of information. The communications difficulties surrounding the COVID...

McCall MacBain Scholarships & Max Bell School's MPP: Information Session

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:00to13:00

Are you ready to challenge yourself, learn from others, and make a positive impact? Online Webinar, CA/maxbellschoolCategory: Financial Services Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Public outreach

Can an ad boycott fix Facebook's hate speech problem? | CBC News

Published: 8 July 2020

July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform....

Three rules for post-pandemic corporate rescues | Financial Post

Published: 5 June 2020

June 3, 2020 | Given the early-warning signal from bank earnings last week, we should be expecting a wave of business failures in the months ahead, and demands for taxpayer assistance will soon...

People with strong partisan views get more facts wrong on a current events test: survey | Global News

Published: 8 August 2019

August 8, 2019 | A survey launched by the Digital Democracy Project found that most Canadians across the political spectrum got a common set of facts from an array of mainstream media outlets. The...

Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge Launched ahead of 2019 Election

Published: 10 July 2019

Dr. Taylor Owen, holder of the Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications received, with Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (University of Ottawa), a Canada History Fund grant to run the Digital...

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