People with strong partisan views get more facts wrong on a current events test: survey | Global News
August 8, 2019 | A survey launched by the Digital Democracy Project聽found that most Canadians across the political spectrum got a common set of facts from an array of mainstream media outlets. The report also highlighted voters' tendencies to select and consume news from sources聽that support their political beliefs, generating so-called echo chambers.
Canadians who hold strong links to political parties more likely to be misinformed about politics | The Star
August 8, 2019 | The聽Digital Democracy Project, an initiative of聽Max Bell School of Public Policy in collaboration with the Public Policy Forum, analyzes the increasing amounts of disinformation and hate in the digital public sphere. A new study shows the links between political affiliation and misinformation.
News that's safe to use: Researchers aim to track information during campaign | CBC News
August 8, 2019 | In an age where information is increasingly scrutinized yet more easily diffusable than ever, Canadians might be more misinformed than disinformed. New findings from the Digital Democracy Project聽show聽how information ricochets around the Canadian political landscape.
Climate change puts health at risk and economists have the right prescription | The Conversation
June 24, 2019 | Climate change affects many aspects of people's lives. As it is a common source of worry to doctors and economists alike, the proposed solutions to聽climate change are numerous.聽Chris Ragan, director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and聽Courtney Howard, clinical associate professor at the Cumming School of Medicine (University of Calgary) argue that carbon pricing is the right solution.
Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge Launched ahead of 2019 Election
Dr. Taylor Owen, holder of the Beaverbrook聽Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications received, with Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (University of Ottawa), a Canada History Fund聽grant to run the聽Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge. They have launched a聽call for proposals for projects examining the uses and impacts of digital media in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election.聽
Why doctors argue 鈥榗arbon pricing鈥� can 鈥榗ure鈥� climate change | Global News
June 30, 2019 |聽For doctors across Canada, the evidence at the bedside is increasingly hard to ignore: climate change poses a serious health risk. Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, adds that "Economics has a very clear prescription for these challenges: carbon pricing.聽In the same way that penicillin treats an infection, carbon pricing can help fight climate change."聽
Piecing together the public policy puzzle | McGill News
July 2, 2019聽| In this article published in the McGill Alumni magazine, Joel Yanofsky tells the story of the creation of the Max Bell School, from the historic $10 million gift that started it all to the development of an MPP program that aims to bridge the gap between
Federal election easy prey for social media manipulators, experts warn | CBC News
JUNE 24, 2019 |聽Taylor Owen, an expert in the political impact of digital technologies, warns that the social media infrastructure is to blame for the spread of fake news and political interference.聽"What's wrong with this infrastructure is that it is calibrated for engagement," he says.
Election interference is happening in Canada: What you can do to stop it | CBC News
June 25, 2019 |聽Online interference is happening in the run-up to Canada's fall federal election. CBC News looked at who's behind it and what you can do to stop it. The interview featured Taylor Owen, Max Bell School professor and Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics,聽and Communications. Taylor Owen spoke about how the design of our digital infrastructure聽and social media platforms are manipulable when it comes to election campaigns and political speech.聽
Taylor Owen in The Globe and Mail: Who will answer the Christchurch Call? Nobody, if tech platforms continue ungoverned | OPINION
May 23, 2019 | Taylor Owen,聽Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communication at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, writes that the Christchurch Call might be a missed opportunity for governments to move toward global digital governance.
A cross-country "energy corridor" for Canada? | CTV News
May 24, 2019 | Conservative leader Andrew Scheer revived the idea of a coast-to-coast energy corridor, a policy that has picked up interest in recent years.聽Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, comments on this policy. He warns that, given the difficulty of securing approval for energy infrastructure in Canada, "the country will want to find ways to get through tough approval processes to run more east-west energy grids".聽
Canada to announce framework for accountability & transparency from social media platforms | Primetime Politics
May 15, 2019 | Digital media expert and Professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Taylor Owen explains聽Canada's Digital Charter, the federal government'a latest engagement to provide a framework for accountability and transparency from social media platforms. He believes the greater question to date is whether, and how national regulations will apply to tech giants and corporations based in the United States.聽
Des politiciens s'engagent 脿 tenir t锚te aux g茅ants de la technologie | Radio Canada
May 12, 2019 | Social media companies are beginning to worry politicians around the world. In the context of聽the coming 2019 election, elected officials are worried that non-compliance with current laws may pose a threat to Canadian democracy. Max Bell School Professor and digital expert聽Taylor Owen asserts that it is not too late for Canada to beef up its laws and regulate tech giants.聽
The Christchurch Call: toward a global effort to fight online hate speech | Globe and Mail
May 15, 2019 | World leaders including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's聽President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met at the "Christchurch Call" summit to discuss steps in eradicating online hate speech. Digital governance expert聽Taylor Owen argues that national regulations protecting user privacy and data ownership may come into force earlier than we may think.
Canada's new 鈥楧igital Charter鈥� | Welland Tribune
May 12, 2019 |聽Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced the new Digital Charter, an attempt for the government to step in and regulate tech giants. This framework aims at setting expectations聽聽on issues such as data ownership, privacy protections and the online dissemination of hate. Digital expert and McGill's Chair of Media, Ethics and Communications Taylor Owen聽shares his views on this new framework.聽
