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Age of Decoupling: Leveraging Canada’s global energy diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific and beyond: Henry Geraedts and Shuvaloy Majumdar for Inside Policy

Canada’s world-class energy resources and national interests in global energy diplomacy must be articulated coherently and to the fullest, write Henry Geraedts and...

Managing COVID beyond lockdowns and vaccine research: O'Reilly, Bourkas, and Stewart in iPolitics

There is a clear need for a new communications and public-policy approach — one based on the principles of managing COVID as a...

Gardeners vs. Designers

MLI was pleased to host the national book launch for Brian Lee Crowley's new book, Gardeners vs Designers.

MLI's 10th Anniversary

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute celebrates a decade of thought leadership.

DisinfoWatch.org

MLI's DisinfoWatch.org project tracks and analyzes foreign disinformation narratives.

Balkan Devlen

@BalkanDevlen

In other words, providing accurate info or “educating” people will have limited effect, if any, in changing their minds. Motivated reasoning and confirmation bias are hell of a drugs. Any research suggesting otherwise?

7:40 pm · November 28, 2020

Balkan Devlen

@BalkanDevlen

Are there any research on the efficacy of supplying accurate information in changing people’s belief in #conspiracy theories? My sense is that the main driver behind believing in #ConspiracyTheories is not ignorance/lack of knowledge but affective needs. #AcademicChatter

7:33 pm · November 28, 2020

Shuvaloy Majumdar

@shuvmajumdar

@AlirezaNader @kshahrooz @jamiljivani Bring it.

5:58 pm · November 28, 2020

Balkan Devlen

@BalkanDevlen

Remembering the victims of #Stalin and the Soviet regime’s crimes against humanity today. #Holodomor #голодомор pic.twitter.com/rc5mi7Udlj

5:46 pm · November 28, 2020

Charles Burton

@cburton001

MLI’s Voice on Huawei and Chinese Aggression is Being Heard in Parliament macdonaldlaurier.ca/mlis-voic…

5:33 pm · November 28, 2020

Age of Decoupling: Leveraging Canada’s global energy diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific and beyond: Henry Geraedts and Shuvaloy Majumdar for Inside Policy

Canada’s world-class energy resources and national interests in global energy diplomacy must be articulated coherently and to the fullest, write Henry Geraedts and...

Managing COVID beyond lockdowns and vaccine research: O'Reilly, Bourkas, and Stewart in iPolitics

There is a clear need for a new communications and public-policy approach — one based on the principles of managing COVID as a...

The great labour glut is ending: William Watson in the Financial Post

China’s population is aging. The constant flow of new workers from the farms is drying up and wages are rising, writes William Watson...

My friend the hillbilly: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, taught me that some of his experiences in Appalachia weren't that different from my own, writes Jamil...

G20 Leaders Calls for Vaccine Plan: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

MLI Research Advisory Board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the recent G20 summit and his takeaways from the summit....

Managing COVID-19 Beyond a Lockdown and Vaccine Research: Hugh O'Reilly on the Danielle Smith Show

Hugh O'Reilly, co-author of the recent MLI commentary Managing COVID-19 Beyond a Lockdown and Vaccine Research, joined the Danielle Smith Show to discuss...

JSGS Public Lecture - Gardeners vs. Designers: Understanding the Great Fault Line in Canadian Politics

MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley joined the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy to discuss his latest book Gardeners vs....

The future of Indigenous economic prosperity: New MLI paper by Ken Coates

OTTAWA, ON (November 26, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic, global economic factors, and domestic policy-making have combined with a devastating effect on Canada’s energy...

First Nations decisions on energy projects need to include community members: New MLI Straight Talk with Karen Ogen-Toews

OTTAWA, ON (November 25, 2020): Indigenous leaders and entrepreneurs are on the frontline of economic reconciliation, often by way of securing meaningful partnerships...

MLI’s Voice on Huawei and Chinese Aggression is Being Heard in Parliament

OTTAWA, ON (November 20, 2020): On November 18, 2020, a Conservative motion calling for swift action on Chinese state interference in Canada, and a...

The government still hasn't given us the tools to live with COVID-19: MLI Commentary

OTTAWA, ON (November 18, 2020): Recent news from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna about their promising late-stage vaccine test results has been widely welcomed. Yet...