Building Resilience Against Information Warfare and Disinformation: Straight Talk with Elisabeth Braw and Marcus Kolga
OTTAWA, ON (January 15, 2021): In the first week of 2021, we witnessed an angry mob descend upon the US Capitol, resulting in...
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...
Canadians are just waking up to a new Indigenous reality: New MLI Straight Talk with JP Gladu
OTTAWA, ON (October 30, 2020): Over the past 20 years, Indigenous communities have significantly expanded their role in Canada’s oil and gas sector....
Standing up for Freedom and Democracy in Tibet: New MLI Straight Talk with Sherap Therchin
OTTAWA, ON (October 8, 2020): Tibet’s freedoms have long been eroded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The territory’s plight eerily echoes the...
Building Resilience Against the Threat of Disinformation: New MLI Straight Talk with Michael Weiss
OTTAWA, ON (August 21, 2020): Disinformation has only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese, Russian, and Iranian governments actively promote conspiracy theories and myths regarding the...
Is China’s national security law the end of Hong Kong’s autonomy? Straight Talk with Davin Wong and Alex Lee
OTTAWA, ON (July 9, 2020): With China’s new “national security law” having come into force in Hong Kong, many critics and activists feel...
Canada’s Brain Waste Problem - How Canada Has Overlooked Immigrant Doctors: Straight Talk with Robert Falconer
OTTAWA, ON (April 30, 2020): Canada is fighting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet we might be underutilizing an invaluable resource that could...
On The Frontline of Populism in Europe: Straight Talk with Michael Ignatieff
OTTAWA, ON (December 31, 2019): Almost 30 years ago, following the fall of the Berlin Wall, democracy seemed to stride across the world,...
What Canada has at Stake with Turkey and the Middle East: Straight Talk with Balkan Devlen
OTTAWA, ON (November 29, 2019): Turkish and Turkish-backed militias have crossed the border into northern Syria following the drawdown of US troops –...
Why Canadians ought to be concerned about Hong Kong’s imperilled freedoms: Straight Talk with Martin Lee
OTTAWA, ON (May 30, 2019): China has made ever-increasing attempts to undermine Hong Kong’s independence and democratic institutions, and Canadians ought to be concerned...