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Woyesa Worana on Ethiopia's Looming Election | Policy Magazine

admin — Fri, 29 May 2026 19:40:11 +0000

May 27, 2026 | MPP'26 Woyesa Worana examines the conditions surrounding Ethiopia's June 1st national election in a new piece for Policy Magazine. Worana argues that while electoral institutions remain formally intact, ongoing conflict and narrowing civic space have weakened the substantive conditions that give an election democratic meaning, leaving "the question of process… decoupled from the question of democratic credibility."

Pearl Eliadis on Enshrining a Right to Housing in Quebec

admin — Wed, 27 May 2026 20:51:33 +0000

May 27, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis, chair of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's legislative reform project, joined CBC's Daybreak Montreal to discuss the coalition's new push for legal reform on homelessness in Quebec. Eliadis argues that adding the right to housing to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms would give it "quasi-constitutional status," underpinning every Quebec law that touches housing.

Blood proteins flag multiple sclerosis years before diagnosis, opening a window for prevention

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:12:51 +0000

Of more than 2,500 blood proteins screened, a small group may drive MS and signal who will develop it

A new study has revealed a group of blood proteins, that are altered in people who go on to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), in some cases more than a decade before diagnosis. The findings offer hope that a simple blood test could one day identify people at high risk of MS in time to act before damage occurs.

Jennifer Welsh New Chapter on Responsible Sovereignty and the 1990s

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:49:04 +0000

September 22, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh has contributed a chapter, "Responsible Sovereignty and Individual Accountability: Liberal Internationalist Aspirations from the 1990s", to the new volume Rethinking the 1990s: Liberal World Order Building in the Aftermath of the Cold War. The chapter revisits how post-Cold War liberal internationalism advanced new aspirations around state sovereignty and individual accountability, offering historical perspective on today's debates over the future of the liberal international order.

Jennifer Welsh Co-Authors Article on the Risks of Supporting Civilian Self-Protection

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:51:03 +0000

June 9, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh has co-authored a new article, "Risky Business: Organizational Challenges in International Support for Civilian Self-Protection", in Perspectives on Politics, with E. Paddon Rhoads and J. Masullo. The article argues that international support for "bottom-up" civilian self-protection, while often seen as less costly and more legitimate than direct intervention, carries its own significant risks for the communities it aims to protect.

Public Lecture - Rethinking youth distress and violence in tense times

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:08:33 +0000

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Vincent Rigby New Article on the Prime Minister and Canadian National Security

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 18:43:35 +0000

May 21, 2026 | Vincent Rigby has co-authored a new article, Unwritten Ultimate Responsibility: The Prime Minister and Canadian National Security, with Philippe Lagassé (Carleton) and Ian Brodie (Calgary). Rigby argues that while ministers and agencies derive their national security mandates from statute, the Prime Minister's authority remains largely unwritten, rooted in constitutional convention and Crown prerogative.

Tony Keller Wins the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos | The Globe and Mail

admin — Fri, 15 May 2026 17:15:31 +0000

May 15, 2026 | Tony Keller has won the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, written for the 2025 ��VR��Ƶ Max Bell Lectures. The $60,000 prize, presented at a gala in Toronto on Thursday, recognizes excellence in Canadian public policy writing. The jury praised Keller for laying out how Canada's broken immigration system can be rebuilt, calling the book essential reading for any policy-maker grappling with the file.

Construction starts: Macdonald Campus – Removal of Temporary Classrooms

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:51:22 +0000

��VR��Ƶ’s Facilities Management and Ancillary Services (FMAS) will carry out Project 23-035 near the Centennial Centre on the Macdonald Campus. The project involves the decommissioning and removal of the temporary classrooms located near the building.

Work will also include the removal of associated underground services, dismantling of the existing gravel pad, and full restoration of the site, including seeding to return the area to its original use as a soccer field.

Pearl Eliadis on a Generational Tobacco Ban in Canada | CBC Listen

admin — Tue, 05 May 2026 11:06:10 +0000

April 28, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis joined CBC's Radio Noon Quebec to discuss whether Canada should follow the United Kingdom in banning tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008. Eliadis frames the question as a Canadian Charter analysis: a generational ban would clearly restrict liberty, but the legal test under section 1 is whether that restriction is a "reasonable limit ...

Construction starts: Macdonald-Stewart Building – Fire Suppression System Upgrade, Lot 2

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:19:52 +0000

��VR��Ƶ has mandated ARDEC CONSTRUCTION to carry out Project 24-001 Lot 2 at the Macdonald-Stewart Building. The project involves upgrading the building’s existing fire suppression system, including the creation of a new two-hour fire-rated sprinkler room with a new building water entrance.

Construction starts: Raymond Building – Roof Repair, Lot 1 South/West

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:02:04 +0000

��VR��Ƶ has mandated CÉLEB CONSTRUCTION to carry out Project 24-038 at the Raymond Building. The project involves the replacement of the terracotta roof and the structural stabilization of the roof on the south-west section of the building.

Construction starts: Bronfman Building – Modification of classroom locks

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:51:58 +0000

��VR��Ƶ has mandated Les Entreprises NR Brosseau to carry out Project 18-010 Lot 3 at the Bronfman Building on the Downtown Campus. The project involves modifying classroom locks to enhance classroom safety and allow doors to be locked from inside the classroom, either electronically or mechanically, in the event of an emergency.

New Report: Canada and the Future of AI for Inclusive Prosperity

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:45:04 +0000

April 22, 2026 | The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy has co-published a new summary report, Canada and the Future of AI for Inclusive Prosperity, with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Expert Group on Canada and the Future of Development Cooperation. Drawing on a February 2026 roundtable of 19 Canadian and international experts, the report calls on Canada to adopt a more strategic and coherent approach to AI.

Pearl Eliadis on Human Rights Work at Home and Abroad | Difference Makers

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:45:12 +0000

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