/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/1924/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-appointed-official-language-rights-expert-panel-344920 <p>Max Bell School Associate Professor Pearl Eliadis, has been selected to the Official Language Rights Expert Panel of the federal Government’s Court Challenges Program (CCP).</p> <p>The objective of the CCP is to provide financial support to Canadians to bring before the courts test cases of national significance that aim to clarify and assert certain constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and human rights.</p> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:18:57 +0000 navneet.pall@mcgill.ca 2953 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/quebec-says-covid-19-vaccine-passport-are-coming-ctv-news-332357 <p>As Quebec moves forward with a plan to implement vaccine passports for some non-essential services, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis weighed in on possible legal and social implications.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2255224">Watch the video</a>.</p> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:44:32 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2624 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/socialist-insecurity-politics-pensions-communist-and-post-communist-russia-324633 <p>Twentieth-century Eastern European socialist economies promised comprehensive welfare benefits “from the cradle to the grave,” including generous state pensions, and had some of the lowest pension ages in the world; however, the expense of this ag</p> Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:38:28 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2130 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/all-zoom-all-time-reflections-moving-civil-society-online-324461 <p>The institutions of civil society (unions, religious institutions, "the arts", etc..) perform a vital function in the life of liberal democracies. It's no surprise that it is one of the first targets of aspiring tyrants.</p> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:37:22 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2124 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/policy-lecture-yann-allard-tremblay-324634 <p>What would it mean to reconcile the sovereignty of the Crown with the pre-existence of Indigenous societies and what are our responsibilities in this matter?</p> Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:46:42 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2131 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/policy-making-and-china-howard-balloch-324635 <p>Canada’s China Policy: Drawing on his more than 35 years of diplomatic and business experience in and with China, Howard Balloch will discuss the policy challenges posed by a rapidly changing China in an increasingly uncertain global environment.</p> Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:05:45 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2132 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/institute-research-public-policy-joins-max-bell-school-policy-scholars-program-323091 <p><em>Three Policy Scholars, selected from the Max Bell School MPP class of 2020, will receive research fellowships with prominent Canadian policy think tanks.</em></p> <p>The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) has partnered with ƽ���岻��’s Max Bell School of Public Policy as a participating organization in the Policy Scholars program, a series of new research fellowships awarded annually to promising Max Bell School Master of Public Policy (MPP) students.</p> Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:08:51 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2041 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/fake-news-preys-emotions-expert-warns-300914 <p>August 10, 2019| Beware of things you see online that make you emotional, one media expert warns ahead of the fall election.  Taylor Owen, professor at ƽ���岻�� and the co-creator of the Digital Democracy Project, says fake news often preys on feelings like anger and fear.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1584564291585/">Listen to the Interview</a></p> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:50:52 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1597 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/canadians-media-consumption-habits-lead-misinformation-study-finds-300912 <p>August 7, 2019 | Canadians aren’t as divided into partisan echo chambers as social media would suggest, but a heavy news diet doesn't guarantee you'll be informed, a new study has found.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/08/07/news/canadians-media-consumption-habits-lead-misinformation-study-finds">Read the Article</a></p> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:45:58 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1596 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/canadian-polarized-social-media-use-likely-not-culprit-study-300916 <p>September 12, 2019 | Social media might not be to blame for Canadians’ ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. “A lot of people don’t use social media very actively,” said Eric Merkley, a researcher on the project. “People on Twitter are not representative of the broader population.”</p> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:59:26 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1599 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/canadas-covid-19-recovery-plan-current-323165 <p>By how much will the pandemic cause federal spending to rise? How much revenue are we expecting to lose? And how will the Canadian government manage their debt and avoid a financial emergency? As the COVID-19 crisis continues to spread uncertainty across Canada and the around the world, economists and policymakers must ask themselves these questions and devise ways to manage the post-pandemic financial landscape.</p> Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:07:20 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2048 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/max-bell-school-partners-launches-policy-scholars-program-323063 <p>Funded through a grant from the Max Bell Foundation, the Policy Scholars program provides Max Bell School MPP students with research fellowships at prominent Canadian policy organizations.</p> <p>ƽ���岻��’s Max Bell School of Public Policy has partnered with three distinguished Canadian think tanks for the inaugural year of the School’s Policy Scholars program — a series of research fellowships awarded annually to promising <a href="/maxbellschool/mpp-program/mpp-detail" target="_blank">Master of Public Policy</a> (MPP) students.</p> Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:08:24 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2039 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/max-bell-school-partners-cd-howe-institute-policy-scholars-program-323167 <p><em>The Policy Scholars program provides Max Bell School MPP students with fellowships working in prominent Canadian policy organizations.</em></p> <p>The C.D. Howe Institute has partnered with ƽ���岻��’s Max Bell School of Public Policy as a participating organization in the Policy Scholars program, a series of new research fellowships awarded annually to promising <a href="/maxbellschool/mpp-program/mpp-detail">Max Bell School Master of Public Policy (MPP)</a> students.</p> Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:21:01 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2049 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/max-bell-mpp-student-selected-research-fellowship-canada-west-foundation-323243 <p><em>The Policy Scholars program is welcoming three exceptional members of the Max Bell School MPP class of 2020 to complete research fellowships with prominent Canadian policy think tanks.</em></p> <p>The Canada West Foundation has partnered with ƽ���岻��’s Max Bell School of Public Policy as a participating organization in the Policy Scholars program, a series of new research fellowships awarded annually to promising Max Bell School <a href="/maxbellschool/mpp-program/mpp-detail">Master of Public Policy (MPP)</a> students.</p> Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:08:22 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2057 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/johns-hopkins-sais-and-mcgill-universitys-max-bell-school-public-policy-launch-cooperative-degree-322763 <p>The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and ƽ���岻��’s Max Bell School of Public Policy have partnered to launch a cooperative degree program. This two-year program will enable students to earn a Master of Arts in International Affairs at SAIS Europe, the School’s European campus located in Bologna, Italy, and a <a href="/maxbellschool/mpp-program/mpp-detail">Master of Public Policy</a> from ƽ���岻��.</p> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:19:16 +0000 sabrina.gill@mail.mcgill.ca 2007 at /maxbellschool