A Post-COVID-19 Digital Bretton Woods | Project Syndicate

Published: 22 April 2020

April 17, 2020 | The digital age has completely disrupted global governance. Now that COVID-19 has disrupted nearly everything else, it is time to start planning for what comes next, say Max Bell...

News that's safe to use: Researchers aim to track information during campaign | CBC News

Published: 8 August 2019

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...

Canadians who hold strong links to political parties more likely to be misinformed about politics | The Star

Published: 8 August 2019

August 8, 2019 | The Digital Democracy Project, an initiative of Max Bell School of Public Policy in collaboration with the Public Policy Forum, analyzes the increasing amounts of disinformation...

Federal government warning of voter coercion, foreign election interference through private messaging services | CBC News

Published: 10 February 2020

February 9, 2020| The federal government is worried about the risk of voter coercion and foreign election interference through private messaging services — a concern that could pit the right to...

Video: Implementing Financial Sector Policy Reforms in Africa

27 May 2020

Dr. Ernest Addison shares his expertise on how the Bank of Ghana stabilised the Ghanaian economy and institutionalised financial sector reforms after the detrimental effects of the 2008 Financial...

Isolating an Entire Community: Lessons Learned from Remote States

26 May 2020

Sebastian Muermann, a graduate student at Max Bell's MPP program, weighs up the advantages and disadvantages of isolated nations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government just made its toxic media bailout plan even worse

Published: 23 September 2019

May 24, 2019 | The news release put by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez begins well: "The Government of Canada understands that for a democracy to function properly, it needs to have solid,...

Taylor Owen on deepfakes | CBC The National

Published: 14 January 2020

January 7, 2020 | There are serious concerns about how Facebook will police deepfake videos. Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen talks about why these sophisticated videos need editorial oversight.

Informing the debate | McGill News

Published: 11 February 2020

With the final report of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission out and its clear support for carbon pricing – most notably, a 40-cent tax hike on a litre of gas over the next decade – making headlines,...

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