Public Scholarship and In The News

Jennifer M. Welsh has been named Director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy in January 2025. | McGill Reporter | June 2024


Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion is a bad deal for Canadians — and the world | Amy Janzwood | The Conversation | May 22 2024


A million dimensions of inequality | Debra Thompson | McGill News | February 2024


Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States | Maria Popova | Faculty of Arts Publication | February 15, 2024 


Campus culture wars are a teachable moment in how freedom of speech and academic freedom differ | Jacob T. Levy | The Globe and Mail | January 12, 2024


Opinion: Time to put a stop to racial profiling by Montreal police | Anne-Marie Livingstone | Tari Ajadi, Eduardo Gonzáles Castillo, Philip Howard, Ted Rutland, and Emmanuel Tabi | Montreal Gazette | July 12, 2023


Affirmative action – a path for racialized people to join the elite – never stood a chance in America | Debra Thompson | The Globe and Mail | June 30, 2023


Israel’s domestic turmoil raises serious questions about its long-term survival | Daniel Douek | The Conversation | April 19, 2023


Academics as citizens: On the value of public engagement for young career researchers | Mathieu Lavigne | Faculty of Arts | April 13, 2023


Inequality and Criminal Justice  | Debra Thompson and Akwasi Owusu-Bempah | Policy Options Politiques | June 5, 2023


AI Will Make Human Art More Valuable | Krzysztof Pelc | WIRED | March 16, 2023


Opinion: With its Ukraine peace plan, China seeks to make itself indispensable on the world stage | Jennifer Welsh | The Globe and Mail | February 27, 2023


Israel’s Religious Zionists gained ground in the November election | Brendan Szendro | The Washington Post | December 16, 2022


Opinion: Canada should back the declaration to protect civilians from explosive weapons | Simon Bagshaw and Jennifer Welsh | The Globe and Mail | October 18, 2022


Nouveau clivage politique au QuébecÉric Bélanger et Jean-François Godbout | Le Devoir | October 18, 2022


What, to the descendants of the enslaved, is Canada Day? | Debra Thompson | The Globe and Mail | July 1, 2022


The Ukraine crisis may reinvigorate Eastern European democracies | Maria Popova and Nikolay Marinov | The Washington Post | May 23, 2022


Opinion: Quebec's academic freedom bill would compromise higher education  | Chris Manfredi | Montreal Gazette | May 7, 2022


Overturning Roe v. Wade is just the latest act in a long-running American tragedy | Kelly Gordon | The Globe and Mail | May 6, 2022


The federal budget missed an opportunity to renew Canada’s federation | Trevor Tombe and Daniel Béland | The Globe and Mail | April 8, 2022


Why Russians Support Putin’s War Against Ukrainians | The National Interest | March 14, 2022


Opinion: Putin’s war in Ukraine is the ultimate test for the UN | Jennifer Welsh | The Globe and Mail | March 3, 2022


Putin’s War Was Never Actually About NATO  | Maria Popova | Slate | February 24, 2022


The Long Road Home explores Black identity and the politics of race | Debra Thompson | CBC | February 23, 2022


Putin Cannot Erase Ukraine | Maria Popova | Foreign Affairs | February 17, 2022


Furor over bilingualism in Canada points to coming changes in U.S. politics | Daniel Béland and David Shribman | Houston Chronicle | November 28, 2021


Opinion: Who should represent Myanmar at the UN? | Erik Martinez Kuhonta | The Globe and Mail | September 13, 2021  


Seeing red and feeling blue? How emotions are colouring the federal election in unexpected ways | Kelly Gordon | The Conversation | September 13, 2021


Stop Treating Leisure as a Productivity HackKrzysztof Pelc | The Atlantic | July 17, 2021


La preservación del patrimonio religioso edificado: justo y necesario. La reciente polémica en torno a la venta del Palacio Episcopal y el Seminario Conciliar apunta a una crisis más profunda en la preservación del patrimonio histórico puertorriqueño, que en gran medida | Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli | June 28, 2021


McGill welcomes Terri Givens, internationally renowned political scientist to lead McGill’s anti-Black racism efforts as Advisor on the McGill’s Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism. Professor Givens has also joined the Department of Political Science as Full Professor | McGill Reporter | June 30, 2021


Opinion: Doug Ford's use of the notwithstanding clause stands up for democracy | National Post | June 15, 2021 


The world’s democracies, including Canada, face a historic choice | Roland Paris and Jennifer Walsh | The Globe and Mail | June 4, 2021


Opinion: Most holidays celebrate the past. Juneteenth is about an unrealized freedom | Debra Thompson | The Globe and Mail | June 19, 2020

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