21+ hour, 20+ min ago  (263+ words) Aengus Bridgman is the Director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory,withinthe Max Bell School of Public Policy. As a leading academic voice on AI, Bridgman brought a wealth of knowledge about the technical implications of the issues at hand, complementing…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (491+ words) And now they can again. This esoteric account explains'a short video'I saw while researching this story: another man, sitting down, holding on to twin compact fluorescent light bulbs, all lit up and wired to a device outside the frame, rubbing…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (285+ words) March 5, 2026 | Vincent Rigby spoke at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute's annual conference about Canada's evolving role in the Indo-Pacific. Moderating a panel on regional strategy, Rigby noted that Canada has struggled to define a consistent approach since releasing its…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (842+ words) Join MISC at 4:00 pm on Monday, March 30th at the Faculty Club (3450 McTavish Street) for the 2026 Winter Eakin Lecture, Two and a Half Cheers for a More Independent and Less Partisan Senate, by the Honourable Marc Gold. It has been ten…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (274+ words) Since the joint U.S. and Israeli attacks began Feb. 28, the situation in Iran and in the region has evolved rapidly. U.S. President Donald Trump has said his objective is regime change in Iran. These McGill experts are available to comment: Rex Brynen,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (317+ words) Co-sponsored by the Institute for Development Studies and the Department of History and Classical Studies. Padraic Scanlan's book Rot, on empire and the Irish famine, has met with widespread acclaim, including being the subject of a feature-length article in The…...

2+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (366+ words) The French government announced on Jan. 27 the rollout of its new videoconferencing platform, Visio. The domestically developed platform was created to replace U.S. tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams across all state services by 2027 as part of the French government's broader…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (523+ words) This event is organized by the Diamond Brown Chair in Democratic Studies and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and sponsored by the Max Bell School of Public Policy. The Trump administration's assertive stance toward Latin America and…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (229+ words) Join MISC and the Diamond Brown Chair in Democratic Studies at 12:00 pm on Friday, February 13 online for a webinar featuring Maria Popova, Vincent Rigby, and Carsten-Andreas Schulz. Maria Popova is an Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University and…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (494+ words) Researchers who examined Canadian child welfare data found that Black children were not only investigated at a higher rate than their white peers but were also more likely to be taken from their homes, even when the only difference between…...