IMFG hosts City Manager’s Address
October 19, 2015
On October 14, Peter Wallace, Toronto’s new city manager, made his first public address since taking office in July.
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Asian Institute donation to support innovative research and undergraduate education
September 28, 2015
The University of Toronto has received an anonymous gift of $5 million to endow the Richard Charles Lee Directorship of the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and launch the Asian Pathways Research Lab.
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Global journalism program turns subject experts into freelancers
September 18, 2015
Three years ago, former Wall Street Journal correspondent Robert Steiner set out to try a different journalism training model: rather than turn journalists into field experts, he wanted to try turning experts into journalists.
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Panel: Canadian policy must embrace magnitude of worldwide refugee crisis
September 17, 2015
A photo of a drowned toddler boy awoke Canadians to the plight of Syrian refugees, but policy roadblocks are stymieing their compassion, argued a panel of academic experts at the Munk School of Global Affairs.
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Neil Desai in Globe and Mail: Canada’s political leaders need a prosperity agenda
September 14, 2015
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/canadas-political-leaders-need-a-prosperity-agenda/article26338838/
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Dan Breznitz and David Wolfe in Globe and Mail: R&D tax breaks alone can’t spur innovation
September 14, 2015
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/Canadas-Rd-tax-breaks-cant-replace-innovation-policy/article26349428/
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Janice Stein discusses Syrian refugee crisis on The Agenda
September 10, 2015
http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/seeking-asylum
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Citizen Lab receives EFF Pioneer Award
August 27, 2015
The Citizen Lab has been honoured for its research and for drawing “much-needed public attention to the role that surveillance and malware technologies play in facilitating human rights abuses worldwide.”
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David Wolfe looks at Canada’s place in digital economy
August 18, 2015
The digital economy is critical to Canada’s future prosperity, but the country needs a plan in order to take advantage of growth opportunities. David Wolfe, co-director of the Munk School’s Innovation Policy Lab, is leading a new project that aims...
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Global Summitry, a new journal from Munk School-Rotman, launched
July 31, 2015
The first issue of Global Summitry: Politics, Economics and Law in International Governance has been published by Oxford University Press. The publication, which ultimately will appear quarterly, is edited by Alan Alexandroff, Director of the Global Summitry Project at the...
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