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Covers for the 5 books listed on the Lionel Gelber Prize 2014 Shortlist

Shortlist Announced for Lionel Gelber Prize 2014

February 10, 2014

February 10, 2014 (Toronto and Washington) – Patricia Rubin, President of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board and niece of Lionel Gelber, today announced the five books shortlisted for the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize.

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Betty Xie and David Wang Pitch their Film, The Home Promised, at Reel Asian Film Festival

AI Student Filmmakers Win Reel Asian Pitch Prize

February 3, 2014

CAS students Betty Xie and David Wang discuss their prize-winning documentary film project, The Home Promised. The film, to be shot in summer 2014, will examine contested space and disrupted identity in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Now we know Ottawa can snoop on any Canadian. What are we going to do?

January 31, 2014

Revelations from Edward Snowden have shed light on a vast U.S.-led surveillance system. While there have been several important Canadian-related revelations, none has raised clear issues of potential unlawfulness. That is, until now.

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MGA STUDENTS TO COMPETE AT REGIONAL FINALS FOR HULT PRIZE

January 30, 2014

Early this March, 3 students from the MGA program will compete in the regional finals of the Hult Prize, a social entrepreneurship competition in which students are tasked with developing an innovative solution to a pressing global health problem.

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Covers for the 10 books listed for the Lionel Gelber Prize 2014 Longlist

Longlist Announced for Lionel Gelber Prize 2014

January 27, 2014

January 27, 2014 (Toronto and Washington) – William Thorsell, Jury Chair, announced today ten books on international relations that collectively call out to readers who want to better understand the world around them.

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Stephen Toope – International Law Scholar – Named Director of U of T’S Munk School of Global Affairs

January 22, 2014

Professor Stephen J. Toope, a noted international law scholar and university leader, has been named the new Director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.

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Robert Austin shares his perspective on a burning local issue

January 15, 2014

CERES’s specialist on East Central and Southeastern Europe and a dedicated bicycle rider recently contributed a piece on public transit controversy in Toronto to Globe and Mail.

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Will Prichard Giving A Press Conference Outdoors

Taxation and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

January 13, 2014

Professor Wilson Prichard and the International Centre for Tax and Development are working to explore how tax policies and administrations can support pro-poor economic growth and good governance in low-income countries.

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Photo by Nicolas Raymond showing water colour painting of a world map with a blue to orange gradient.

The Role of Middle Powers in the 21st Century Global Arena

December 5, 2013

Working with the Institute of International Relations at the University of Sao Paulo, the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies launches a major new collaborative research project: “The Role of Middle Powers in the 21st Century Global Arena.”

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1914-1918: The Making of the Modern World

November 15, 2013

After the lights went out in August 1914, Canada and the world would no longer be the same. One hundred years later, The Bill Graham Centre and the Munk School explore the effects of the First World War through the century.

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