February 15, 2022
Ontario 360’s latest paper outlines how the Ontario government could draw on the experiences of other provinces to address increased surgical and diagnostic backlogs caused by the pandemic. The paper, “Surge Capacity: How to Address Ontario’s Medical Backlog”, is co-authored...
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February 3, 2022
Abstract from article: There is widespread recognition that environmental disasters disproportionately affect the poor in developing countries, yet certain kinds of violence also strip white, middle-class communities in industrialized countries of vital resources to respond. Social vulnerability as a mutually...
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February 3, 2022
Environmental Politics recently published a symposium of research on The Politics of the 21st Century Environmental Disasters. Susan Park, from the Munk School’s Environmental Governance Lab contributed two articles to the symposium. Munk School professor and co-director of the Environmental...
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January 27, 2022
This case study addresses how Indonesia, along with the fintech company Amartha, is building a more equitable economic environment by providing affordable and secure financial services for all regardless of their socio-economic status. Master of Global Affairs students on this...
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January 27, 2022
This case study focuses on the company ARED, which operates at the intersection between deep technology and renewable energy. ARED, along with other stakeholders, have the potential to work towards eradicating poverty in African regions. This analysis is led by...
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January 27, 2022
This case study highlights the newest technology in the agricultural industry: a rice-trading platform that benefits farmers and the environment. Master of Global Affairs students involved in this case study include Desmond Barton, Anja Delaquis, Mycala Gill, Michael Kalaparambath, Oksana Nikitenko,...
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January 27, 2022
Master of Global Affairs students Tiolúwani Aderibigbe, Larissa Chan, Samara Lewis,Tabitha Oni, and Divya Rajagopal analyze the benefits of the Latin American transportation service, TransMilenio. TransMilenio operates in Bogotá, Columbia, and provides a valuable service to many. The system’s implementation...
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January 27, 2022
Researchers on the Kofino case study include Master of Global Affairs students Yazen Abed, Renae Appadurai, Ishraq Fazal, Reeba Khan, Sariel Lei, and Melanie Sarmiento. Mexico’s wealth gap is particularly large, creating income inequality and difficulties for getting approved for...
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January 27, 2022
Teresa Kramarz and Munk School students, Atharv Agrawal, Jonathan Banfield, Suehyun Cho, and Eric Zhao, collaborated on a book chapter for Palgrave published on December 30, 2021. Community Vulnerability to Extractive Industry Disasters discusses the importance of understanding the factors...
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This Citizen Lab report analyzes the MY2022, an app mandated for use by all attendees of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. The report shows that the app has a simple but devastating flaw where encryption protecting users’ voice audio...
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