/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/1581/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-appointed-official-language-rights-expert-panel-344920 <p>Max Bell School Associate Professor Pearl Eliadis, has been selected to the Official Language Rights Expert Panel of the federal Government’s Court Challenges Program (CCP).</p> <p>The objective of the CCP is to provide financial support to Canadians to bring before the courts test cases of national significance that aim to clarify and assert certain constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and human rights.</p> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:18:57 +0000 navneet.pall@mcgill.ca 2953 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/its-strange-we-have-long-term-focus-some-policy-areas-not-others-financial-post-344724 <p>January 4 2023 | Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/chris-ragan">Christopher Ragan</a>, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy shares his thoughts on the state the of the Canadian economy and the health care crisis as it stands at the end of 2022.</p> Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:20:41 +0000 navneet.pall@mcgill.ca 2945 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/max-bell-school-master-public-policy-information-session-5-333755 <p>Delivered by Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, Helen Aaron, the School's Graduate Program Coordinator, and Catherine Stace, our Career Services Manager, these webinars are a chance to find out more about our Master of Public Program an</p> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:04:16 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2676 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/max-bell-school-master-public-policy-information-session-7-333757 <p>Delivered by Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, Helen Aaron, the School's Graduate Program Coordinator, and Catherine Stace, our Career Services Manager, these webinars are a chance to find out more about our Master of Public Program an</p> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:09:57 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2678 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/max-bell-school-master-public-policy-information-session-6-333756 <p>Delivered by Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, Helen Aaron, the School's Graduate Program Coordinator, and Catherine Stace, our Career Services Manager, these webinars are a chance to find out more about our Master of Public Program an</p> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:07:05 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2677 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/max-bell-school-master-public-policy-information-session-1-333747 <p>Delivered by Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, Helen Aaron, the School's Graduate Program Coordinator, and Catherine Stace, our Career Services Manager, these webinars are a chance to find out more about our Master of Public Program an</p> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:58:47 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2672 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/max-bell-school-master-public-policy-information-session-4-333754 <p>Delivered by Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, Helen Aaron, the School's Graduate Program Coordinator, and Catherine Stace, our Career Services Manager, these webinars are a chance to find out more about our Master of Public Program an</p> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:02:02 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2675 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/max-bell-school-master-public-policy-information-session-3-333749 <p>Delivered by Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, Helen Aaron, the School's Graduate Program Coordinator, and Catherine Stace, our Career Services Manager, these webinars are a chance to find out more about our Master of Public Program an</p> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:06:08 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2674 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/event/max-bell-school-master-public-policy-information-session-2-333748 <p>Delivered by Chris Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School, Helen Aaron, the School's Graduate Program Coordinator, and Catherine Stace, our Career Services Manager, these webinars are a chance to find out more about our Master of Public Program an</p> Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:02:57 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2673 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/quebec-says-covid-19-vaccine-passport-are-coming-ctv-news-332357 <p>As Quebec moves forward with a plan to implement vaccine passports for some non-essential services, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis weighed in on possible legal and social implications.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2255224">Watch the video</a>.</p> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:44:32 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2624 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/institute-research-public-policy-joins-max-bell-school-policy-scholars-program-323091 <p><em>Three Policy Scholars, selected from the Max Bell School MPP class of 2020, will receive research fellowships with prominent Canadian policy think tanks.</em></p> <p>The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) has partnered with ƻ����Ժ’s Max Bell School of Public Policy as a participating organization in the Policy Scholars program, a series of new research fellowships awarded annually to promising Max Bell School Master of Public Policy (MPP) students.</p> Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:08:51 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2041 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/fake-news-preys-emotions-expert-warns-300914 <p>August 10, 2019| Beware of things you see online that make you emotional, one media expert warns ahead of the fall election.  Taylor Owen, professor at ƻ����Ժ and the co-creator of the Digital Democracy Project, says fake news often preys on feelings like anger and fear.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1584564291585/">Listen to the Interview</a></p> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:50:52 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1597 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/canadians-media-consumption-habits-lead-misinformation-study-finds-300912 <p>August 7, 2019 | Canadians aren’t as divided into partisan echo chambers as social media would suggest, but a heavy news diet doesn't guarantee you'll be informed, a new study has found.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/08/07/news/canadians-media-consumption-habits-lead-misinformation-study-finds">Read the Article</a></p> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:45:58 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1596 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/canadian-polarized-social-media-use-likely-not-culprit-study-300916 <p>September 12, 2019 | Social media might not be to blame for Canadians’ ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. “A lot of people don’t use social media very actively,” said Eric Merkley, a researcher on the project. “People on Twitter are not representative of the broader population.”</p> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:59:26 +0000 kunal.rakshit@mail.mcgill.ca 1599 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/canadas-covid-19-recovery-plan-current-323165 <p>By how much will the pandemic cause federal spending to rise? How much revenue are we expecting to lose? And how will the Canadian government manage their debt and avoid a financial emergency? As the COVID-19 crisis continues to spread uncertainty across Canada and the around the world, economists and policymakers must ask themselves these questions and devise ways to manage the post-pandemic financial landscape.</p> Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:07:20 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2048 at /maxbellschool