Category: Events
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Bearing witness to war crimes
A conversation with photojournalist Ali Arkady about the ethics, risks and costs of bearing witness to war crimes. Moderated by Andrea Crossan. Free and online via Zoom.
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Fragile Chains: Coronavirus and Medical Supplies
The coronavirus has exposed deadly weaknesses in global medical supply chains. Join the reporters and researchers behind the high-profile PBS Frontline documentary and Associated Press series that has been exploring the collapse of the fragile medical supply chains amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Media Freedom Panel: Disinformation and Attacks on Reporters’ Credibility
A free press is essential to democracy, but disinformation and attacks on reporters’ credibility undermine media freedom. Join us for a discussion about these attacks and the impacts they have on press freedom.
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On China’s New Silk Road: In Conversation with Mary Kay Magistad
Join Mary Kay Magistad for a conversation about the making of the new GRC podcast, “On China’s New Silk Road.”
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The Outlaw Ocean: A conversation with Ian Urbina
Pulitzer Prize winner Ian Urbina discusses his new book, The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
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Putting Police On Trial
What happens when police are charged with breaking the law?
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International Justice in the Age of Populism: A Talk with Dr. Payam Akhavan
At this talk, hosted by the Global Reporting Centre, Dr. Akhavan discusses the challenge the rise of populism poses to the international justice system. The United Nations and International Criminal Court are increasingly viewed as elitist and a threat to national sovereignty. Are these concerns legitimate? How can they be addressed?
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Town Hall on Rare Diseases: Developing a Canadian Strategy for Rare Disease Treatments
Town Hall on Rare Diseases brings together a diverse panel of speakers to discuss the challenges of providing costly drugs for Canadians suffering from rare diseases. The public town hall, hosted by Paul Kennedy of CBC Ideas, will take place on October 23rd, 2018, at the BMO Theatre in Vancouver’s Olympic Village at 6:30 p.m.…
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Niranjan Takle: Journalist on the Fascist Trail
Investigative journalist Niranjan Takle will be in Vancouver to discuss his seminal investigation of the murder of a judge, which highlighted corruption and the country’s political decline.
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On Putin’s Blacklist Screening
Join the GRC and director Boris Ivanov for a free screening featuring “On Putin’s Blacklist.” On Putin’s Blacklist presents the reality of how an adoption ban of Russian orphans to US citizens came about and how it was the first step in Russia’s new Cold War with America. Soon enough this adoption ban was expanded…