Category: Events
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Ali Velshi: The weaponization of culture
An event with Ali Velshi examines the current phenomenon and spread of culture wars, and culture’s role in both curbing and spreading populist ideals.
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Russian Collusion: Then and Now
Sylvia Nasar, author of “A Beautiful Mind,” will be in Vancouver speaking on Russian collusion.
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What It’s Like to Be Putin’s Number One Enemy
Bill Browder will be in Vancouver on June 15th for a banquet fundraiser for the GRC, reflecting on the state of Russia and the world and sharing his stories of what it’s like to be Putin’s number one enemy.
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Democracy Undone: Who owns the USA?
Americans ask, Can we ever put things right? The answer just might be “No.”
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Strangers in New Homelands
GRC’s Shayna Plaut will be presenting on “Strangers at Home” at the 10th annual “Strangers in New Homelands” conference.
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Silencing the voices of dissent in India
This event will host a discussion the killing of journalists who dared to expose the authoritarian government as well as the larger threat to democracy in India.
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The Journalist and the Fixer
Fixers are a fixture of foreign correspondence. Results of a recent GRC study on the role of fixers will be announced at this panel discussion on fixers and their crucial role in journalism.
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Ethics, Tactics, and Tensions in Journalism: Implications for Islamophobia
This talk with Dr. Shayna Plaut – Research Manager at the GRC – explores the findings of the Fixer’s study as well as its implications for the rise of Islamophobia in western media and policy. This presentation is a post-colonial analysis involving 450 people in 85 countries, mapping the relationship between foreign journalists, local “fixers”…
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Cross-Border Investigative Reporting workshop
The Global Reporting Centre will co-host a workshop in Vancouver for investigative reporters from across the continent, to discuss cross-border reporting and explore ways of developing international collaborations.
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The Price of Sex Photography Exhibition
The Price of Sex is a series of exhibitions based on award-winning photography by Mimi Chakarova.