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France’s Olympic Gamble

For the latest project of the Global Reporting Program (GRP), students travelled to Paris ahead of the 2024 Summer Games to investigate some of the impacts of hosting the Olympics. The result of that work is a 25-minute documentary for Al Jazeera’s People & Power.

The GRP is a graduate-level course at UBC that brings students together to produce ambitious global reporting projects. Learn more about the GRP.

People protesting the Olympics in Paris with multi-coloured smoke and signs.
PARIS, FRANCE The anti-Olympic protest group, “Revers de la Médaille,” have been staging protests at Paris landmarks across the city to voice opposition to the upcoming games. They gathered at Sacré Cœur church in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2023. Photo by Bhagyashree Chatterjee.

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