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Bringing Global Students Together
The GRC is launching the Global Reporting Program, which will bring students around the world together to produce major works of journalism.
GRC Collaborator Melissa Chan on Press Freedom in US and China
Melissa Chan had her press credentials denied by the Chinese government. She never thought she'd see the same tactics used to revoke reporters' entry to the White House.
Town Hall on Rare Diseases: Developing a Strategy for Rare Disease Treatments
The Global Reporting Centre co-hosted a town hall to wrap up six years of work investigating the impact of rare diseases on families.
This American Life Host Ira Glass Holds Master Class for Global Reporting Centre
Ira Glass, the voice and journalist behind This American Life, held a private master class with staff, fellows and friends of the Global Reporting Centre.
“Letter from Masanjia” highlights the true cost of consumption
In 2012, Julie Keith found a letter in a Halloween decoration. Inside was an SOS from the Masanjia Labour Camp, one of China’s most infamous prisons.
Prominent Trump Critic David Frum at GRC
David Frum spoke at a GRC/Vancouver Institute event. The former George W. Bush speechwriter is the author of Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic, a scathing critique of the Trump presidency.
Gala with Bill Browder
Bill Browder was the featured speaker in a gala event for the Global Reporting Centre. Browder discussed how he ended up attracting the rage — and fear — of one of the world’s most powerful leaders.
At the Spring Wall Exchange, Ali Velshi reminds us of the value of listening
If Velshi’s talk had a lesson, this was it — the value and scarcity of frank, but respectful, debate.
A new $2.5 Million Investigation on Supply Chains
With a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the GRC launches a series of investigations into global supply chains.
GRC documentary on E-waste Wins Murrow
America’s Dumping Ground has won the Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Best News Documentary. The podcast investigates what happened to the largest electronic waste dump in the world.
GRC Projects Featured at Biennial Global Investigative Journalism Conference
The GIJN conference will launch a yearlong Global Reporting Centre research project on the relationship between fixers and foreign correspondents.
A good news story about the news in British Columbia
Hidden amid gloomy tales of the decline of Canada’s news media is a success story in southwestern British Columbia.