Updates + Events
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.