April 18, 2025 | In an interview with The Guardian, Media Ecosystem Observatory Executive Director Aengus Bridgman warned of a dramatic surge in fake political content on social media as Canadians prepare to vote in the federal election. Bridgman explains that, despite Meta鈥檚 ban on Canadian news sharing, more than half of Canadians still rely on Facebook for political information鈥攏ow increasingly shaped by fake headlines, fraudulent ads, and deepfake videos.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2025
March 2025 | In a 2024 policy brief for the Collectif qu茅b茅cois pour la pr茅vention de l鈥檌tin茅rance (CQPI), Pearl Eliadis, alongside Melissa Shemirani and Angelina Freeman, highlights the urgent need for increased investment in second-stage shelters for women and children fleeing domestic and intimate partner violence. Building on a 2022 recommendation from CQPI鈥檚 Gender Research Stream, the team conducted a rapid literature review that found second-stage housing plays a vital role in bridging the gap between emergency shelters and permanent housing.
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Published on: 23 Apr 2025
March 20, 2025 | In a CBC interview, Pearl Eliadis criticized Quebec鈥檚 Bill 94, arguing that the government is fully aware the legislation violates the Canadian Constitution. She pointed to the use of the notwithstanding clause as proof, saying it allows the government to override fundamental rights because it knows the bill wouldn鈥檛 hold up in court. Eliadis described the law as a political tactic by the Coalition Avenir Qu茅bec to win support by outdoing the Parti Qu茅b茅cois on issues of identity and language.
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Published on: 23 Apr 2025
April 15, 2025 | MPP '25 Husein Pumaya Yakubu highlights the limitations of transparency in Ghana鈥檚 post-pandemic governance. While former president Nana Akufo-Addo鈥檚 transparent communication during COVID-19 initially unified citizens, Yakubu argues it masked deeper issues like economic mismanagement and rising debt. Drawing a parallel with Canada, Yakubu suggests that transparency, while crucial during crises, must be sustained through regular financial updates, stronger oversight, and grassroots participation.
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Published on: 17 Apr 2025
April 9, 2025 | Aengus Bridgman from the Media Ecosystem Observatory was interviewed by CBC鈥檚 Farah Nasser, where he highlighted the dangers of unregulated social media during elections. With a vast, active audience and minimal oversight, social media platforms have become prime spaces for information manipulation. Bridgman discusses how misinformation spreads on these platforms and shares key insights on what to look out for in social media feeds as the election approaches.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2025
April 7, 2025 | Taylor Owen and Helen A. Hayes wrote an opinion piece arguing that Canada鈥檚 failure to regulate its digital space is no longer just a tech policy issue鈥攊t鈥檚 a national security concern. With rising disinformation and direct interference from the U.S., Canadians now view the United States as a greater foreign threat than China or Russia. Although the Trudeau government introduced several digital policy bills, including those addressing online harms, AI regulation, and cybersecurity, most were abandoned after Parliament was prorogued.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2025
March 31, 2025 | MPP '25 Nickson Mugabi鈥檚 wrote that while Uganda has made efforts to improve fiscal transparency, weak institutions and lack of accountability continue to undermine public trust. Drawing on Niall Ferguson鈥檚 warning that transparency without reform can deepen cynicism, Mugabi points to Uganda鈥檚 low budget transparency score and high-profile corruption scandals as evidence.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2025
April 3, 2025 | Professor听Vincent Rigby听and听Norman Hillmer, wrote about the lack of strategic approach of Canada to world affairs and how it has been slow to react to rapidly changing threats.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2025
April 1, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen听spoke on the new social media regulations as the elections approaches closer. If social-media companies wanted to help improve election integrity, they could share what鈥檚 happening on their platforms with researchers, said Owen. X used to give researchers access to its application programming interface (API), or data, but now its most in-depth access level costs about $40,000 a month, mentioned Owen, which effectively shuts out Canadian researchers.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2025
April 1, 2025 |听Chris Ragan, explained that the end of carbon tax and how it will be affect Canadians in an news article at . Ragan says the drop in prices could be more gradual, though he agrees it is coming. "One of the less charming attributes of capitalism is that prices tend to fall more slowly than they rise," Ragan said.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2025
How disinformation, fake news and foreign interference threaten Canadian election | Montreal Gazette
March 31, 2025 |听Aengus Bridgman, director of the听听(MEO), spoke with The听Gazette about the threats of fake news, deepfakes and foreign interference infiltrating your social media feed have never been higher.听He cites an evolving geopolitical landscape, a reduction of safeguards by the main social media platforms and the advent of generative AI as game changers in the lead-up to election day on April 28.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2025
March 31, 2025 |听Aengus Bridgman, director of the听听(MEO), explains听about the state of the major platforms in Canada in 2025, how our information ecosystem is vulnerable to misinformation, and what we should be doing about it.听A contributor to听studies听on information issues in multiple federal and provincial elections, he is one of Canada鈥檚 leading experts on misinformation, digital activism, and the politics of digital media.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2025
March 30, 2025 | Professor听Jennifer Robson is the 2024-25 McConnell Visiting Scholar.听For the last 20 years, there has been no limit to how much you can invest outside of Canada in tax-preferred savings accounts like TFSAs and RRSPs. In a largely stable, rules-based, and tightly-integrated global market, that probably made sense for an open economy like ours (Canada).听
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Published on: 3 Apr 2025
March 11, 2025 |听Director听Jennifer Welsh听spoke about Canada surviving under Trump administration on .听Canada's foreign policy has long been influenced by the USA. So an important question arises now, how does Canada navigate in this new political climate? And how independent can Canada really become from the USA?
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Published on: 1 Apr 2025
March 24, 2025 |听With trust in journalism eroding, disinformation once fringe is now mainstream. Much of it is spreading on social media. Professor听Taylor Owen听says the online media environment in Canada is more fragile and vulnerable to manipulation than ever before. A dangerous situation at the best of times even more so during an election.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2025
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