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Blog - Living in a House of Dynamite
Cinema over the years has often served as an effective medium for conveying the existential threat posed by nuclear war. From the grim backdrop of doomed survivors in “On the Beach” to the eradication of small-town Kansas in “The Day After” Hollywood has compellingly if infrequently turned its camera lens on the implications of the nuclear “balance of terror” (aka nuclear deterrence) we all live under.

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How Benjamin Franklin Set the Stage for Donald Trump and His Talk of a 51st State
Before Donald Trump in 2025, before James Madison in 1812, Benjamin Franklin had designs on Canada. Madelaine Drohan has written a book about how he came to have that desire, how he rationalized it, and why he failed in his attempts to annex Canada. Far from being ancient history, the events of 250 years ago continue to shape bilateral relations between the United States and Canada.

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Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World
Alex Neve is the 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer. At a time of a deepening climate crisis, genocide and mass atrocities, and the rapid rise of hate and divisiveness around the world, his five lectures explored what we need to collectively do to renew and strengthen the vital promise of universal human rights. Marking International Human Rights Day, Alex’s talk will offer an overview of the lectures, including the fractured state of our world and a hopeful way forward.

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Blog - The Complicated Transition in Haiti. What Options Does Canada Have?
The April 3, 2024 agreement between Haitian political parties that had formed the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) a month earlier remains a remarkable governance tool in the quest for a Haitian solution to the current multidimensional crisis. But with two months to go before the end of its implementation, it is difficult to see the results that were set out, in particular the restoration of public security and the organization of legitimate elections.

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La transition compliquée en Haïti. Quelles options pour le Canada ?0
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- December 3, 2025
Par Stephen Baranyi et Johnny Velcy* L’accord du 3 avril 2024, entre les partis politiques haïtiens qui avaient formé le Conseil présidentiel de transition (CPT) un mois plus tôt, demeure un instrument de gouvernance remarquable dans la quête d’une solution haïtienne à l’actuelle crise multidimensionnelle. Mais à deux mois de la fin de sa mise

By Stephen Baranyi
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