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Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Data & Ecology after the End of the World
Dismantling the primacy of traditional human-based forms of witnessing is crucial if we are to reckon with an era of technoscientific war, ecological catastrophe, and technological capture. Media and mediation are central to these intersecting crises—and to the human capacity to build new ways of knowing and being after the end of the world. In this talk, Michael Richardson shows how ecological, machinic, and algorithmic forms of witnessing can help us better understand and respond.

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What Can We Learn From How Canada’s FIAP is Landing in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Much has been written about Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), its discursive limits, its uncertain results and how it is being implemented in parts of Africa and the Middle East. This panel will share the results of the first studies of how FIAP is landing in three Latin American and Caribbean contexts – Colombia, Haiti and Jamaica/CARICOM. It will analyse the (f)actors, on the Canadian and partner sides of cooperation relationships, that explain FIAP’s varied results on the ground. It will also start a conversation about the future of FIAP, given the results of the upcoming federal election.

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Blog - Election 2025: What are the Parties Saying About Foreign Aid?
The recent turmoil in Washington has reshaped Canada’s 2025 election campaign, driving fundamental discussions on how Canada should position itself in the world. With election day looming, what are the contenders saying about foreign aid?

Read the blog by Stephen Brown here
Blog - How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks
With the financial losses of climate change increasing by the year, claims made to the insurance sector have followed suit. This has both driven up premiums across the sector but, more importantly, revealed how many assets are uninsured against climate change. Yet in the knowledge of the problems posed by climate risk, the insurance sector appears practically ignorant.

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Election 2025: What are the Parties Saying About Foreign Aid?0
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- April 23, 2025
The recent turmoil in Washington has reshaped Canada’s 2025 election campaign, driving fundamental discussions on how Canada should position itself in the world. With election day looming, what are the contenders saying about foreign aid?

The Liberals, the current …
By Stephen Brown
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