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Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019
- Analysis
- December 19, 2018
By Stéphanie Bacher Over the past year, Canada has taken some important steps to promote and protect human rights abroad. However, the picture is not as rosy as often presented by the government, and Canada still has a long way to go to become a true leader in the promotion of human rights abroad. Here
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The Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy
- Analysis
- December 19, 2018
The Trump administration has not had much to say about Africa, and what little it has said has been mostly nonsense or offensive, or both. First there was the President’s infamous “sx!#hole” comment, then his faint praise for the non-existent country of “Nambia,” not to mention the exaggerated tweet about “large scale killing of white
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Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
- Analysis
- December 18, 2018
By Gabriel Bichet, Eve Cassavoy, Maddie Hunt, Jasmine Sebastian, and Emma Turner (ENG1100Q), edited by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr In September, I took on teaching three sections of ENG1100: Workshop in Essay Writing, a required course for first-year students at the University of Ottawa. Facing 200 students every week really keeps you on your toes, so I
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Canada’s Security Council Campaign
- Analysis
- December 18, 2018
In a recent CIPS blog, also published in the Globe and Mail, my colleague Roland Paris outlined the reasons “Why Canada cares about that Security Council seat.” This blog wonders whether the world cares about Canada’s candidacy for the Security Council, and if so, what the Canadian government needs to do to win election in
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