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Supporting African-Led Responses to COVID-19
The virus that causes COVID-19 has now reached Africa, a few weeks after it hit Europe and North America. Many analysts fear that the virus’s impact on the continent is nothing less than a “time bomb”, due to a lack of adequate health infrastructure and personal protective equipment. There is an urgent need for international
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Coronavirus Shows Why Canada Must Reduce Its Dependence on the U.S.
Canadian foreign policy has long embraced both a deep continental relationship with the United States and a devotion to liberal internationalism. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time has come to re-evaluate our approach. While Canada has been able to manage the coronavirus crisis so far, our ability to continue to keep the pandemic
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Did University of Ottawa Grad Students Just Raise US $37 Million in Aid for Afghanistan?
- Analysis
- May 4, 2020
Ok, that was a clickbait title. But what really happened is not so far off. In my recent course on “Evaluation” my grad students and I worked on a systematic review of development aid to Afghanistan. Every year I team up with a partner/client and then study with my students a real-life problem, which is
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Seeking Asylum During the Pandemic: On Why Borders Must Remain a Little Open
- Analysis
- April 22, 2020
As states have increasingly hunkered down to stop the spread of COVID-19, they have imposed increasing restrictions on the movement of people across borders. Airlines began by cancelling flights from China; then, US President Donald Trump banned incoming flights from Europe; and then, leaders began encouraging their citizens to come home immediately or to make
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