Victor Pickard charts the future of journalism

If we consider the history of the US news industry, it’s clear that journalism has never achieved its full potential. Now that the traditional model faces complete market failure, it’s time to rethink the business of new gathering.

Jul. 4 – 8:00 a.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): CIGI President Rohinton P. Medhora will join panel chair Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University), Kaushik Basu (Cornell University), Dani Rodrik (Harvard University) and Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts) for a discussion on globalization.

The 19th World Congress of the International Economic Association consists of plenary sessions taking place online by Zoom from July 2 to 6, 2021. Other invited sessions and contributed papers will be recorded in advance and uploaded to the congress website.

Learn more about the IEA World Congress at https://ieawc2021.org.

Non-consensual intimate image distribution (NCIID), often referred to as “revenge pornography” or “image-based sexual abuse,” is a growing scourge in the lives of its many victims. Curbing this growing form of gender violence is no simple task, given variable contexts and levels of harm. 

On Thursday, June 24, the Centre for International Governance Innovation hosted a panel discussion on NCIID. The panellists addressed the impacts such abuse can have on victims, while also providing an overview of the regulatory models that exist, and where improved solutions are needed, in three countries in the Global South.

By clumsily and unnecessarily expanding Bill C-10 into the domain of free speech, Taylor Owen writes, the Canadian government has jeopardized passage of separate legislation that explicitly deals with speech — its online harms bill.

Legislators worldwide have accelerated plans to impose new curbs on global digital platforms. In Canada, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has brought forward legislation intended to rein in the powers of big tech and to supplement the patchwork of existing laws that address data privacy, content moderation and hate speech. One prong of this legislation, Bill C-10, passed the House of Commons on June 22. In this compendium, CIGI experts critique the legislation and explore the issues.

Greening the military is not a new idea, Simon Dalby writes. But it has gained new prominence of late, not least because the defence sector is a major contributor to global carbon emissions. For Canada to lead at NATO on climate, both research and training are required. This training must fit into the alliance’s broader strategic evolution, to meet an array of new and emerging threats.