January 6, 2015
At the beginning of 2015, then Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced a new partnership with the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs to launch the Digital Public Square project, an up to $9-million initiative that will increase digital space for free expression and open political dialogue.
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January 5, 2015
Read a welcome message from Professor Stephen J. Toope, Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs.
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December 18, 2014
A Syrian citizen group critical of ISIS was recently the victim of a targeted malware attack designed to reveal their location, the Citizen Lab reports.
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November 27, 2014
Professor Ron Deibert analyses the difficulties arising from new norms in cyberspace, how they conflict with the old established system of Westphalian nation-states, and how this tension can be reconciled.
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November 18, 2014
November 18, 2014 (Toronto and Washington) – Patricia Rubin, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board and niece of the late Lionel Gelber, has announced the 2015 prize jury, selected by returning Jury Chair William Thorsell.
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November 11, 2014
The Citizen Lab published a new report entitled Communities @ Risk, detailing the persistent and disruptive cyber attacks experienced by CSOs protecting human rights and civil liberties
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November 10, 2014
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) has published an in-depth report written by five MGA students detailing the status and policy considerations of social entrepreneurship in Ireland, representing a major contribution to the field.
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November 10, 2014
Munk School Director Janice Stein and Senior Fellow John Stackhouse provide a written analysis on some of the arguments made during the November 6, 2014 Munk Debate on Obama’s foreign policy.
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November 10, 2014
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert discusses the danger cyber attacks pose to human rights groups with CBC Radio in anticipation of a new report being published by the Lab.
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November 7, 2014
The Asian Institute at the Munk School will host the Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia project, made possible by a $2.5 million International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) grant.
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