2022-23 NPSIA Seminar Series: China's Renminbi and Global Monetary Disorder
2022-23 NPSIA Seminar Series: China's Renminbi and Global Monetary Disorder
Fri, Jan 13, 2:30 PM
Richcraft Hall • Ottawa, ON
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HARD FACTS ABOUT FAKE NEWS: Transforming the Digital Landscape of Media
By iPolitics
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iPolitics 201 - 17 York Street Ottawa, ON K1N 5T7 Canada
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Disinformation in the public sphere is challenging Canada's media ecosystem and undermining democracy.
Join us May 30th, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at iPolitics for an interchange on innovation and collaboration versus disinformation.
iPolitics is inviting supporters of Democracy and defenders of Press Freedom and Open Government to share their insights on building trust and restoring public faith during a robust panel discussion.
More than a dozen governments have passed laws against ‘Fake News’ which is causing a polarization of society and a crisis in confidence. Violation of a free press weakens democracy.
Accuracy and accountability are pillars of professional journalism. Facts Matter.
Coupled with greater transparency of open government, informed citizens will be in a better position to discern what is fact from what is fake to strengthen democracy.
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Christopher Waddell is the program director for the Bachelor of Media Production and Design program. He is a professor at and former director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa and also holds the university’s Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism.
Justin Ling is a freelance journalist who has spent years covering politics, defence, national security and cyber issues. You may remember him from such stories as: Canadian Police Obtained BlackBerry’s Global Decryption Key; Canadian Cops Scrambled to get Approval for Cellphone Surveillance Hardware They Were Already Using; and Police Could Charge a Data Center in the Largest Child Porn Bust Ever. He is Toronto-based, but frequently covers Parliament Hill, and has written for VICE News, Motherboard, the Globe & Mail, the National Post, the Guardian and others.
Quito Maggi is President and CEO of Mainstreet Research, a Canadian public research firm with offices in Montreal, Ottawa and headquarters in Toronto. As President of Mainstreet Research, Quito Maggi has been credited by media as a consistently accurate pollster of political public opinion including recent elections in Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, the 2015 Federal election and a number of Municipalities and by-elections across Canada.
Stephanie MacLellan joined the Global Security and Politics program in July 2016, specializing in Internet governance and cybersecurity. She spent more than a decade working as an editor and reporter for newspapers such as the Toronto Star, The Hamilton Spectator and The Slovak Spectator, an English-language weekly based in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Engage in an audience Q & A following the panel discussion.
Food and refreshments provided.
Live music by acoustic duo 'Boogie Gnome'.