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McGill University's Max Bell School of Public Policy is committed to the research, teaching, public outreach & government engagement of pressing policy issues.

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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Join us at this year's lectures: 🗓️ Montreal // Maison Alcan // Oct. 15, 6pm 🗓️ @thewalrus.ca Talks at Home // Online // Nov. 12, 7pm 🗓️ Calgary // Alt Hotel University // Nov. 19, 5pm mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/events/lectures
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is the economic rupture with the United States a crisis, or an opportunity for Canadian growth? In the 2026 McGill Max Bell Lectures, @ricardohausmann.bsky.social and Eric Protzer explore practical strategies for Canadian prosperity in a radically changed world.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jennifer Welsh joined The Herle Burly podcast, commenting on Canada’s evolving role in the international order as the current U.S. administration increasingly strains relationships with Western allies. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/165366/episo...
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Canada's New Foreign Policy Moment: Jennifer Welsh & Colin Robertson - The Herle Burly
The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! Back in July, the Wall Stree...
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Jennifer Welsh @jennifermwelsh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We are beyond excited to be welcoming Ethan Zuckerman to the Max Bell School of Public Policy. His world-class research and policy engagement - and his commitment to teaching - will help our School become 'the' hub for knowledge and policy influence on the digital sphere.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ethan Zuckerman, a prominent media scholar, has been named the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada in the Digital Public Sphere at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy. www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschoo...
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Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Le Centre pour les médias, la technologie et la démocratie et l'Observatoire de l'écosystème médiatique vous invitent à une soirée pour comprendre les enjeux de la campagne électorale et les dynamiques du paysage informationnel et numérique. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4r258r2w
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Élection québécoise 2026 : Information, plateformes et démocratie
Une soirée pour comprendre les enjeux de la campagne électorale québécoise et les dynamiques du paysage informationnel et numérique.
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Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Événement hybride et gratuit 📍 Élections québécoises 2026 : Information, plateformes et démocratie
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A new expert commentary from Jennifer Welsh and fellow members of the IDP Protection Expert Group and the Global IDP Advisory Group shows why meaningful participation of IDPs leads to better policies, stronger communities and more sustainable recovery. Read more: www.unhcr.org/media/ipeg-e...
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IPEG expert commentary: The best solutions to internal displacement are designed with IDPs | UNHCR
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Max Bell School of Public Policy MPP candidate team is working to develop compliance guidelines for commercial drone manufacturers that prevent unlawful use in armed conflict and law enforcement, while ensuring accountability when violations occur.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Accomplished federal public service leader Siobhan Harty has joined the Max Bell School as the Slater Family Visiting Scholar, serving as Research Director for the Second Century Commission, coaching a Policy Lab, and mentoring MPP students. mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/article/our-people/siobhan-harty
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“The Policy Lab has given us an incredible opportunity and experience to develop in-depth expertise on a unique policy issue while working in a professional, deeply collaborative environment, connecting with academics and practitioners from around the world." Read more: mcgill.ca/x/Uqq
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Policy Lab
Video of Max Bell MPP: Policy Lab Starting in January and running until the end of the program, the Policy Lab gives students a unique opportunity to work closely with a private, public or non-profit ...
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What would it take to slow the growing pace of antimicrobial resistance in low-resource settings across the global south? The International Development Research Centre asked MPPs Julian Tayarah, Mahnoor Zaman, Charlie Clark, and Courtney White to find out through a OneHealth approach.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“Unpacking Canada's water security challenges gave us a deeper understanding of the complex mechanisms at play. The experience challenged us to think across disciplines, navigate competing priorities, and develop practical solutions to an urgent and complex issue." Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/Uqq
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Policy Lab
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Max Bell School of Public Policy MPP candidate team is exploring how public and private might collaborate to create a Canadian Water Security Fund that mobilizes philanthropic and public capital to address urgent water security challenges across the country.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Next up in our 2026 Policy Lab series: the Metcalf Foundation (MF) team of Elena Anceva, Umme Salma, Ayeyi Ohene-Adu, and Rebecca Duncan, with guidance from Gisele Yasmeen.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Achieving this required balancing institutional policymaking with local realities to improve human rights access and protections, and turning global insights into pragmatic recommendations that honour both international mandates and lived experiences." Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/Uqq
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Through global stakeholder engagement, we explored the trends and events shaping the policy landscapes of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in crisis settings. We identified technical pathways for the UNDP to enhance NHRI resilience, impact, and efficacy during periods of instability."
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Our 2026 Policy Lab spotlight turns to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) team of Victoria Gibbs, Calvin Campbell, Megan Wood, and Ariane Lamoureux, working alongside Pearl Eliadis.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Our goal is to develop recommendations that extend beyond Max Bell and contribute to the broader discourse on financial decision-making frameworks.” Stay tuned for the group's report available July! Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/Uqq
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Throughout this Policy Lab, we've come to appreciate how our different areas of expertise have come together to elevate our work. Learning to integrate them has shown us that strong collaboration isn't just helpful but essential to producing well-rounded policy solutions.”
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Max Bell School of Public Policy MPP candidate team is examining how the rise of stablecoins as a medium of exchange might reshape competition in financial markets and what regulatory frameworks are needed to protect consumers without stifling innovation.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This week's 2026 Policy Lab feature: the Competition Bureau (CB) team of Betselot Bekele, Théo Sainte-Marie, and Alex Lavigne, with the support of coach Neil Bouwer.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“Working closely with Indigenous leaders, government officials, and climate policy experts has given us valuable insight into the complexities of governance, legislation, and wildfire response across sectors and jurisdictions.” Stay tuned for the group's report! Learn more here: mcgill.ca/x/Uqq
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“Over the past decade, wildfire-related costs in Canada have exceeded $1 billion annually, while the impacts extend far beyond economic costs, affecting forest ecosystems, housing stability, mental health, respiratory health, and community resilience.”
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Max Bell School of Public Policy MPP candidate team is assessing how effective Canada’s wildfire management policies are in equitably supporting readiness and resilience for Indigenous communities in remote regions of Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Continuing our 2026 Policy Lab spotlight, this week features the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) team of Aaliyah Lahai, Anna Cipolla, and Manuelitha Darlie Jean, with the coaching of Dr. Marc Fortin.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Ted Gallivan, deputy minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, offered the government's view, asking the room to trust not him but the Canadian system. He stressed officials work within strict legal limits and oversight, calling robust litigation something Canada should be proud of.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
John Thon Majok of the Migration Policy Institute set the global scene, with forced displacement now past 117 million. He traced the dismantling of the US refugee program that has resettled millions since 1980, and the spread of costly third-country deportation deals with states in conflict.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Queen's law professor Sharry Aiken urged the room to keep civil society in view as refugee resettlement collapses under US funding cuts. She warned Canada's new Bill C-12 builds a two-tier asylum system, with a one-year bar and no oral hearing, falling hardest on women and LGBTQ claimants.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The day's final panel turned to migration and hardening borders, moderated by Inez Jabalpurwala of the Public Policy Forum. The question framing it was whether Canada's refugee commitments can survive mounting pressure, with Bill C-12 and the Safe Third Country Agreement at the centre.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Windsor law professor Joshua Sealy-Harrington said Canada faces milder but real threats, citing a law school that reversed a hire over the candidate's human rights work and chilling on campuses after October 7. He urged universities to stand in solidarity, not capitulate one by one.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Audrey Cooper, editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Banner and head of America's largest local news nonprofit, said the deeper danger is economic. With 40% of US papers gone since 2005 and half of counties now news deserts, thin budgets and legal threats breed self-censorship.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
First Amendment lawyer Fritz Byers traced press freedom to the idea of the press as a check on power, then named the threat he fears most. If originalists on the Supreme Court overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, he warned, journalism as Americans know it would not survive.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Panel 4 turned to free expression and the pressures on journalism and the academy, moderated by Kyle Wyatt of the Literary Review of Canada. He opened on a pattern of hostility toward reporters, from the Oval Office to premiers' offices in Canada.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Thomas d'Aquino, a founding architect of Canada-US free trade, said Trump's tariffs and 51st-state talk lit a Canadian nationalism unseen since the war. He floated a bold fix, a Canada-US economic and defence treaty entrenched through the Senate, redesigning the relationship over 50 years.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Kari Heerman, a Brookings trade scholar and former US trade official, noted the Supreme Court found Trump's emergency tariffs an overreach, but warned the administration has narrower legal tools and that future presidents won't step back. Trade and security, she added, are now tightly linked.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Over lunch, the third panel took up the law and politics of US tariffs, moderated by Director Jennifer Welsh. The question on the table was whether Washington's tariffs exceed presidential power, and how Canada should respond to executive overreach in trade.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
From Université Laval, Louis-Philippe Lampron warned the rule of law holds only when people inside government play by the rules, what he called the bluff of liberal democracies. He cautioned against assuming institutions will survive governments that erode them, citing Quebec's constitution project.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Sarah Harding, dean of Dalhousie's Schulich School of Law, cast the rule of law as a pre-commitment to shared rules, even when we lose. Its foundation is public trust, now strained by disinformation and data-driven silos, though she found resilience in surging law school applications.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
David Cole, former ACLU legal director now at Georgetown, argued the rule of law needs courts and constitutions but also a society willing to fight for it. He showed how the administration leans on federal money and false emergencies, yet noted courts have pushed back with some 75 injunctions.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The second panel moved to the rule of law and judicial independence, moderated by Nandini Ramanujam. She framed it as a principle that restrains public power and secures judicial independence, one that rests less on doctrine than on public confidence in institutions.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
UBC's Margot Young called the Canadian Charter a crisis moment, caught between courts that have not met today's social injustices and governments reaching for the notwithstanding clause against vulnerable minorities. Reconciliation, she added, sits at a similar decision point.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Hina Shamsi of the ACLU named real and sometimes irreversible damage, from gutted humanitarian aid to immigrants held in detention. But she pointed to resilience too, citing Minnesota communities who met federal deployments with legal action and mutual aid, insisting this is not who we are.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Columbia law professor Jamal Greene argued things are both better and worse than they look. Life goes on for most Americans, exactly how authoritarian systems work. He returned to his framing of Trump as a constitutional failure, a president who feels bound by politics but not by law.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Our first panel took up constitutional governance in Canada and the US, moderated by David Shribman, with the concentration of power as its throughline. The strains on one side of the border, the panel argued, carry real implications for the other.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
He warned against complacency on rights, pointing to the notwithstanding clause and the pull toward expanding executive power. The question he left with the room was whether Canada can renew its constitutional architecture without concentrating power in the executive.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
He held up Canadian federalism as a hard-won achievement, made to work across language and region for 150 years. The core of the national idea, he said, is not that Canada stands above others, but that it keeps proving it can govern its own differences.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
In his keynote, Michael Ignatieff argued that authoritarian populism rises when democracies fail to deliver for their citizens. Constitutional government has always faced moments of strain, he reminded the room, and what matters is whether the system still works for the people it serves.
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today we're hosting our Slater Family Canada-US Policy Series conference, "Not Politics as Usual: Challenges to Constitutional Governance in Canada and the United States." Scholars and practitioners gather at Montreal's Old Port to examine the strains on democracy. Live updates in this thread 🧵
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"Our results highlight the critical importance of informal networks, locally grounded initiatives, and adaptable conceptions of digital sovereignty and control." Stay tuned for the group’s report available July! Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/Uqq
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