New podcast alert! Teach.Learn.Share

Published: 10 October 2023

Teaching and Learning Services is excited to announce that the the launch of Teach.Learn.Share, our new podcast! We invite you to tune in for conversations about teaching and learning with members...

Taylor Owen on deepfakes | CBC The National

Published: 14 January 2020

January 7, 2020 | There are serious concerns about how Facebook will police deepfake videos. Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen talks about why these sophisticated videos need editorial oversight.

Canadian polarized, but social media use likely not the culprit: study

Published: 23 September 2019

September 12, 2019 | Social media might not be to blame for Canadians’ ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. “A lot of people don’t use social media very...

19 million Canadians have had their data breached in eight months

Published: 23 September 2019

September 2, 2019 | An estimated 19 million Canadians have been affected by data breaches between November 2018 and June 2019, according to numbers obtained by "Attention Control with Kevin Newman,...

Fake news preys on emotions, expert warns

Published: 23 September 2019

August 10, 2019| Beware of things you see online that make you emotional, one media expert warns ahead of the fall election.  Taylor Owen, professor at McGill University and the co-creator of the...

Canadians' media-consumption habits lead to misinformation, study finds

Published: 23 September 2019

August 7, 2019 | Canadians aren’t as divided into partisan echo chambers as social media would suggest, but a heavy news diet doesn't guarantee you'll be informed, a new study has found....

New podcast launches to cover the impact of technology on our democracy during the 2019 Canadian federal election

Published: 5 September 2019

Attention Control with Kevin Newman podcast released its first episodes this week, exploring digital media’s impact on the 2019 federal election....

Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally featured on FreshEd Podcast with Will Brehm

Published: 7 May 2018

Aziz Choudry, of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, and Salim Vally, co-editor with Dr. Choudry of the recent book Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's...

Podcast: Pedro Valdes-Sosa

Published: 2 June 2016

By the Media Relations Office, McGill Newsroom...

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