Chris Ragan on carbon pricing | Power and Politics

Published: 28 November 2019

November 27, 2019 | Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan discusses the Ecofiscal Commission's final report on how Canada can meet its 2030 emissions goals with a carbon pricing policy....

News that's safe to use: Researchers aim to track information during campaign | CBC News

Published: 8 August 2019

August 8, 2019 | In an age where information is increasingly scrutinized yet more easily diffusable than ever, Canadians might be more misinformed than disinformed. New findings from the Digital...

Canadians who hold strong links to political parties more likely to be misinformed about politics | The Star

Published: 8 August 2019

August 8, 2019 | The Digital Democracy Project, an initiative of Max Bell School of Public Policy in collaboration with the Public Policy Forum, analyzes the increasing amounts of disinformation...

Informing the debate | McGill News

Published: 11 February 2020

With the final report of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission out and its clear support for carbon pricing – most notably, a 40-cent tax hike on a litre of gas over the next decade – making headlines,...

Let’s face the facts: To ensure our digital rights, we must hit pause on facial-recognition technology | The Globe and Mail

Published: 20 February 2020

February 14, 2020 |Rapid advances in facial-recognition technology have the potential for vast social consequences. In response to the scale and speed of these developments and the clear potential...

Will Endless Economic Growth End Us? | The Agenda

Published: 3 March 2020

February 24, 2020 | What are the consequences of endless economic expansion? To discuss the potential risks, Steven Paikin spoke to Chris Ragan, director of McGill University's Max Bell School of...

Sciences, Publics, Politics: Lessons From Canada’s Climate Wars | Issues

Published: 11 February 2020

When Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau took office in 2015 as Canada’s prime minister, a top priority was to establish Canada as a global leader on climate change. At the United Nations’ climate...

Understanding global post-pandemic economic recovery

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:00to13:00

The pandemic has had a major impact on the Canadian, US, and global economy. Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will be complex and challenging./maxbellschoolCategory: Academic talks and...

Implementing Financial Sector Policy Reforms in Africa

Friday, May 22, 2020 11:00to12:00

Despite how all-consuming the threat of COVID-19 has become for countries around the world, the problems governments faced before the pandemic haven’t disappeared./maxbellschoolCategory: Academic...

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