Pearl Eliadis on Rising Visible Homelessness in Quebec | CHIP-FM
May 29, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CHIP-FM about the rise in visible homelessness across Quebec and the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's call for upstream legal reform.
Pearl Eliadis on the CQPI's Proposed Legal Reform to Prevent Homelessness in Quebec | CQPI
May 27, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis, an active member of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (CQPI), helped launch the coalition's proposed legal reform to make prevention a national priority in Quebec. Eliadis argues that "homelessness is not inevitable" but reflects political choices, and that prevention represents the most cost-effective response to a crisis estimated to cost the province nearly $1 billion per year.
Woyesa Worana on Ethiopia's Looming Election | Policy Magazine
May 27, 2026 | MPP'26 Woyesa Worana examines the conditions surrounding Ethiopia's June 1st national election in a new piece for Policy Magazine. Worana argues that while electoral institutions remain formally intact, ongoing conflict and narrowing civic space have weakened the substantive conditions that give an election democratic meaning, leaving "the question of process… decoupled from the question of democratic credibility."
Pearl Eliadis on Enshrining a Right to Housing in Quebec | CBC Listen
May 27, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis, chair of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's legislative reform project, joined CBC's Daybreak Montreal to discuss the coalition's new push for legal reform on homelessness in Quebec.
Jennifer Welsh Co-Authors Article on the Risks of Supporting Civilian Self-Protection
June 9, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh has co-authored a new article, "Risky Business: Organizational Challenges in International Support for Civilian Self-Protection", in Perspectives on Politics, with E. Paddon Rhoads and J. Masullo. The article argues that international support for "bottom-up" civilian self-protection, while often seen as less costly and more legitimate than direct intervention, carries its own significant risks for the communities it aims to protect.
Jennifer Welsh New Chapter on Responsible Sovereignty and the 1990s
September 22, 2025 | Jennifer Welsh has contributed a chapter, "Responsible Sovereignty and Individual Accountability: Liberal Internationalist Aspirations from the 1990s", to the new volume Rethinking the 1990s: Liberal World Order Building in the Aftermath of the Cold War.
Vincent Rigby New Article on the Prime Minister and Canadian National Security
May 21, 2026 | Vincent Rigby has co-authored a new article, Unwritten Ultimate Responsibility: The Prime Minister and Canadian National Security, with Philippe Lagassé (Carleton) and Ian Brodie (Calgary). Rigby argues that while ministers and agencies derive their national security mandates from statute, the Prime Minister's authority remains largely unwritten, rooted in constitutional convention and Crown prerogative.
Tony Keller Wins the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos | The Globe and Mail
May 15, 2026 | Tony Keller has won the Donner Prize for Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, written for the 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures. The $60,000 prize, presented at a gala in Toronto on Thursday, recognizes excellence in Canadian public policy writing.
Director Jennifer Welsh appointed Distinguished James McGill Professor
Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Jennifer Welsh, has been newly appointed as a Distinguished James McGill Professor. This award is McGill’s highest honor. It recognizes sustained scholarly and research achievements of accomplished professors, and is reserved only for those who are recognized as international leaders in their fields.
Pearl Eliadis on a Generational Tobacco Ban in Canada | CBC Listen
April 28, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis joined CBC's Radio Noon Quebec to discuss whether Canada should follow the United Kingdom in banning tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008. Eliadis frames the question as a Canadian Charter analysis: a generational ban would clearly restrict liberty, but the legal test under section 1 is whether that restriction is a "reasonable limit ...
Canada–U.S. Relations Enter “Second Century” as New Commission Launches Amid Converging Economic and Security Pressures
(WASHINGTON – April 30, 2026) — As economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and shifting trade dynamics reshape North America, a new binational commission has been launched to explore the future of Canada–U.S. relations.
New Report: Canada and the Future of AI for Inclusive Prosperity
April 22, 2026 | The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy has co-published a new summary report, Canada and the Future of AI for Inclusive Prosperity, with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Expert Group on Canada and the Future of Development Cooperation.
Jennifer Welsh on U.S. Interest in Canadian Politics | CBC News
Jennifer Welsh Receives the 2026 NDG MNA Medal
April 10, 2026 | Jennifer Welsh was among ten recipients honoured at the second annual NDG MNA Medal Ceremony, hosted by Désirée McGraw, Member of the National Assembly for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, at Villa Maria College. The medal recognizes leaders, builders, and changemakers whose work helps shape the NDG community and, in many cases, leaves a lasting mark on Quebec.
