Episodes
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On this episode, Ruth Mojeed Ramirez discusses with Armin Safavi, member of the Canadian International Council's Young Professionals Network. They discuss Middle East politics and Iran's growing visibility and prowess as a nuclear power, as well as the impact of sanctions and nuclear diplomacy.
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In this packed episode, Ruth discusses the war in Gaza and the possibility of a two-state solution with Jon Allen.
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Ruth Mojeed Ramirez speaks with Shawky Fahel, founder of the Canadian International Development Organization, about the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the urgent need for Canada's leadership in responding to the plight of Palestinians.
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Ruth Mojeed Ramirez discusses with Kerry Buck, former Permanent Representative and Ambassador to NATO. They discuss how Canada can reinforce it's impact on global affairs, and how emerging issues in different parts of the world affect us in Canada.
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Ruth catches up with Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, to discuss what the data can tell us about trends in migration and how immigration impacts the Canadian labour market.
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The second part of this two-part episodes focuses on Canada’s efforts supporting organizations like the World Trade Organization, the Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development and other multilateral institutions in collecting data, implementing data prompts and working with diverse groups, including women entrepreneurs, to strengthen global efforts on gender equity and human rights.
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This episode focuses on the imperative for inclusive policymaking and establishing democracy as an evolving process requiring collaboration and concerted efforts in assessing the functionality and viability of our democratic institutions, and how trade can be an effective tool for advancing diplomacy.
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In this episode Ruth connects with Senator Peter Boehm, Senate of Canada & Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. They discuss Canada's role in global trade negotiations, our relations with The U.S. and NATO, and how Canada can further engage talent from around the world.
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On this episode, Ruth discusses with Sunil Johal, Professor of Public Policy and Society at the the University of Toronto & Vice-President Public Policy at the CSA Group, public policy implications of remote work and how we as a society can rebuild in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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On this episode, Ruth discusses with Ambassador Catherine Stewart, Canada's Ambassador for Climate Change, on Canada's action plan for combatting the climate crisis. The Ambassador shares insights on the government's National Adaptation Strategy and the plan for engaging multi-level collaborators and actors on shared priorities for improving the wellbeing of Canadians, and those most impacted by climate change.
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Ruth speaks with Daniel Bernhard, CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, on Canada’s immigration statistics, focusing on a recent report by Statistics Canada on the dwindling uptake in citizenship by recent immigrants and newcomers to Canada. Daniel discusses how Canada can learn from its past successes on immigration to attract and retain newcomers to the country.
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Ruth speaks with a researcher who studies the way global crises intersect.
Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon is the executive director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University. His studies look at the “polycrisis,” looking to find what common threads can be found across multiple serious global problems. Climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the European energy crisis all intersect in ways that fuel the food crisis on the African continent. Homer-Dixon’s research seeks to unearth the mechanisms that underlie some of the biggest issues facing humanity, in the hope of finding global solutions.
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In this episode, Ruth speaks with a leader looking to make the world embrace diversity.Meredith Preston McGhie is the secretary general for the Global Centre for Pluralism, and has worked for decades in Africa and Asia on the frontlines of diplomacy in some of the world's most troubled regions. She’s looking to spread the principles of pluralism across the globe. Pluralism is, at its core, a respect for diversity within a society, though it can look different from place to place. Preston McGhie’s work focuses on engaging with local communities to first find what pluralism means to people on the ground and then help that spirit blossom. The Centre is developing a Global Pluralism Monitor as a way to measure and thereby grow this important ethic around the world.
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Ruth speaks with a Canadian Senator looking closely at issues of ethics and accountability.
Senator Ratna Omidvar recently sponsored Bill S-222, the Effective and Accountable Charities Act, which aims to improve the nonprofit sector's “resource accountability", as well as the Frozen Assets Repurposing Act which proposes to stem the tide of corruption by ensuring Canada can repurpose stolen or otherwise misappropriated funds. Sen. Omidvar hopes these new resources could, to touch upon another personal interest, support the integration and settlement of displaced peoples.
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When he ran for leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, Michael Ignatieff laid out a bold plan to place the promotion of democracy at the heart of Canadian foreign policy.
17 years later, Ignatieff outlines how his time in politics and his wariness of the many failed attempts at democratization that ended in flames. He now proposes instead that Canada and other democracies “tend our own gardens.” What changed?
In today's Open Canada podcast episode, hear his recent keynote address to a conference by the Canadian International Council, the Jarislowsky Chair at Toronto Metropolitan University and McGill University, How Can We Reverse Democratic Backsliding?
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En route vers 2023, un premier épisode en français pour réfléchir sur un problème persistant : un déséquilibre commercial dramatique existe toujours entre l'Afrique et les pays occidentaux comme le Canada.
C'est une manifestation d'une structure de l'économie mondiale qui maintient une inégalité permanente entre le nord mondial et le sud, selon Maïka Sondarjee, professeure en développement international à l'Université d'Ottawa, qui propose un internationalisme radical. Elle est l'autrice de Perspectives féministes en relations internationales : Penser le monde autrement, et de Perdre le Sud : Décoloniser la solidarité internationale. - Montre plus
