This Week @ FPA – February 11, 2013
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| Spotlight on … Piotr Dutkiewicz | |||
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Natalie Stechyson: Flaherty joins long line of Canadian politicians who try to keep health mum |
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| While the debate over the public’s right to know and a public figure’s right to privacy is nothing new, there’s a substantial difference in the default privacy positions in Canada and the United States, said Christopher Waddell, the director of journalism and communication at Carleton University. | |||
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Paul Weinberg: Canada’s Israel Lobby Criticised on Refugees |
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| But CIJA has been clumsy at times, said Carleton University political science professor Mira Sucharov. She pointed to CIJA’s effort to discourage a U.S. author, Peter Beinart, from addressing Jewish Hillel student groups on two university campuses in Ottawa and Montreal. | |||
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Corey Larocque: Smart phones add transparency to court |
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| “This makes sense, and it does follow more along the lines of what courts everywhere (that) are paying attention and developing policies are doing,” said Mary McGuire, a journalism professor at Carleton University who co-authored a chapter on social media in the courtroom in a forthcoming book on crime reporting. | |||
FPA in focus |
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Iraq, Mali and Stephen Harper |
| On Feb. 5, 2003, Colin Powell went to the United Nations to make the case against Iraq. According to Andrew Cohen, it was a theatrical performance, based on faulty intelligence and extravagant claims that would eventually discredit him as defence secretary. It also set the table for war. More… | |
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What China wants from Canada |
| The Chinese have learned a few lessons on how to deal with the Great White North.Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed unhappiness with the decision to approve the purchase of the Canadian company Nexen by the Chinese company CNOOC, and suggested that it may be a one-off. This is unlikely, yet it still remains necessary to determine how best to promote and realize Canada’s national interest in the international energy sector says Robert Cutler, Senior Fellow with the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. More… |
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Falling for a good story: When narrative trumps fact |
| Okay, fair warning: I’m starting this post with an anecdote about American college sports says Brian Platt, a master of journalism student at Carleton University. I don’t expect this is a favourite subject of most Observer readers, but it provided a fascinating bombshell of a story last week. In brief, a top college football star named Manti Te’o had been celebrated for months in the American media for overcoming the heartbreaking death of his girlfriend from cancer to lead his team to the national championship game. More… |
Spotlight on . . . |
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Carleton Politics Professor Honoured by Canadian Ambassador to Russian FederationCarleton University’s Piotr Dutkiewicz has been honoured by the Canadian ambassador to the Russian Federation for distinguished and sustained contributions to Canada-Russia relations. His photo will now be placed on a wall of honour in the main public reception room of the Canadian Embassy in Moscow. Ambassador John Sloan presented Prof. Dutkiewicz with the award at an embassy ceremony acknowledging his exceptional qualities as a world-class resource on Russia and Canada-Russia relations. It was especially fitting that among those present were two of the embassy political section’s current officers, Margaret Watts and Svitozar Omelko — both of whom are former students of his. More… |
FPA Events |
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Poli SciEmpathy and Political Preferences: Why “fellow feeling” leads to left-wing partisanship and policy preferences ODFPABagels & Banter – Terrorism, Security & Society EconomicsBrown Bag Seminar SPPAEnvironmental Policy and Economics Speaker Series EURUSEuropean Integration and the Changing System of Parliaments |
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Three Minute Thesis (3MT) goes on March 26-27, 2013!There will be an Information Session for all interested participants on Feb. 11 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in 2017 Dunton Tower. Go HERE for more information
TW@FPA is now weeklyThere will be no TW@FPA during reading week – the next issue will be delivered Feb 25, 2013. |
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