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In an age saturated with information, misinformation has become one of the most destabilizing forces shaping politics, public health, and democratic trust. Governments typically respond with reactive tools such as fact-checking units, content moderation policies, or regulatory reforms aimed at platform transparency. However, these strategies tend to overlook a deeper issue, which is that misinformation Read More…
Democracies survive on the ability of people to disagree without destroying the social fabric that binds them. However, in an era marked by rising mis- and disinformation, our collective capacity to navigate disagreement is deteriorating. While polarization is often viewed as a problem of belief, the deeper issue is that disinformation is changing the very Read More…
Disinformation does not always need trolls or hackers. Sometimes it only needs an algorithm. Build fake sites, get them indexed, and boost them through social media and AI. That simple formula can turn fiction into something that looks like fact. “You can’t outshout disinformation. You have to outsmart it,” says Viktoriia Romaniuk, Deputy Editor of Read More…
Increasingly, NATO countries have begun to describe digital media disinformation not as a discrepancy in communication between formal and informal state actors, but as a risk to national security. This shift is reflected in the Cyber Threat Assessment for Canada 2025, which notes that foreign state actors are using artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate information, Read More…
In October 2025, Bill Gates released a memo titled, “Three Tough Truths About Climate” with a sharply different tone. Gates, long a champion of climate action, now argued that climate change, while serious, “will not lead to humanity’s demise”. He urged world leaders to focus on human welfare, resilience and development instead of rigid temperature Read More…
On November 4, 2025, Canadians witnessed a redirection in federal policy efforts with the release of Budget 2025: Canada Strong, signaling a shift toward economic growth, national resilience, and long-term global stability. While the budget aims to strengthen economic sovereignty, the subject of climate change and the health of the environment must be considered, since Read More…
In the northern regions of Canada, climate change is not a distant threat. It is disconnecting the roads that Canadians depend on to survive. Ice crossings that once carried trucks providing goods to these remote communities are now thinning or failing to freeze at all. For many northern and Indigenous areas, the loss of these Read More…
When someone calls 911, every second matters. But, behind each emergency response lies an unseen network of decisions, standards and coordination that determines whether help arrives quickly. Nova Scotia’s fire service is now facing a crisis that shows us what happens when that network becomes too fragmented to function. The breaking point came when a Read More…
As the Arctic transforms from a frozen frontier into a contested geopolitical arena, questions of sovereignty, environmental responsibility, and security have converged into one of the most pressing challenges in the 21st century. Once referred to as a remote, ice-covered expanse, the region is now a stage where the impacts of climate change intersect with Read More…
How are environmental issues currently being framed by policymakers and what does this say about shifting public and political priorities in an age of crisis overload? Climate action has previously dominated global headlines, and sparked major concern across the world. However, with competing global crises, it is clear that leaders must frame environmental policies in Read More…