PICREADI’s “Meeting Russia 2022” Public Diplomacy Program: Notes, Observations, and Reflections

By Erik Henningsmoen, member of the Canadian International Council's Young Professionals Network Erik Henningsmoen attended PICREADI's Meeting Russia program in 2018 and observed the program proceedings in 2022 as an alumni observer. The opinions expressed…

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Canadian website “deeply enmeshed” in Russian propaganda efforts

By Mitch Riding, CRRI Intern Just two weeks after the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee published its long-awaited ‘Russia Report’, it was the U.S. State Department’s turn. On 4 August, the Department’s ‘Global Engagement…

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Russian trolls were found actively tweeting on Canadian issues

Roberto Rocha, “Data sheds light on how Russian Twitter trolls targeted Canadians,” CBC News, August 3, 2018, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/russian-twitter-trolls-canada-targeted-1.4772397 (accessed August 3, 2018)Based on the data gathered by two professors from South Carolina’s Clemson University and released…

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How state and business interests disperse

Mark Mackinnon, “Russia’s power line: How Bombardier helped build a controversial railroad along Ukraine’s border,” The Globe and Mail, July 30, 2018, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-how-canadas-bombardier-inc-helped-build-russias-controversial/ (accessed August 1, 2018)The Globe and Mail reveals to their subscribers how…

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