Canada calls on Russia to respect freedom of assembly prior to local elections in Moscow On July 29, 2019, by means of its Twitter, Global Affairs Canada expressed grave concerns over the detention of more…
By Ahmed Al-Rawi, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University, and Yasmin Jiwani, Professor of Communication Studies and Research Chair on Intersectionality, Violence and Resistance at Concordia University Russian troll activity on Twitter aimed at influencing…
By Marcus Kolga, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has released an update to its 2017 report on cyber threats to Canada’s democratic…
By Eric Jardine, an assistant professor at Virginia Tech and a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland made headlines recently when she proclaimed that foreign interference in Canada’s…
By David J. Climenhaga, journalist and author of Alberta Politics Blog It was a year ago Friday that the government of Canada declared Kirill Kalinin and three other Russian diplomats persona non grata and sent…
Canada makes, Russia refutes On April 5, 2019, the Russian Embassy in Canada expressed its discontent in response to several statements of Canadian top-ranking officials on a high probability of Russia interfering in the upcoming…
Ukraine's democracy test in the light of its conflict with Russia On April 1, 2019, the day after election day, Mission Canada 2019 issued its preliminary statement on the Ukrainian Presidential Election.According to the statement,…
Report of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe recent cyber threat activity against the democratic process in the United States and Europe has raised concerns about similar threats to Canada. In this assessment, we…
Canada’s election observation mission got its head On March 13, 2019, Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that a former Foreign Affairs Minister, Lloyd Axworthy, was appointed as the Head of Mission Canada 2019,…
By Samantha Bradshaw, Senior Fellow at the Canadian International Council and a Researcher on the Computational Propaganda Project at Oxford University Behind the Headlines: Research Paper Series, Volume: 66, number: 3, September 2018Executive SummaryThe manipulation…