Examining Canada’s NATO spending: Is 2 per cent of GDP worth it?
In 2014, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members pledged to increase their defence spending to 2 per cent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2024…
Protests at Mary River Mine reveal need for greater Indigenous involvement
On February 4, a small group of Inuit hunters travelled for two days and over 150 kilometres by snowmobile to form a blockade at a remote mine in Baffin Island, Nunavut…
Weinstein Effect: Can We Separate the Art from the Artist?
Since The New York Times first revealed Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct, the floodgates have opened to similar claims against other famous, powerful men…
Rethinking the Role of Social Media as a Political Tool
Three of the most successful social media giants were brought further into the public eye late last month during hearings with the Senate Intelligence Committee…
Guns: America’s Strange Addiction
On November 5, 2017, a gunman opened fire at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing 26 people…
Melancthon Capital Corporation, Toronto
My decision to accept an internship in Toronto was extremely challenging for me. One of the major reasons why I chose to come to the Munk School of Global Affairs was, in large part, due to its extensive presence in New York and Washington DC…