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The Centre for International Governance Innovation offers expert research and policy analysis at the intersection of technology and international governance.
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Democracy is being undermined by social media platforms.
The International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News wants to stop this.
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#Blockchain
Explained: Why it stands to revolutionize the way we interact with each other
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In the battle against false online discourse, the focus has been on ads, bots and Russians.
But focusing on these areas does nothing to alter the fundamental business model of social media, which creates echo chambers by design:
@MollyMcKew
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If implemented, the
#WRCCMR
report "A Call to Action" will change the way we respond to refugees, says Co-Chair of the World Refugee Council
@jmkikwete
.
Learn more at
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🎥| We've arrived at a time when platforms like Google, Facebook and Amazon need to be governed. And the approach must be global.
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Join us in welcoming new CIGI Fellow Nanjala Nyabola (
@Nanjala1
).
She is a writer and researcher based in Kenya, and her work focuses on the intersection between tech, media and society. Read her earlier piece on platform governance of political speech:
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“The most important takeaway from
#G7Biarritz
is that US leadership has totally disappeared,” says CIGI’s
@tombernes
. “Other leaders, Macron in particular, are learning how to fill the gap.”
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"A lie told a million times becomes a fact; that’s the reality of social media, and that’s what authoritarian-style rulers around the world are taking advantage of." —
@mariaressa
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"
#Facebook
broke democracy in many countries around the world, including in mine.” –
@mariaressa
Read the full interview here:
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ICYMI: Watch the press conference for the launch of the World Refugee Council's report "A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System." cc:
@UNWebTV
@lloydaxworthy
@jmkikwete
@fenhampson
#WRCCMR
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If Web 2.0 was predicated on selling our data,
#Web3
will have us sell ourselves as it doubles down on extractivism.
Without a critical perspective, familiar harms will not only be replicated; they will be exacerbated, writes
@hackylawyER
in a new piece:
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Protesters have their own Facebook feeds buttressing an alternate reality of science, medicine and politics, writes
@CharlieAngusNDP
.
It's clear that not only have we lost the war on
#disinformation
, but we also didn’t even know where to look:
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To celebrate
#BigTechPodcast
's return, we're holding our biggest giveaway yet!
To win a package including Sony's WF-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones, follow 2 steps:
1⃣Retweet this post
2⃣Tag a friend below who doesn't know about the podcast, but should.
Contest ends Dec 9.
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What if people pushed past the definition of what it means to be a hacker & embraced the original definition?
What if we recognized that in the digital era, citizens have to be hackers in order for society to be more informed?
@jessehirsh
:
#cybersecurity
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the discussions of creating a more positive narrative around
#refugees
. The World Refugee Council is honoured to include members dedicated to strengthening the global refugee system.
#WRCCMR
cc:
@BoschAcademy
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The motto of mass persecution is “never again,” not “show me the way to do it legally.”
Read
@sarahkendzior
on Trump’s
#Muslimban
from early 2017:
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Transformative change is needed to address the political and economic problems of the world refugee system.
The World Refugee Council report "A Call to Action" provides clear solutions for significant reform:
#WRCCMR
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.
@mariaressa
: "A lie told a million times becomes a fact; that’s the reality of social media, and that’s what authoritarian-style rulers around the world are taking advantage of."
#Facebook
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As countries begin to develop their own ethical frameworks for
#AI
, there is a risk that divergent and conflicting pathways will emerge:
@Bushra_Ebadi
#G20
#G20Argentina
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More than 90% of Facebook’s monthly active users live outside the US and Canada. Yet most of Facebook’s content moderation efforts — 87% — are devoted to American posts.
The latest by
@HeidiTworek
looks at Facebook’s US-centrism:
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Today in Dublin, Ireland, CIGI Founder and Chair Jim Balsillie addressed the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News.
The following is a lightly edited version of his testimony.
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Thank you to everyone who joined
@lloydaxworthy
,
@fenhampson
,
@jessiecthomson
,
@AlexNeveAmnesty
,
@jnbeuze
and
@muznadureid
in Ottawa this morning for a meaningful discussion on transforming the global refugee system.
To learn more, visit
#WRCCMR
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The
#WRCCMR
have convened in Geneva to discuss global refugee crises, and possible solutions. Visit for more info.
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Transformative change is needed to address the political and economic problems of the world refugee system.
For
#RefugeeRightsDay
, see how the World Refugee Council is providing clear solutions for significant reform:
#WRCCMR
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CIGI's
@CarmichaelKevin
: If Trudeau’s opponents want to abandon him, they should find a better excuse than his choice to defend human rights.
#SaudiArabia
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What has caused the economic and humanitarian crises in Venezuela?
Listen to CIGI expert
@b_momani
's latest podcast with
@OpenCanada
, featuring
@RosalesAntulio
,
@Masayalb
, and
@reziemba
:
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We are excited to launch a new essay series exploring the challenges of protecting outer space from cyberattacks and other threats.
🚀 Discover here:
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We are proud to announce the launch of the World Refugee Council's report "A Call to Action."
This report offers bold but realistic recommendations to transform the global refugee system. Read here:
#WRCCMR
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Please join us in welcoming new Senior Fellow
@VassB
!
She is the executive director of the Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program at
@McMasterU
, where she is an adjunct professor of political science. Learn more here: cc:
@McMasterSocSci
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Introducing: Models for Platform Governance.
A CIGI essay series on the emerging economic and social power of global platforms. Now available to explore: (Art by
@simonprades
)
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Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win a CIGI book!
Contest ends on April 28, 2019, and the winner will be chosen at random. We will direct message the winner at that time. Watch the video to learn more, and review the books here:
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Join us in congratulating CIGI’s
@biancawylie
on her Open City Champions Award, recognizing her leadership in Toronto's open data community.
#OpenGovWeek
#OpenGovCan
cc:
@PSDintelligence
@ODItoronto
@CivicTechTO
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"If Web 2.0 was predicated on selling our data, Web3 will have us sell ourselves as it doubles down on extractivism, turning every interaction into a commercial transaction."
Read
@hackylawyER
's piece on
#Web3
from earlier this year:
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In this earlier piece, journalist and
@rapplerdotcom
founder
@mariaressa
discusses how Silicon Valley has “forever changed” our societies.
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"The digital platforms we use are so powerful that it's hard to know exactly how our information will be used."
CIGI's
@smaclellan
explains the importance of privacy policies and ways to prevent future situations like the Facebook/
#CambridgeAnalytica
scandal:
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Refugees are expected to give vast amounts of personal information and biometric data while going through the asylum process.
How is this data stored, shared and protected?
@draganakaurin
explores in our new World Refugee Council research paper:
#WRCCMR
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.
@mariaressa
on the dark side of digital technology and how to restore democracy in the age of disinformation:
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Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win a CIGI book!
Contest ends on January 27, 2019, and the winner will be chosen at random. We will direct message the winner at that time. Watch the video to learn more, and review the books here:
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CIGI's Sarah Morales and Joshua Nichols look at the history of
#Indigenous
treaty making in Canada, and how the UN Declaration might lead Canada and Indigenous peoples toward genuine nation-to-nation relationships.
cc:
@6DegreesTO
@ICCICC
#cdnlaw
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Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win a CIGI book!
Contest ends on Feb 24, 2019, and the winner will be chosen at random. We will direct message the winner at that time. Watch the video to learn more, and review the books here:
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What has gone wrong in the United States?
Watch
@ChrisLynnHedges
's presentation on the collapse of the American empire (from the CIGI archives):
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"A lie told a million times becomes a fact; that’s the reality of social media, and that’s what authoritarian-style rulers around the world are taking advantage of." —
@mariaressa
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Indigenous lands are under increasing pressure from governments and corporations eager for economic development.
Our essay series explores conflicts between int’l, domestic & Indigenous law when it comes to environmental challenges on Indigenous lands:
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This Tuesday, we are co-hosting with
@GatewayHouseIND
the third meeting of the Canada-India Track 1.5 Dialogue.
This event includes presentations from The Honourable
@FP_Champagne
, The Honourable
@DrSJaishankar
,
@nadirypatel
,
@Ajaybis
and more:
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CIGI is pleased to launch a new essay series on the economic potential — and vulnerability — of transformative technologies and
#cybersecurity
.
Discover here:
#GoverningCyberspace
#GCdigital
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“It is possible over time to reach a consensus on how to value this intangible asset. When the value of data is understood, investment will be incentivized and everyone can benefit from the gains of data use.”
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Global tech companies and platforms have created spaces and tools that allow corporations, states and themselves to exert power in many sectors of our lives.
Listen to
@NaomiAKlein
and
@taylor_owen
discuss on the latest episode of the
#BigTechPodcast
:
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We must continue to deepen the strategic partnership between Canada and India, says The Honourable
@FP_Champagne
.
We have kicked off the 3rd Canada-India Track 1.5 Dialogue meeting to discuss deepening this partnership.
More info:
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From Dublin, at the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and 'Fake News,' CIGI Founder and Chair Jim Balsillie warns that the business models behind tech giants are built to "make manipulation profitable" and pose a threat to liberal democracy.
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The motto of mass persecution is 'never again', not 'show me the way to do it legally':
@sarahkendzior
on
#MuslimBan
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The Government of Canada has issued a letter welcoming the World Refugee Council's report "A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System."
Read here:
#WRCCMR
#WithRefugees
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"Data is not the new oil – it’s the new plutonium. Amazingly powerful, dangerous when it spreads, difficult to clean up and with serious consequences when improperly used." - CIGI Founder and Chair Jim Balsillie
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"This fantasy that you can just build platforms in Silicon Valley and spread them around the world without having to engage with the realities of the societies in which you’re projecting, I think, needs to be challenged at a social level," says
@Nanjala1
.
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On April 26 for
#WorldIPDay
, join us at the CIGI campus for a discussion on how the
#IP
system can provide support to innovative and creative women in their quest to bring ideas to the market. Register now:
#cdninnovation
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.
@CharlieAngusNDP
: We need to face the fact that Canada was unprepared for the mass power of online disinformation and social frustration. The geography of the public mind has shifted. This shift will have political implications in the years to come.
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Join us in welcoming new CIGI Senior Fellow Tracy Vaillancourt (
@vaillancourt_dr
)!
Tracy is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-based Mental Health and Violence Prevention at
@uOttawa
, a part of CIGI's Supporting a Safer Internet project, and more:
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Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations
@BobRae48
: The poorest countries have received the least access to vaccines, the least economic investment, the least help with liquidity, and, as a result, have fallen further behind.
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In this new interview conducted by
@CatTsalikis
, Maria Ressa (
@mariaressa
), CEO of
@rapplerdotcom
, discusses the dark side of social media and how to restore democracy in the age of disinformation.
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We are excited to announce a book contest: Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win a CIGI book!
Contest ends on Sept. 16, 2018 and the winner will be chosen at random. We will direct message the winner at that time. Learn about our books here:
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NEW:
@chenaichair
asks
@NeemaIyer
, the executive director of
@PollicyOrg
, about the understanding of data in the African context; the intersection of gender, data and tech; and what we can do to ensure safety online amid a global surge in tech development.
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Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win a CIGI book!
Contest ends on Dec 16, 2018 and the winner will be chosen at random. We will direct message the winner at that time. Watch the video to learn more, and review the books here:
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The range of national security threats, both new & traditional, now facing Canada changes the risk spectrum that Canada must address.
Read "Emerging Security Challenges for Canada in the Coming Decade" — a new report by
@afitz3105
& Hugh Segal:
#CdnNatSec
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Proud to present our new series exploring opportunities and challenges in realizing women’s economic empowerment through trade.
Read the first installments by
@SusanaMalcorra
,
@AranchaGlezLaya
,
@FP_Champagne
and
@oefitzgerald
:
#WTO
#tradepolicy
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To celebrate our 21st anniversary on July 30th, we are once again giving you the opportunity to win our limited-edition puzzle from our 20th celebration.
To enter the draw, all you have to do is like this post!
A winner will be randomly chosen and contacted on August 2nd.
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The current refugee system is not equipped to respond to refugee crises in a predictable or comprehensive manner.
"A Call to Action" by the World Refugee Council provides bold thinking for a new refugee system:
#WRCCMR
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While progress has been made for and by women in the foreign service, an investigation by our partner
@OpenCanada
reveals there is still work to be done before Canada’s diplomatic corps is truly equal:
#cdnpoli
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"A lie told a million times becomes a fact; that’s the reality of social media, and that’s what authoritarian-style rulers around the world are taking advantage of." —
@mariaressa
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There is an urgent need to strengthen standards for a more ethical use of
#AI
and big data.
CIGI is pleased to announce a partnership with
@IEEESA
and
@CIOStrategyC
to help develop public policy on this important issue.
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Join us in welcoming new CIGI Senior Fellow
@TeresaScassa
– her research will focus on legal challenges relating to data ownership.
Read her thoughts on
#NAFTA
, IP,
#bigdata
and the implications for innovation here:
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The Int’l Grand Committee on Disinformation and "Fake News" convenes in Dublin to address the threat big tech poses to democracy – an issue CIGI’s
@taylor_owen
and
@the_logic
’s
@dskok
unpack in their forthcoming
#BigTechPodcast
. Subscribe here:
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The "freedom convoy" made it clear that not only have we lost the war on
#disinformation
, but we also didn’t even know where to look, writes
@CharlieAngusNDP
:
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Today, CIGI is thrilled to celebrate 20 years of contributing expert research and analysis to global policy making. Thank you,
@JustinTrudeau
, Prime Minister of Canada, for acknowledging our commitment to addressing the policy challenges of today and tomorrow.
#CIGI20Years
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Canada is in a governance vacuum when it comes to data and digital infrastructure, leaving companies to fill the void.
It’s time to take back some of their power:
@biancawylie
#GCdigital
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Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win a CIGI book!
Contest ends on Oct. 28, 2018 and the winner will be chosen at random. We will direct message the winner at that time. Learn about our books here:
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The Canadian elections can’t side-step social media influence, writes
@jessehirsh
.
“The technologies and the tone of election campaigning are changing rapidly, and a growing chorus of researchers are warning that democracy itself is at stake.”
#cdnpoli
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To celebrate
#BigTechPodcast
's return for season 4, we're giving you a chance to win a package including Sony's WF-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones!
Follow these steps:
1) RT this post
2) Tag a friend below who doesn't know about the podcast, but should.
Contest ends Dec 9.
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🔊
@Nanjala1
: "It's one thing that you're able to use an algorithm to encourage people to buy a pair of jeans, it's another thing altogether if you're using an algorithm to shape how people receive their political realities."
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Data governance didn’t just take centre-stage in discussions of emerging technologies. In 2018, data found its way into a more traditional policy space: trade.
@jessehirsh
on 2018's top technology governance stories:
#USMCA
#GCdigital
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As data is used more often to pre-score and define individuals’ opportunities, there is reason to worry that bad data will impact individuals’ data identities, writes
@MollyMcKew
. Read her piece - one of our most-viewed from 2018:
#AI
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If data is the "new oil" then it needs international standards, says CIGI expert
@MichelFGirard
his latest paper:
#bigdata
#AI
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Canada scored some key wins in the new
#USMCA
, says CIGI’s
@aaronsonsusan
. If approved, it gives Mexico and Canada a new way to dispute Trump protectionism.
#NAFTA
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Introducing: “Security, Intelligence and the Global Health Crisis.”
A new CIGI digital essay series on the role of security and intelligence institutions in protecting societies against pandemic outbreaks.
Now available:
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🔊"
#Facebook
broke democracy in many countries around the world, including in mine.” –
@mariaressa
Read the full interview here:
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As
@stphnmaher
writes in a new piece, given the platforms’ record in dealing with disinformation and foreign threats, it is time to consider algorithmic transparency as part of our national defence:
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Fiscal space: What is it? Who has it? When to use it?
CIGI expert James A. Haley explores in his latest paper:
#IMF
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We asked 5 experts —
@sbradshaww
,
@evelyndouek
,
@ghoshd7
,
@kreissdaniel
and
@HeidiTworek
— if
#bigtech
should be setting the terms of political speech. And if so, how might this approach to platform governance impact democracy?
Here are their responses:
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Join us in welcoming new CIGI Senior Fellow
@folasoule
!
Folashadé is a senior research associate at the
@GlobalEconGovce
,
@BlavatnikSchool
. Her research areas are Africa-China relations, international relations and South-South cooperation. More here:
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Want a free CIGI book? Follow us and retweet this post for a chance to win!
Contest ends on Nov 25, 2018 and the winner will be chosen at random. We will direct message the winner at that time. Learn about our books here:
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Threats that
#smartcities
pose to democracy are real.
The good news is that there are ways to start addressing them.
@biancawylie
explains:
#SidewalkTO
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