Chris Arsenault
@chrisarsenaul
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Journalism professor. Former Reuters Fdn in Brazil & Italy, Al Jazeera, Qatar. Boxer, drummer, erstwhile troublemaker. All views my own
Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2009
Episode 1 of How They Did It: Revealing a culture of sexual misconduct at CSIS via @jsource
j-source.ca
Canadian Press journalist Darryl Greer reveals the tradecraft that breached the spy agency’s code of silence—uncovering a culture of abuse long concealed from the public
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Our new multimedia podcast project, "How They Did It: The tradecraft behind Canada's top investigative journalism" has launched with a new website, text interviews & videos https://t.co/6FNkexQwrJ Thanks to The Michener Awards Foundation for support @RideauHallFdn
canadianinvestigativejournalism.ca
How They Did It takes students and reporters behind the curtain to learn the tradecraft behind some of Canada’s most impactful investigative journalism. This podcast interview series shows—rather...
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Canada’s federal government, and provincial officials in Ontario, have pledged some of the biggest public subsidies to private companies in a generation — more than $43 billion — to create a renewable energy supply chain. There are missing steps
theconversation.com
Canadian officials have pledged more than $43 billion in subsidies to create new low-carbon supply chains. A new study identifies some problems.
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Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital https://t.co/MMKatjgeAa
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Prof Chris Arsenault, chair of #WesternU's master of media in journalism and communications program, received the Michener–L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for Journalism Education for his project teaching investigative journalism to the next generation.
news.westernu.ca
Western's Chris Arsenault received the Michener–L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for Journalism Education for his project teaching investigative journalism.
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Thanks to the Michener committee -- honoured to win this and excited to get to work.
Chris Arsenault and Josette Lafleur have won the 2025 Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for How They Did It—a new podcast/video series pulling back the curtain on investigative journalism in Canada. 🔗 https://t.co/tC4w7ZcPfp
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SPI’s @kaisercolleen talks industrial #CarbonPricing and #ClimateAction in a new piece by @chrisarsenaul for @ClimateHome 👇 https://t.co/ltBujbmlWl
climatechangenews.com
Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, ended the carbon tax for consumers - industrial emitters are expected to do the heavy lifting.
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In his acceptance speech to lead the Liberal Party, Mary Carney said he wants to make Canada “an energy superpower in both clean and conventional energy”, echoing phrasing from a former Conservative prime minister who had close ties to the oil patch https://t.co/7uAceR8WeQ
climatechangenews.com
Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, ended the carbon tax for consumers - industrial emitters are expected to do the heavy lifting.
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Changes to permits for international students reward the worst colleges. @chrisarsenaul takes a look at "the worst of all outcomes"...
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Canada's changes to permits for international students reward the worst colleges and hurt serious researchers #cdnpoli #education
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Financing & approving a documentary, then cancelling it when politicians complain, is the "worst of all worlds" When more journalism in Canada is funded via subsidies, giving politicians a veto over controversial content is dangerous. By @SonjaPuzic
https://t.co/yq1zIf6qRN
stalbertgazette.com
TORONTO — Ongoing controversy over the documentary "Russians at War" has brought scrutiny to Ontario’s public broadcaster, which has said it will not air the film it helped fund.
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After more than three years of legal wrangling, a court in Paris ruled a civil case brought by Indigenous communities in Mexico against French energy giant EDF could go ahead. Read the latest by @chrisarsenaul and @plebillon. With support from the GRC.
news.mongabay.com
JUCHITÁN, Mexico – Indigenous farmers from southern Mexico angry over landscape damage and poor consultations associated with a massive wind power project have had their day in court in France, where...
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Wild story based on old fashioned shoe leather reporting in the Amazon and new geospatial analysis. In Brazil’s Amazon, carbon credit traders cash in on public forests
washingtonpost.com
A six-month investigation reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest.
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After years of violence surrounding one of Latin America’s largest wind energy projects, local residents are cautiously optimistic that Mexico’s incoming president understands their anger over what they call poor consultations and environmental damage. https://t.co/LjLCSpR9XJ
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What happens when a former academic studying conflicts over windmills becomes president responsible for crafting energy policy? Farmers in Oaxaca, #Mexico are about to find out Reporting w/ @plebillon for @ClimateHome thanks to @GlobalRepCentre
https://t.co/5eNWSwOocM
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Amid violence at wind projects in southern Mexico, farmers and advocacy groups @ProDESC @ECCHRBerlin sue French multinational @EDF_Renewables for a failure prevent harassment against land rights campaigners @GlobalRepCentre @plebillon
https://t.co/0CjmHqiuKT
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JUCHITÁN, Mexico – Indigenous farmers from southern Mexico angry over landscape damage and poor consultations associated with a massive wind power project have had their day in court in France, where...
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As Mexico looks to expand renewable energy supply chains, a French court greenlights a lawsuit by farmers who say wind power megaprojects have stoked land conflicts and violence. Reporting w/ @plebillon Thanks to @GlobalRepCentre for the support
news.mongabay.com
JUCHITÁN, Mexico – Indigenous farmers from southern Mexico angry over landscape damage and poor consultations associated with a massive wind power project have had their day in court in France, where...
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Before winning Mexico's presidential vote, Claudia Sheinbaum co-authored a study cautioning, "although wind energy has numerous benefits, concerns of the local people have to be taken seriously." Some local people in Oaxaca say their concerns are being ignored
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The Isthmus of Tehuantapec is home to one of Latin America’s largest wind projects. But Mexico’s attempt to create a clean energy supply chain is also causing conflicts with local farmers, a global trend likely to accelerate. Reporting with @plebillon thanks to @GlobalRepCentre
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