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Chris Arsenault

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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
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Chris Arsenault
13 days
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
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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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Chris Arsenault
3 months
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
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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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@AJEnglish
Al Jazeera English
4 months
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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@WesternU
Western University
6 months
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.
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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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Chris Arsenault
7 months
Thanks to the Michener committee -- honoured to win this and excited to get to work.
@Michener_Journo
Prix Michener Award
8 months
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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Chris Arsenault
9 months
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
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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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IRPP
1 year
Changes to permits for international students reward the worst colleges. @chrisarsenaul takes a look at "the worst of all outcomes"...
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Chris Arsenault
1 year
Canada's changes to permits for international students reward the worst colleges and hurt serious researchers #cdnpoli #education
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Chris Arsenault
1 year
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
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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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@GlobalRepCentre
Global Reporting Centre
1 year
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.
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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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Chris Arsenault
1 year
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
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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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@ClimateHome
Climate Home News
1 year
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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Chris Arsenault
1 year
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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Chris Arsenault
1 year
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
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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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Chris Arsenault
1 year
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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Chris Arsenault
2 years
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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