Freelance journalist
John Woodside is a journalist who covers foreign policy, civil liberties and urban issues. He has a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia, and other than OpenCanada, his work has been found in The Guardian, The Tyee and on Cited.
Will a more equitable physical world translate into a fairer online
space for Indigenous communities? In this interview, Alexander
Dirksen reflects on reconciliation efforts in Canada and where they intersect
with debates around digital access, privacy and representation.
Spend the holidays
with these 10 compelling feature pieces covering everything from the rise of
weaponized data to an emotional reunion across the Mexico-US border.
From
key Brexit decisions to a possible conclusion of TPP11, here are 10 events of
global importance to keep on your radar.
Sociologist Christopher Powell on the shift in society’s ‘economy of shame’ — from the shame of being non-white to the
shame of being racist — and the systemic transformation needed to dissuade
further violence.
For those
who see summer vacation as a time to dive deep into topics of global importance, John Woodside
gives his recommended reading list.
From the UN’s response to what it means for U.S.-Russian relations, here are the key takeaways so far.
With a new report on online governance out, we look at the
considerations that should be front of mind when figuring out how to make the
Internet of the future as inclusive and open as possible.
OpenCanada’s John Woodside recommends some of this year’s best political reads for those who can’t fully tune the world out — even on summer vacation.
John Woodside reports from this week’s
Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where evidence of the divisions
tearing the country apart was clear to see.
