
Confronting China, together
Canada and its allies must work together to protect the Uyghurs from annihilation.
Executive director, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Kyle Matthews is the executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. At Concordia, he founded the Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Forum, as well as the Digital Mass Atrocity Prevention Lab, which works to counter online extremism and study how social media platforms are being used as a weapon of war. His work focuses on human rights, international security, democracy promotion, and social media and emerging technologies. He is a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a member of the BMW Foundation's Responsible Leaders Network.
Canada and its allies must work together to protect the Uyghurs from annihilation.
Digital technological advances can facilitate repression. Canada has a duty to ensure they don’t.
World leaders met in Paris
this week to discuss the barriers to peace — here are five points many agreed
on, from the lack of US leadership to the need for a way forward.
At
the UN this week, Justin Trudeau said Canada will stand up for minorities
around the world. As Yemen’s sham trials against Baha’is intensify, an
international group calls for action.
In the wake of last weekend’s military action in Syria, Kyle Matthews warns that without prudent next steps, a more dangerous war pitting the US and its allies against Russia and Iran may be ahead.
Even before the attempted coup against
the Erdogan government in July, Turkey’s policies towards Syria, ISIS and its
own citizens have been putting it at odds with its Western allies. Is an end to
this alliance inevitable?
More than 40 people were killed Tuesday
following an attack at Turkey’s main airport. While the Turkish government blames
ISIS, are its own policies contributing to the making of a monster?
Though change is already palpable, here are seven
steps the Trudeau government can take to re-engage Canada in the world.
The Canadian military is in this for the better, argues Kyle Matthews. Mulcair and Trudeau should get on board.
Combating extremism requires more than military might. A digital strategy is key, but needs government, the private sector and NGOs to get onboard.
In the wake of the school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, global cooperation is needed to protect schools and students, says Kyle Matthews.
Kyle Matthews on the lessons in leadership that history can provide us.
Kyle Matthews and photographer Tristan Brand follow the forensic team unearthing and identifying victims of decades of civil war.
Canadians have a responsibility to stand with those who have showed strength in the face of civil war, argue Kyle Matthews and Ecem Oskay.
Kyle Matthews on the treatment and persecution of minorities within Iran.
Many countries, Canada included, abdicated their responsibility to respond to the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago. We must never let that happen again, says Kyle Matthews.
If the PQ wins the Quebec election, the party will face serious international challenges to holding a referendum, argues Kyle Matthews.
The sanctions imposed by Western countries will send an important […]
Violence between Muslims and Christians could easily escalate to a scale not seen since 1994.
The crisis in Ukraine is not about religious freedom. So why is Canada trying to portray it that way, asks Kyle Matthews.
Kyle Matthews on why DFATD should embrace new digital technologies.
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I would argue that it has gotten worse. Pakistan is […]
Yes. Mali and the African Union are begging for help. […]
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Claiming solidarity with other global struggles doesn’t always make it so.
Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard talks to the CIC-Montreal Branch’s Kyle Matthews.
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