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Macdonald–Laurier Institute
The Macdonald–Laurier Institute (MLI) is a public policy think tank located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2010, the institute is named after John A. Macdonald, a Tory and Canada's first Prime Minister, and Wilfrid Laurier, a Liberal and the country's first French-Canadian Prime Minister. MLI is a registered charity and is funded by corporate and individual donors and private foundations. MLI's analysis has been described as market-oriented. It is affiliated with the Atlas Network, a conservative and libertarian group based in the United States. MLI describes itself as non-partisan, a description used for it by ''The Economist'' in 2010 and ''The Globe and Mail'' in 2024. In August 2022, Russia designated the MLI as an "Russian undesirable organizations law, undesirable organisation". Research areas and publishing MLI is described by ''Global News'' as "an Ottawa-based think tank made up of academics, activists and former diplomats and politicians". MLI publishes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (10 or 11January 18156June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the Fathers of Confederation, dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston, Ontario, Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada, premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, he agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown (Canadian politician), George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journalists For Human Rights
Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is Canada's largest international media development organization. Based in Toronto, Ontario, JHR was founded in 2002 by Benjamin Peterson and Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque.Davis, Nicholas, "Africa got under his skin", ''Toronto Sun'', November 1, 2004 JHR's objective is to encourage media to cover human rights stories with the aim of raising awareness to in order to end human rights abuses.Journalists for Human Rights " accessed February 3, 2009 JHR partners with over 400 media organisations in 29 different countries to train over 17,650 journalists. JHR's approach encourages the involvement of local media partnerships and consultations with editors and owners, working journalists, students, civil society and other relevant stakeholders within a region. Activities Amongst its activ ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chronicle Herald
''The Chronicle Herald'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, owned by Postmedia Network. History Early years Founded in 1874 as ''The Morning Herald'', the paper quickly became one of Halifax's main newspapers. The same company also owned the ''Evening Mail'', which was published in the afternoon. Its main competitors were the ''Chronicle'' in the morning, and the ''Star'' in the afternoon. By 1949 the papers had merged to become ''The Chronicle-Herald'' and ''Mail-Star'' respectively. Graham Dennis era Graham W. Dennis took over as publisher of the newspaper in 1954, at age 26, after the death of his father, senator William Henry Dennis, who in turn had succeeded senator William Dennis in running the paper. He led the newspaper for the next half century. Dennis was proud of the paper's independence and rebuffed numerous offers to buy it. He was known as a humanistic employer interested in the welfare of his employees, stating that his proudest moment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times & Transcript
The ''Times & Transcript'' is a newspaper from Moncton, New Brunswick. It serves Greater Moncton and eastern New Brunswick. Its offices and printing facilities are located on Main Street in Downtown Moncton. The paper is published by Postmedia Network. The ''Times & Transcript'' building also houses the presses that print all Brunswick News newspapers, including Saint John's '' Telegraph Journal'' and Fredericton's ''The Daily Gleaner''. It also produces 14 weekly newspapers in both French and English serving all major communities in New Brunswick. History The ''Times and Transcript'' was formed by the merger of ''The Moncton Times'' and ''The Moncton Transcript''; the merger was announced on October 22, 1982, and the first post-merger issue was published on January 3, 1983. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Star
The ''Windsor Star'' is a daily newspaper based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Postmedia Network, it is published Tuesdays through Saturdays. History The paper began as the weekly ''Windsor Record'' in 1888, changing its name to the ''Border Cities Star'' in 1918, when it was bought by W. F. Herman. The ''Border Cities Star'' was a daily newspaper published from September 3, 1918, until June 28, 1935. The founders W. F. Herman and Hugh Graybiel purchased the existing daily newspaper, the ''Windsor Record'' (known as the ''Evening Record'' from 1890 to November 1917), from John A. McKay on August 6, 1918. There was some conflict before the men purchased the newspaper. The ''Windsor Record'' had only partial wire service, and some felt that the national and international news was not sufficiently covered. Originally, the ''Border Cities Star'' was intended to be a rival daily newspaper to the ''Windsor Record''. However, Herman's application to Canadian Press Limited for fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Herald
The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network. History ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser'' started publication on 31 August 1883 in a tent at the junction of the Bow and Elbow by Thomas Braden, a school teacher, and his friend, Andrew Armour, a printer, and financed by "a five-hundred- dollar interest-free loan from a Toronto milliner, Miss Frances Ann Chandler." It started as a weekly paper with 150 copies of only four pages created on a handpress that arrived 11 days earlier on the first train to Calgary. A year's subscription cost $3. When Hugh St. Quentin Cayley became editor 26 November 1884 the Herald moved out of the tent and into a shack. Cayley quickly became partner and editor. Eventually, the publisher's name was changed to Herald Publishing Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Sun
The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, and is the largest newspaper in western Canada by circulation. Since 2022, it is published five days a week from Tuesday to Saturday. The newspaper was first published on 12 February 1912. It quickly expanded by acquiring other papers, such as the ''Daily News-Advertiser'' and '' The Evening World''. In 1963, the Cromie family sold the majority of its holdings in the ''Sun'' to FP Publications, who later sold the newspaper to Southam Inc. in 1980. The newspaper was taken over by Hollinger Inc. in 1992, and was later sold again to CanWest in 2000. In 2010, the newspaper became part of the Postmedia Network as a result of the collapse of CanWest. History The ''Vancouver Sun'' published its first edition on 12 February 1912. The newspaper was origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Post
The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of the American-owned Postmedia Network. It is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only."National Post to eliminate Monday print edition" . The Canadian Press. June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017. The newspaper is distributed in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Weekend editions of the newspaper are also distributed in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The newspaper was founded in 1998 by Conrad Black in an attempt to compete with ''The Globe and Mail''. In 2001, CanWest completed its acquisition of the ''National Post''. In 2006, the newspaper ceased distribution in Atlantic Canada and the Canadian territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm Free World Forum
Stockholm Free World Forum ( Swedish: ''Frivärld'') is a security and foreign policy think tank in Stockholm, Sweden. The organization is politically independent and engages in analysis and opinion formation within its four thematic areas: security policy, international legal order, free trade and European cooperation. Its stated purpose is to "stimulate and influence the discussion on which ideas and perspectives should guide Swedish foreign and security policy." It also operates the online discussion forum and podcast Säkerhetsrådet (the Security Council) and the research institute Center for Influence and Disinformation Analysis (CIDA). The online magazinArbetsvärldenhas consistently ranked Stockholm Free World Forum among the top five most influential Swedish think tanks. In its 2023 ranking, Stockholm Free World Forum placed third. History Stockholm Free World Forum was established by former member of the Swedish parliament Mats Johansson with funding from Stif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Institute For Genocide And Human Rights Studies
The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) was a research institute based at Concordia University (Quebec), Concordia University in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1986 and promotes human rights awareness, in the field of genocide and mass atrocities by hosting frequent events, publishing policy briefs, engaging in counter activism on the web, and many other programs. Its keystone project was the Will to Intervene (W2I) Project which, under the advisement of Lt. General Roméo Dallaire and MIGS' Director Frank Chalk, builds domestic political will in Canada and the United States to prevent future mass atrocities. The Institute was closed in 2024 by Concordia University citing budgetary constraints. About The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) was recognized internationally as Canada's leading research and advocacy Institute for genocide and mass atrocity crimes prevention, MIGS conducted in-depth scholarl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Jackson Society
The Henry Jackson Society (HJS) is a trans-Atlantic foreign policy and national security think tank, based in the United Kingdom. While describing itself as non-partisan, its outlook has been described variously as right-wing, neoliberal, and neoconservative. The Society identifies itself with a "forward strategy" to spread democracy and liberal values globally. It is currently focused primarily on supporting global democracy in the face of threats from China and Russia. The Society is also known for its reports related to Islamic and far-right extremism. The Society is named after the US Senator and leading Democrat, Henry M. Jackson. American political journalist, Michael Allen, described the society as "a non-partisan group that convenes transatlantic center-left, center-right and independent figures committed to Jackson's legacy of 'democratic geopolitics.'" History The Society was founded on 11 March 2005 by academics and students at Cambridge, including Brendan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Values Center For Security Policy
European Values () is a Czech non-governmental organisation founded in 2005 and financed from some governments. Often self-styled as the European Values Center for Security Policy, its incentive is to raise political culture in the Czech Republic as well as on the European level. It defines European values as personal freedom, human dignity, solidarity, active civil society, market economy, democracy and rule of law. The organization promotes closer ties of the Czech Republic with the geopolitical West and fighting what it considers extremist ideologies. Activities The European Values organizes public and non-public debates, lectures, seminars and conferences. Among these are "Public debates on disinformation", the HOMEAFFAIRS – Internal Security Forum Prague and Stratcom Summit, which is marketed as informing about "Russian disinformation operations". Its analyses, policy papers and opinion articles published in newspapers or online share a similar thematic focus. A major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
