The world's supply of refugees is greater than it has been in recent history, yet the Global North's collective willingness to resettle them is at an historic low. New Open Canada Podcast co-host Ruth Mojeed Ramirez speaks with Craig Damian Smith, a researcher studying migration and politics, and the founder of Pairity, a data-driven platform to facilitate community-based refugee integration. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada’s place in the world....
Nov 11, 2022•32 min
As we approach the third anniversary of the global pandemic, Ben examines the cost of vaccine inequity. The hardest hit societies remain in the global south and are not receiving the vaccine doses needed to get the virus under control. Jean-François Tardif is a development economist and founder of Results Canada . Along with Robert Greenhill of the Global Canada Initiative, Mr. Tardif conducted groundbreaking research on the scarring left on the peoples, economies and societies of low income cou...
Oct 27, 2022•30 min•Ep. 12
Do Latin America's autocracies deserve a seat at the Summit of the Americas' table? Some democratically-elected governments say they do. Host Ben Rowswell, Canada's former ambassador to Venezuela, discusses dilemmas of diplomacy in the Americas with Maxwell A. Cameron, professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at University of British Columbia, and author of the forthcoming book "Challenges to Democracy in the Andes: Strongmen, Broken Constitutions, and Regimes in Crisis". The ...
Aug 09, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Canada has only produced one document outlining a comprehensive national security strategy, in 2004. Open Canada host and CIC president Ben Rowswell was on the team of experts that designed it. His guest Wesley Wark, a national security expert and senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance (CIGI), recently completed a year-long proposal on how to revise the strategy – and to outline the important role citizens have to play. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada’s place in ...
Mar 10, 2022•33 min•Ep. 10
Open Canada co-host and Canadian International Council Distinguished Fellow Jeremy Kinsman was Canada's Ambassador to Russia from 1992 to 1996. In this special episode, new co-host and Open Canada Editor-in-Chief Kareem Shaheen speaks with Kinsman about the Russian president's invasion of Ukraine, his antagonism toward Europe and why he refuses to let go of the past. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada’s place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supporti...
Mar 01, 2022•42 min•Ep. 9
Are Climate Change Conferences of the Parties (COPs) resulting in policy wins for the planet or only "blah, blah, blah"? Joining former Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman is Jen Allan, a Canadian climate policy specialist who lectures at Cardiff University and the author of The New Climate Activism: NGO Authority and Participation in Climate Change Governance. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada’s place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supporting The Open Cana...
Feb 17, 2022•37 min•Ep. 8
Social networks have become agencies of disinformation, warns co-host Jeremy Kinsman, asking how citizens can manage their democracy when they are being exposed to such different versions of reality. The former ambassador is joined by Ulrike Klinger, professor of digital democracy at European New School of Digital Studies and associate researcher at Berlin's Weizenbaum Institute. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada’s place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation...
Feb 04, 2022•37 min•Ep. 7
The notion that democracy is a form of government native to a certain part of the world, whether it be Europe or North America, that it's somehow endemic or culturally-aligned with certain societies, seems to fly in the face of the evidence. Some Western countries are moving away from democracy, while many Asian, African and Latin American countries have proud, resilient democracies. Ben speaks with Sanjay Ruparelia, who holds the Jarislowsky Democracy Chair at Ryerson University on the universa...
Jan 21, 2022•35 min•Ep. 6
The challenge of rebuilding a global democratic alliance to manage complex new transnational problems must be addressed outside of traditional circles and by an increasingly diverse array of actors, argues Thorsten Benner, co-founder and director of Germany's Global Public Policy Institute, who joins Ben from Berlin. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada’s place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supporting The Open Canada Podcast.
Jan 15, 2022•25 min•Ep. 5
As neighbouring countries exhibit growing populist and nationalist tendencies, Germany and Canada find themselves more likeminded than ever, on foreign policy as well as in domestic affairs. German Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser and co-host Jeremy Kinsman, Canada's former ambassador to the EU, Italy and Russia, explore what the two countries could accomplish together. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada’s place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supportin...
Dec 30, 2021•32 min•Ep. 4
Welcome to The Open Canada Podcast , a program that puts citizens at the heart of global affairs with exclusive access to international policymakers, hosted by veteran diplomats Ben Rowswell and Jeremy Kinsman, respectively President and Distinguished Fellow at the Canadian International Council. Climate change policy must be considered in tandem with issues of equality and social cohesion because "we are saving our planet and our democracies, together," argues Dr. Sabrina Schulz, Executive Dire...
Dec 16, 2021•30 min•Ep. 3
Welcome to The Open Canada Podcast , a program that puts citizens at the heart of global affairs with exclusive access to international policymakers, hosted by veteran diplomats Ben Rowswell and Jeremy Kinsman, respectively President and Distinguished Fellow at the Canadian International Council. Beyond our borders, the pandemic rages on. Among low-income countries, less than 10 percent of the population has been vaccinated. Ben discusses the risk of a "catastrophic moral failure", according to ...
Dec 16, 2021•32 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to The Open Canada Podcast , a program that puts citizens at the heart of global affairs with exclusive access to international policymakers, hosted by veteran diplomats Ben Rowswell and Jeremy Kinsman, respectively President and Distinguished Fellow at the Canadian International Council. In the inaugural episode, Ben speaks with Dr. Ayelet Shachar, Professor of Law, Political Science and Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, and author of The Shifting Border: Legal Cartographies ...
Dec 16, 2021•37 min•Ep. 1
