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Healthcare workers watch from a window as demonstrators gather outside Toronto General Hospital, on Sept. 13, 2021, to protest against COVID-19 vaccines, COVID-19 vaccine passports and COVID-19 related restrictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Online harassment is silencing Canada’s health experts — institutions need to do more to protect them

Heidi J. S. Tworek, University of British Columbia; Chris Tenove, University of British Columbia, and Netheena Neena Mathews, University of British Columbia

If Canada wants to get ahead of the next health crisis, it needs to shield its scientists and researchers from online abuse.
Justice Marie-Josee Hogue, head of the Foreign Interference Commission, speaks after releasing the inquiry’s final report in Ottawa in January 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Foreign interference threats in Canada’s federal election are both old and new

Chris Tenove, University of British Columbia and Heidi J. S. Tworek, University of British Columbia

Canadians should be alert to foreign interference in the federal election, but the most important thing to do is cast a ballot based on their own well-informed priorities, worries and aspirations.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. He reiterated his baseless claims during the news conference that the Nov. 3 election was ‘rigged.’ (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump’s lies about the election show how disinformation erodes democracy

Chris Tenove, University of British Columbia and Spencer McKay, University of British Columbia

If citizens disbelieve the institutions that count ballots and the organizations that accurately report on those results, it will be impossible to agree on what a legitimate election looks like.
A woman enters Maple High School in Vaughan, Ont., to cast her vote in the Canadian federal election in October 2015. Canada has a lot to learn from Europe in preventing the digital manipulation of voters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

What Europe can teach Canada about protecting democracy

Chris Tenove, University of British Columbia and Heidi J. S. Tworek, University of British Columbia

Several critical Canadian elections are looming. Here’s what Canada can learn from Europe on how to prevent the digital manipulation of voters.

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