Announcements
MIGS will host the second edition of the Montreal International Security Summit on 16-17 October. Focusing on China and the Indo-Pacific, confirmed speakers include Tomohiko Taniguchi (Fujitsu Future Studies Centre), Melissa Chan (The Global Reporting Centre), Guy St-Jacques (former Canadian Ambassador to Canada), Bonnie Glaser (German Marshall Fund), Sophie Richardson (Stanford University), Reinhard Bütikofer (German MEP, The Greens), Robert Fife (The Globe and Mail), Anne Tsai Bennett (National Endowment for Democracy), Sarah Cook (Independent Researcher), Chris Alexander (Former Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada), Yaqiu Wang (Research Director for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Freedom House), Margaret McCuaig Johnston (University of Ottawa), Nadège Rolland (National Bureau of Asian Research), Vina Nadjibulla (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada), Benjamin Tallis (German Council on Foreign Relations), John Packer (University of Ottawa), Mercedes Stephenson (Global News), Francine Pelletier (Journalist), Bob Pickard (MacDonald Laurier Institute), Elias Makos (CJAD), Evan Solomon (GZero Media), and Terry Glavin (journalist). Please email migs@concordia.ca if you are interested in attending the event.
From 29 June to 7 July, MIGS’ Executive Director Kyle Matthews traveled to Taiwan as part of an official Canadian think tank and academic delegation. He met with Taiwan’s leading think tanks, academic institutions, governmental agencies and Canadian diplomats, and also met MIGS’ donor, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.
Kyle Matthews will participate in the upcoming GLOBSEC Forum that will take place in Prague from 30 August to 1 September.
MIGS is excited to welcome Pauline Springer as the institute’s newest Youth Fellow who will help in conducting research and strategic communications for the upcoming Montreal International Security Summit.
Advocacy
July 9
MIGS co-signed a Crisis Action joint CSO private letter to the UN Secretary-General Guterres on recommendations for the protection of civilians in Sudan.
Recent Events
June 26
MIGS Fellow Phil Gurski hosted Tasha Kheiriddin (political analysts, thought leaders, and strategists) on a Borealis podcast titled “Will Canada ever get to the bottom of the PRC interference debacle?”
July 2
As a member of the advisory group, MIGS’ Marie Lamensch participated in the second meeting of the “Cyberhéros : outils pour combattre les cyberviolences”, an initiative launched by Les 3 sex* and supported by Women and Gender Equality Canada.
July 9
MIGS hosted an X Space discussion titled “Global Autocracies: Tools of Digital Repression.” The event featured Noura Aljizawi, Senior Researcher at The Citizen Lab, and Marcus Kolga, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
July 10
MIGS hosted an X Space discussion titled “Preventing and Combating Transnational Repression,” featuring Johannes Thumfart, Senior Researcher at the Research Group Law, Science, Technology, and Society (LSTS).
MIGS Fellow Phil Gurski hosted Dr. Casey Babb (Senior Fellow with the MacDonald Laurier Institute) on a Borealis podcast episode titled “How bad has anti-Semitism gotten in Canada?”
July 12
MIGS Fellow Mark Kersten participated in an episode of Expert Voices on Atrocity Prevention, a podcast by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
July 17
Fellow David Donat Cattin participated in a webinar titled “What strategies have been used to combat impunity for international crimes in Ukraine since 2014?” hosted by The Center for Civil Liberties as a part of the Ukrainian International Criminal Justice Week.
July 26
Kyle Matthews participated in a working group meeting to discuss strategies to counter the alarming rise of antisemitism in Canada.
In the Media
June 29
MIGS Fellow Joana Cook spoke to BBC News Hour about the Presidential elections in Iran.
July 2
MIGS Fellow Joana Cook is quoted in an article in The New Arab titled “The Iraq Report: 10 years after the Islamic State's 'caliphate'.”
July 7
Fellow Dr. Ewelina Ochab penned an article in Forbes titled “Al Hassan Convicted Of International Crimes, But Not For Ones Based On Gender.”
July 8
Fellow Dr. Ewelina Ochab published an article in Forbes titled “U.K. Companies Trading In Forced Labor Goods Risk Prosecution.”
July 10
Tech To The Rescue Foundation recently published an article showcasing Fellow Andrei Serbin Pont’s dedication to justice and human rights protection.
July 12
Dr. Ewelina Ochab wrote an article in Forbes titled “U.N. Body To Consider Russia’s Mass Killing Of Civilians In Ukraine.”
July 20
Ewelina Ochab published an article in Forbes titled “Argentine Court Orders Investigation Into The Uyghur Genocide.”
July 21
Ewelina Ochab published an article in Forbes titled “Top U.N. Court Says Israel’s Occupation Of Palestinian Territories Is Illegal.”
July 25
Marie Lamensch wrote an article for the Center for International Governance Innovation titled “Foreign Interference Is Targeting Diaspora Communities in Canada.”
