January 2013

January 31

Kyle Matthews gave an interview to CTV News on Mali's War

January 29

Kyle Matthews discussed the current uprisings in Egypt on the Tommy Schnurmacher Show, CJAD800

Kyle Matthews appeared on CBC News The National to discuss the situation in Mali

January 25

Elections in Kenya:

Umati: Monitoring Online Dangerous Speech - HubResearch and Ushahidi. Umati has conducted a unique and first-ever project to 1) monitor the Kenyan online space for hate speech; 2) analyze the speech for how likely it is to stir violence; 3) find and use non-government ways of countering it.

The Dangerous Speech Project: Preventing Mass Violence – Voices that Poison - Defining Inflammatory Speech and Limiting its Effects | A project by Prof. Susan Benesch.

"The use and abuse of humanitarian principle" - Irin news, 19 February 2013

January 23

More on Mali:

W2I and MIGS get a mention ipolitics and Star Tribune

Yahoo's Daily Brew mentions W2I and quotes Senior deputy director Kyle Matthews: "Is Canada ready to intervene in rapidly-deteriorating Mali conflict?"

January 18

W2I's Senior Deputy Director has been named Concordia's newsmaker of the week! Congratulations!!

January 17

The International Crisis Group on the upcoming elections in Kenya: "Kenya's 2013 elections. –"Kenya’s elections this year should turn the page on the bloodshed of five years ago, but the risk of political violence is still unacceptably high". W2I Senior Deputy Director Kyle Matthews gives an interview to CJAD's Barry Morgan Show to discuss the situation in Mali. Listen here!

Ne restons pas les bras croisés | Roméo Dallaire and Kyle Matthews, La Presse

January 16

Senior Deputy Director Kyle Matthews gives an interview to Maritime Morning show with Jordi Morgan on Canada and the price of inaction in Mali. Click here to listen to the interview

Another editorial!

Roméo Dallaire and Kyle Matthews in La Presse "Ne restons pas les bras croisés."

January 15

W2I in the news!

Roméo Dallaire and Kyle Matthews: "The Price of Inaction in Mali." The National Post

MIGS' Senior Deputy Kyle Matthews talks to CBC News: "A Will to Intervene in Mali."