20 January: MIGS, in partnership with the Montreal Press Club, hosted a panel discussion, “Reflections on the Charlie HebdoAttacks: Freedom of Expression and Religious Violence in 2015,”on the implications of the Charlie Hebdo attack for freedom of expression. Panelists included political cartoonists Terry Mosher and Pascal Elie of the Montreal Gazette, and Dr. André Gagné who is a professor in the Departments of Religion and Theology at Concordia University.
Events
In December, Kyle Mathews and Marie Lamensch participated on the panel “Beyond Government: The Role of Humanitarian Organizations in Upholding the Responsibility to Protect Principle” at Canadian Humanitarian Conference.
18 January: Kyle Matthews led a talk at Amnesty International Montreal titled “Protecting Human Rights and Preventing Genocide in an Age of Religious Violence: Challenges and Opportunities“
Op-eds
15 December: Kyle Matthews wrote a policy paper for the Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute titled "Jihad vs. R2P"
19 December: Kyle Matthews published an op-ed in the National Post titled “R2P is a domestic obligation, not just a foreign policy one.”
1 January: Kyle Matthews published an op-ed in The Ottawa Citizen titled “The War on Education”.
In the media
31 December: Kyle Matthews was quoted in the Toronto Star: “Despite perceptions, the world actually became safer in 2014”.
2 January: Kyle Matthews discussed the growing ISIS threat with CTV News’ Paul Karwatsky.
4 January: Frank Chalk was quoted in an article published in La Presse by Jean-Thomas Léveillé titled “Nigeria: l'ex-dictateur qui aspire au pouvoir”.
13 and 17 January: Frank Chalk was quoted in two articles written for La Presse by Marc Thibodeau and titled “Boko Haram: flambée de violence au Nigeria” and “Je Suis Nigeria: Deux Massacres, Deux Approches”.
15 January: Marie Lamensch spoke with CJAD800 about MIGS’ Media Monitoring Project and current events in Nigeria, Syria and the Central African Republic. The interview is available here.
16 January: Kyle Matthews appeared on CTV News to discuss the war led by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Watch to the interview here.
19 January: Kyle Matthews appeared on CTV News to discuss MIGS’ workshop on the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
18 January: Kyle Matthews spoke with Global News regarding the continuing protests surrounding Charlie Hebdo’s Prophet Muhammed cartoon. You can watch the interview here.
20 January: Kyle Matthews spoke with Global News about the Houthi rebel takeover of Yemen’s presidential palace. You can watch the interview here.