SPPGA Research Associate Chris Tenove and Prof. Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; UBC History) discuss the complexities of Canada's landmark Online Harms Bill in Tech Policy Press. What are the proposed changes in platform regulations? Take a read here: bit.ly/3PgNXxR

Join us on Apr 13 for a panel on global elections & tech policy with CSDI's Chris Tenove at DemocracyXChange. 🌎🗳️ Engage with talks, panels & workshops on democracy at the summit by Ricardo maia, OpenDemocracy.ca | Démocratieouverte.ca & the Dais Get details & tickets: democracyxchange.org! 🎟️#DXC2024 #cdnpoli

Next week, on April 18, Heidi Tworek and Walter Scheirer will share why it is useful to take a look at disinformation through a historic lens. Together with American Council on Germany, we invite you to tune in to the next installment of our series “Dealing with Disinformation”: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Delighted to draw your attention to JGH’s March 2024 volume – now available on Open Access!

This Thursday, tune in as Heidi Tworek and Walter Scheirer share why it is useful to take a look at disinformation through a historic lens. Together with American Council on Germany, we invite you to join the next installment of our series “Dealing with Disinformation”: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Congratulations, Chris and team!!

This could easily happen in Canada. (And evidence shows it could lead to smarter, healthier kids.)

A lovely group review of our Interwar World book accompanied by an interview with co-editor Heidi Tworek and me - thanks to all involved for close and productive readings of the volume!

ICYMI: an interview with Heidi Tworek and me about our volume, _The Interwar World_, out now with Routledge History, Heritage Studies & Archaeology. Thanks to Toynbee Prize and Poorvi Bellur for the great discussion! toynbeeprize.org/posts/the-inte…

This is exactly why Ontario should not stop wastewater testing. Covid is not the threat it once was, but it's still a massive cause of acute illness and overall poor health, and regularly still overwhelms our hospitals. Ignorance is not bliss.

Congratulations again, Marco, and welcome!

Officially a full professor! Filled with gratitude for my many amazing colleagues and collaborators. Hopefully, I can find lots of ways to pay this forward in the years to come.

📣 Our new paper in NEJM Has the risk of #LongCovid changed over the course of the pandemic? By Yan Xie, Taeyoung Choi and me A 🧵 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Election disinformation plagued #DNC2024, with Kamala Harris deepfakes and fake pop star endorsements spreading online. Our latest report explores how generative AI is disrupting democratic processes: democracy.ubc.ca/platforms/gene… (1/5)

Happy that this announcement is out 🎉

Out now! CSDI Director Heidi Tworek co-edited a special issue of Revue Monde(s) titled Trafics postaux, with CNRS 🌍 Léonard Laborie. The issue explores postal systems in global history. Right on time for the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. shs.cairn.info/revue-mondes-2…

With eight great articles and a book forum in English and en français!

School Classrooms and Masks and Air

What's so stunning to me is that we have some data about how many people are disabled, permanently out of work, and continuing to struggle with long COVID. And people are still like "its not that many people." 1/9

🎉Congratulations to CSDI Director Dr. Heidi Tworek on her induction into the Royal Society of Canada (RSC // SRC) as a 2024 Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists! Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=rRoOU_…