The Open Canada Podcast

#16 - Repenser les relations nord-sud avec Maïka Sondarjee

Dec 22, 2022

En route vers 2023, un premier épisode en français pour réfléchir sur un problème persistant : un déséquilibre commercial dramatique existe toujours entre l'Afrique et les pays occidentaux comme le Canada.

C'est une manifestation d'une structure de l'économie mondiale qui maintient une inégalité permanente...

#15 - To Combat Corruption Abroad, Start Here with Susan Côté-Freeman and Jon Allen

Dec 1, 2022

There is no single issue that undermines the credibility of democracies worldwide more than perceptions that those in power are misusing public funds. Corruption is a transnational problem but in order to properly address it, Open Canada's invited experts argue, we must confront our own lax track record at home.

Ben...

#14 - Inclusive Democracy for Good Governance with W. Andy Knight

Nov 22, 2022

The agenda to support democracy around the world requires efforts to make the entire global system more democratic, not just at the national level. While the Global South remains disempowered, conversations about the rights of the citizens of those countries are necessarily limited.

Ruth welcomes a guest who has...

#13 - A Club for Settling Refugees with Craig Damian Smith

Nov 11, 2022

The world's supply of refugees is greater than it has been in recent history, yet the Global North's collective willingness to resettle them is at an historic low.

New Open Canada Podcast co-host Ruth Mojeed Ramirez speaks with Craig Damian Smith, a researcher studying migration and politics, and the founder of...

#12 - The Limits of Solidarity After Covid with Jean-François Tardif

Oct 27, 2022

As we approach the third anniversary of the global pandemic, Ben examines the cost of vaccine inequity. The hardest hit societies remain in the global south and are not receiving the vaccine doses needed to get the virus under control.

Jean-François Tardif is a development economist and founder of Results Canada....