Toronto Community Foundation award recognizes leaders in community-building

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Prof. Mohammad Fadel led an online forum in the Boston Review with reaction from his essay “What Killed Egyptian Democracy?”

Leading up to the three-year anniversary of the revolution, Fadel opened the debate looking at why the transition to democracy has failed. He argued that “the January 25 Revolution was also a striking failure of political theory.”

Six academics, authors and journalists posted their views in response to his essay.

Read the forum here.

In its first session for 2014, the European Parliament held a plenary session on the topic of “citizenship for sale.” In anticipation of the debate, “Dangerous Liaisons: Money and Citizenship,” a report co-edited by Prof. Ayelet Shachar in which she wrote the lead contribution, was distributed to all members, political groups and committees of the European Parliament.

Co-authored with PEN Canada and PEN International, report calls for Honduran government to end lethal violence against journalists and its climate of impunity, and for donor states such as the UK and Canada to work with Honduras on these issues

Professor Stephen J. Toope, a noted international law scholar, university leader and collaborator/colleague of the Faculty of Law, has been named the new director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. 

“The Munk School has built a reputation around the world for its thoughtful and insightful examination of international issues,” said Toope.  “I look forward to joining its outstanding researchers and students in working to understand and tackle global problems.” 

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh analyzes the impact of Canada Post's decision to end home delivery ("The end of Canada Post home delivery — the math just doesn’t add up," January 20, 2014).

Read the full commentary on the Financial Post website, or below.