The Open Canada Podcast

As neighbouring countries exhibit growing populist and nationalist tendencies, Germany and Canada find themselves more likeminded than ever, on foreign policy as well as in domestic affairs.

German Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser and co-host Jeremy Kinsman, Canada's former ambassador to the EU, Italy and Russia, explore what the two countries could accomplish together.

Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada's place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supporting The Open Canada Podcast.​

Welcome to The Open Canada Podcast, a program that puts citizens at the heart of global affairs with exclusive access to international policymakers, hosted by veteran diplomats Ben Rowswell and Jeremy Kinsman, respectively President and Distinguished Fellow at the Canadian International Council. Climate change policy must be considered in tandem with issues of equality and social cohesion because "we are saving our planet and our democracies, together," argues Dr. Sabrina Schulz, Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, in conversation with Jeremy Kinsman. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada's place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supporting The Open Canada Podcast.​

Welcome to The Open Canada Podcast, a program that puts citizens at the heart of global affairs with exclusive access to international policymakers, hosted by veteran diplomats Ben Rowswell and Jeremy Kinsman, respectively President and Distinguished Fellow at the Canadian International Council. Beyond our borders, the pandemic rages on. Among low-income countries, less than 10 percent of the population has been vaccinated. Ben discusses the risk of a "catastrophic moral failure", according to the World Health Organization, if efforts are not made to make vaccine distribution equitable for all. He is joined by Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) and member of Canada's pandemic vaccine task force, and Dr. Peter Singer, Special Advisor to the Director General of the WHO. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada's place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supporting The Open Canada Podcast.

Welcome to The Open Canada Podcast, a program that puts citizens at the heart of global affairs with exclusive access to international policymakers, hosted by veteran diplomats Ben Rowswell and Jeremy Kinsman, respectively President and Distinguished Fellow at the Canadian International Council. In the inaugural episode, Ben speaks with Dr. Ayelet Shachar, Professor of Law, Political Science and Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, and author of The Shifting Border: Legal Cartographies of Migration and Mobility, on what borders mean in the 21st century for sovereignty and human rights. Visit OpenCanada.org for reflections on Canada's place in the world. Special thanks to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for supporting The Open Canada Podcast.