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Atrocity crimes are considered to be the most serious crimes against humanity. Its status as an international crime is based on the belief that the acts associated with it affect the dignity of human beings. This discussion brings together three high-level experts to reflect, and review current thinking on atrocity prevention approaches. 

• Alice Nderitu, UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide

Moderated by Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies 

Dans le cadre de la Coalition canadienne pour contrer la désinformation en ligne sur la COVID-19, le MIGS a parlé avec Olivier Bernard, mieux connu sous le pseudonyme du "Pharmachien". Olivier un pharmacien du Québec et vulgarisateur scientifique qui se passionne pour la science et les mythes médicaux.

La Coalition canadienne pour contrer la désinformation en ligne sur la COVID-19 est un projet financé par Patrimoine Canada.

Dans l’écosystème informationnel dans lequel nous nous trouvons aujourd’hui, tout le monde peut créer et publier du contenu. Il est de plus en plus difficile de discerner les faits de la fiction, les exagérations de la manipulation. Nous discutons du jeu vidéo « Harmony Square » et des manières dont ces technologies peuvent être utilisées pour comprendre les mécanismes de la désinformation sur les réseaux sociaux.

Intervenants:

- Alexane Couturier, étudiante au doctorat en études sémiotiques et assistante de recherche - Groupe de recherche Homo Ludens (UQAM)

- Amélie Vallières, étudiante au doctorat en éducation (UQAM) et associée à la Chaire de recherche en littératie médiatique multimodale de l’UQAM

- Gabriel Delsol, Disinfo Cloud et Park Advisors

Modératrice: Marie Lamensch

Cet évènement fait partie de notre Initiative Coalition canadienne pour contrer la désinformation en ligne sur la COVID-19. Suivez-nous sur @MIGSinstitute ou @CounterDisinfo pour en savoir plus sur le projet et pour avoir accès à des ressources pour combattre la désinformation et mésinformation liées à la Covid-19. Merci à Patrimoine Canada pour le soutien de ce projet.

Dans le cadre de la Coalition canadienne pour contrer la désinformation en ligne sur la COVID-19, le MIGS a parlé avec Alexis de Lancer, journaliste et animateur de l'émission hebdomadaire "Décrypteurs" sur les ondes de ICI RDI. Avec mes collègues Jeff Yates, Marie-Pier Élie et Nicholas De Rosa, il explore le phénomène de la désinformation et des fausses nouvelles.

Coalition canadienne pour contrer la désinformation en ligne sur la COVID19 est un projet financé par Patrimoine Canada

This interview is part of the Canadian Coalition to Counter COVID19 Digital Disinformation project. In this episode, we chat with Christina Nemr, Director at Park Advisors. Park Advisors organizes and analyses information, building solutions to issues like disinformation, terrorism, violent extremism, hate speech and more. We chat about their platform DisinfoCloud and the game Harmony Square, in which users take on the role of a Chief Disinformation Officer. Stay tuned to the MIGS social media pages for more information about the launch event for the French version of the game.

This interview is part of the Canadian Coalition to Counter COVID19 Digital Disinformation project. In this episode, we chat with Fenwick McKelvey, Scott DeJong, Elsa Donovan, and Saskia Kowalchuk from the Algorithmic Media Observatory. Much of the work of the observatory focuses on understanding the consequences of algorithms and the digitization of our society. We discuss their recent work studying memes as a way of analyzing political culture in Canada through the 2019 federal election and the COVID19 pandemic.

The "AI and COVID-19 Digital Disinformation Initiative" is carried out in partnership with the OSCE's Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media's #SAIFE project.

Alice Stollmeyer is the Founder and Executive Director of Defend Democracy. A former Digital Advocacy Strategist, she has lived and worked in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, the heart of the European Union.

With a solid background in ‘social studies of science, technology and society’ and in communication, in 2012 Alice founded her own consultancy @StollmeyerEU, which specialises in EU public affairs, political communications and digital advocacy. She has been ranked a top digital EU influencer ever since (#1 female digital EU influencer 2019 and 2020).

In 2016 @StollmeyerEU broadened its portfolio: previously focused on energy and climate policies, now its focus is politics, digital developments and European values like democracy, human rights and rule of law.

In 2017 @StollmeyerEU successfully accomplished a major assignment as interim Communications Director at the Women Political Leaders Global Forum.

On 8 November 2017, Alice Stollmeyer founded Defend Democracy: an independent, nonpartisan, transatlantic initiative defending liberal democracy from internal, external and technological threats.

The "AI and COVID-19 Digital Disinformation Initiative" is carried out in partnership with the OSCE's Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media's #SAIFE project.

Linda Slapakova is an analyst with RAND Europe in the area of defence and security. Her research focuses on the impacts of emerging technologies in defence, emerging security and information threats, and defence workforce and personnel issues. She has managed a range of projects for UK- and EU-based clients in these areas, and is experienced in a range of qualitative and futures methodologies including horizon scanning, workshop facilitation and evaluation.