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Canada’s future foreign policymakers 2017: Meet the millennials making a mark in international affairs

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OpenCanada Staff

A Syrian Doctor’s Story: ‘There is not any light at the end of the sky’

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Michael Petrou

Why the UN’s declaration on Indigenous rights has been slow to implement in Canada

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Stefan Labbé

The changing face of Canadian diplomats, policymakers

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Catherine Tsalikis

Victory in Mosul: What you need to know

From Amnesty International’s call for an investigation into civilian deaths to the subsequent shift to the city of Raqqa, here’s what you need to know about this week’s take-back of Mosul, Iraq.

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Latifa Abdin

In the world’s worst crises, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is paramount

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Gillian Barth

Sandeep Prasad

Surveillance in Canada: Who are the watchers?

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Michael Petrou

With a new nuclear weapons ban treaty, lines are drawn in the sand

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Paul Meyer

What you need to know about this year's G20

This year, G20-host Germany is pushing for a consensus on climate policy, the refugee crisis and corruption. Can Merkel build enough support to sideline Trump?

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Stefan Labbé

Canada’s security overhaul needs a comms makeover to match

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Stephanie Carvin

In-Depths

The War is Just a Click Away

Yannick Veilleux-Lepage

John Woodside

It’s undeniable that Justin Trudeau is having a moment in global affairs, especially when held up in contrast to Donald Trump. A fawning profile of Trudeau written this week by Rolling Stone's Stephen Roderick is a revealing look into how the prime minister is understood by the foreign press, and begs the question: is now Canada’s time to shine?

NASA at the North Pole

NASA’s Operation IceBridge is an effort to measure the ice caps melting in the Arctic and Antarctic. “At the same time that we’re getting better at gathering this data, we seem to be losing the ability to communicate its importance to the public,” one engineer comments. For The Guardian, Avi Steinberg embeds with the crew to understand the critical work that they do — and why most people seem to not care.

The lonely crusaders

For The New York Times Magazine, Alex Palmer takes an indepth and personal look at the repression China’s human rights lawyers face. Palmer profiles Liang Xiaojun, who has seen many of his colleagues detained. So why does Liang continue despite threats? ‘’People’s rights have been destroyed. Many times they have been tortured. Their families are broken. I cannot turn my back and ignore this.‘’

Middle of Mosul

James Verini details the battle for Mosul with striking detail in this feature for The New York Times Magazine. The conflict has left thousands dead and centuries-old mosques and other important sites decimated. With victory recently declared over ISIS there, Verini’s in-depth personal account of his time in the city helps to understand the importance of this battle.