Public Policy Forum: A policy challenge for the 21st century
At this week’s Public Policy Forum dinner, event honouree, OpenCanada founder Taylor Owen, challenges institutions and think tanks to evolve and innovate, or risk irrelevance.
Taylor Owen / @taylor_owen
Founder and Publisher of OpenCanada.org and Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs at UBC
Taylor Owen is Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia and a Senior Fellow at the Columbia Journalism School. He was previously the Research Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University where he designed and led a program studying the impact of digital technology on the practice of journalism. He is the founder and publisher of OpenCanada.org, an award-winning international affairs website, the Director of the International Relations and Digital Technology Projects, an international research project exploring the intersection of information technology and international affairs, and is on the Board of Directors of the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). His Doctorate is from the University of Oxford where he was a Trudeau Scholar. He is the author, most recently, of Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age (OUP, 2015). He was previously a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, a Fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University, a Research Fellow at the Center for Global Governance at the London School of Economics and a Researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. His research and writing focuses on the intersection between information technology and international affairs. Taylor Owen’s publications can be found at www.taylorowen.com and can be followed at @taylor_owen.
Most Recent Posts
Towards a new Liberal foreign policy (Part 1/n: Ideology)
The world has changed since the Liberals were last in power. As a result, Trudeau needs to re-imagine a liberal internationalist agenda for Canada.
Imagining a More Ambitious Canada
The world has changed enormously since Ottawa's last foreign policy review nearly a decade ago. Taylor Owen and Roland Paris consider how Canada should change with it.
OpenCanada.org Wins Gold at COPA
The site took home three awards at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards, including content of the year and best online-only website.
Better Think Tanks, Better Foreign Policy
Canada's international affairs think tanks are in trouble, but a renaissance is within reach. By Taylor Owen and Robert Muggah.
Building a Better Think Tank
Taylor Owen and Robert Muggah on how to bring about a Canadian think tank renaissance and how that could bolster Canadian foreign policy.
OpenCanada.org Turns Two
CIC President Jennifer Jeffs and OpenCanada.org Editor-in-Chief Taylor Owen on the two-year anniversary of the site.
Twitter As Public Space, and Related Problems
Taylor Owen on the advantages of limitations of Twitter as a means of political change.
The Week: The Wars We Wage
This week on OpenCanada.org, Margaret Thatcher, proxy armies, and corporate intelligence.
This Week: Iraq, 10 Years On
Editor-in-Chief Taylor Owen sums up the week that was on OpenCanada.org.
This Week: A New Pope and a New President
Senior Editor Taylor Owen sums up the week that was on OpenCanada.org.
Buzz Kill
What does being constantly watched sound like? Taylor Owen on the under-appreciated costs of living under drones.
This Week: Space Race
Senior Editor Taylor Owen sums up the week that was on OpenCanada.org.
This Week: NATO in Africa and Abe in America
Senior Editor Taylor Owen runs down the week that was on OpenCanada.org.
This Week: North Korea, the State of the Union, and Trade Dealing
Senior Editor Taylor Owen runs down the week that was on OpenCanada.org.
The Surveillance Arms Race
Taylor Owen on how western technology companies are helping autocratic governments monitor and control their citizens.
This Week: Somali Refugees, Plumpy’Nut, and NATO
Senior Editor Taylor Owen runs down the week that was on OpenCanada.org.
Whither Humanitarian Space?
Integrating militaries and humanitarian actors in Afghanistan came with a cost.
2011 Roundup
While the Arab Spring rocked the world and the euro collapsed, OpenCanada too saw lots of action. 2011 in review.
Conferencing in Halifax while Rome Burns?
Conferencing in Halifax while Rome Burns? Taylor Owen detects groupthink in the elite security debate.
Would Slowing Oil Sands Development Make us Richer, Cleaner and More Powerful?
Taylor Owen asks, "Would slowing oil sands development make us richer, cleaner and more powerful?"
The Risks of Building the Afghan Army
Taylor Owen is apprehensive about NATO's mission in Afghanistan.
