THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE PODCAST

July 4, 2022

On this episode of the Global Exchange, Chris Waddell speaks to Luiza Ch. Savage, Peter Donolo, Marcus Kolga, and Farhaan Ladhani about how to protect democracy in the face of disinformation.

This episode is an extract from our conference "After the War: What Kind of World for Canada?" which happened on May 10th, 2022. This event was made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Davie Shipyard, and of our Bronze conference sponsors, Enbridge and TD.

Guests:

• Luiza Ch. Savage is the executive editor for growth at POLITICO and a CGAI Fellow.
• Peter Donolo is the Vice Chair at Hill + Knowlton, a fellow at CGAI, and was the director of communication to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
• Farhaan Ladhani is co-founder and the CEO of Digital Public Square.
• Marcus Kolga is the founder and director of DisinfoWatch and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Hosts:

• Christopher Waddell is a professor emeritus at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, and a CGAI fellow.
• Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.