With technology bridging communities across borders, global and local politics are connected more than ever. We explore how diasporic politics shape local democracy, the threat of foreign interference, and the power of belonging in civic life with Anita Li, The Green Line, and Jaskaran Sandhu, Baaz News.

Resources

• Online Abuse in Local Elections: The SAMbot Municipal - Samara Centre for Democracy
• Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions -The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
• Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions - Foreign Interference Commission
• Diasporic Conversations - The Green Line
• A Critical Gap in Democracy? ‘Yawn,’ Say Canadian Politicians - New York Times
• New commission sheds light on how diaspora communities are impacted by foreign interference - The Conversation
• Abusive working conditions’: Online attacks in Brampton municipal election among worst in Canada, report finds - Brampton Guardian

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