Max Bell School of Public Policy

Frances Haugen testifying People

A leading advocate for responsible tech joins McGill

She has been on the cover of Time and U.S. president Joe Biden cited her during his State of the Union address last year. Now Frances Haugen is joining McGill’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy as its new senior-fellow-in-residence.

Pearl Eliadis (right) is the coach for a team of students from the Max Bell School of Public Policy taking part in its Policy Lab (Photo: Christinne Muschi) On Campus

The assignment? Solving a real-world problem

When the students at the Max Bell School of Public Policy take part in its Policy Lab, they know they’ll be tackling a challenge with real-life stakes.

Mark Zuckerberg testifying Discovery

The dangers to democracy in a digital age

Disinformation, online security, attacks on democracy - there is no shortage of things for McGill's new Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy to examine. "There is definitely an appetite out there for the expertise and research we have to offer."

On Campus

Piecing together the public policy puzzle

McGill's new Max Bell School of Public Policy offers its students a peek behind the curtain to see how government policies are created and implemented. Its teachers include top academic experts and “people who’ve been in the trenches.”

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