MIR Meets McMUN: President Anastasia Rewers-Kusiak
In our final MIR Meets video from McMUN 2018, Anastasia Rewers-Kusiak discusses partnering with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), her favourite McMUN moments over the years and the legacy she hopes to leave behind as…
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First in Flight, Last in Freedom: The Worrying State of North Carolina’s Democracy
In July 2015, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles started offering an alternative to the “First in Flight” registration plate: the “First in Freedom" plate. The plate is meant to commemorate ‘‘two "firsts" established by…
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The Never-Ending Fight to Save Chicago Schools
The City of Chicago, led by Rahm Emmanuel, shut down 50 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 2013. In the five years since the massive shuttering of elementary and high schools, there has been a moratorium on school closings in Chicago. However,…
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McMUN 2018: Women in Leadership
Editor's Note: With Model United Nations conferences around North America often suffering from large gender imbalance and/or rewarding stereotypically masculine characteristics, MIR's Marie Lemieux reached out to three women in positions of…
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Blockchain: Early Regulatory Struggles
Following the Great Recession in 2008, a small group of developers coalesced behind Satoshi Nakamoto to establish a decentralized but secure form of payment predicated on blockchain technology. The goal of these efforts was to circumvent…
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McMUN 2018: INTERPOL and the Most Pressing Issues on World Security Today
The International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL, serves as the world’s largest internationally cooperative police coalition. The organization was first successfully inaugurated at the 1923 International Criminal Police Congress…
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McMUN 2018: Kenya’s 2017 Elections Mirror 2007 Elections Committee
On August 8th 2017, Kenyan voters went to cast their votes for either Raila Odinga of the ODM or Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee party — only to have their votes later nullified by the Supreme Court. This wasn’t Odinga’s first election loss,…
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MCMUN 2018: The Greek Debt Crisis
Greece is a country well-known for its rich history and contributions to Western culture, economy, and politics; but after two days and a half of discussing it, I believe it is important to remember that Greece is not a country of the past.…
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McMUN 2018: Recording Industry Association of America: The Problem with Pirates
The committee session began with a fair consensus on addressing the issue of piracy first. In the last decade, digitalization of music has improved its ease of access, thereby reinforcing the imperative need for a revision of policies…
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With Less You Can Do More: McMUN’s 2018’s Paperless Crisis Committee
Feature Photo by Matthew Fong
In Model United Nations, organizers, staff, and delegates are always seeking new ways to innovate. This is why McMUN 2018, held from January 25th to January 28th, in Montreal, Canada, improved upon the…
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