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Adin Chan

Adin is a third-year student double majoring in Economics and Political Science. He is particularly passionate about Canadian politics, foreign policy, and issues of urbanism. He is an avid enthusiast of The Economist, trains, and John Mayer.

Globalization’s Achilles Heels: the Precarious Links of Global Commerce and What it Means for Canada

Adin Chan May 4, 2021

As the world becomes even more interconnected, and as melting sea ice sadly opens more and more of the Arctic to shipping, global demand for alternative shipping routes will only grow stronger. The Ever Given fiasco gives pause to examine…
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Ontario’s Highway 413: Another Dose of North America’s Asphalt Addiction

Adin Chan Apr 4, 2021

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is inexplicably pursuing destructive urban design principles that fail to tackle the root causes of congestion
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For Queen or Country

Adin Chan Mar 3, 2021

Though it is hard to imagine why, tabula rasa, Canadians in the twenty-first century would choose to be governed by a constitutional monarchy, the forces of history and path dependence have made it today’s political reality.
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The Next Generation of Canada’s Public Broadcasting

Adin Chan Dec 23, 2020

Tackling polarization, engaging with younger Canadians, and how Kim’s Convenience represents the future for the CBC
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The Sino-Vatican Agreement Renewal: Pro Deo or Pro Patria?

Adin Chan Nov 20, 2020

The renewal of the 2018 clerical agreement between the Holy See and China raises numerous questions about the future of global Catholicism, Taiwanese legitimacy, and religious freedoms in China.
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Canada in the Post-Pandemic World

Adin Chan Nov 7, 2020

Justin Trudeau’s recent Throne Speech has sparked debate about Canada’s post-pandemic future. Is the Federal government’s foreign policy enough to meet this moment?
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