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Marie Lemieux

McMUN 2018: Women in Leadership

Marie Lemieux Jan 29, 2018

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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With Less You Can Do More: McMUN’s 2018’s Paperless Crisis Committee

Marie Lemieux Jan 27, 2018

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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In Light of the Pence-Kobach Commission, the Voting Reform Discourse Should Remain Focused on…

Marie Lemieux Oct 3, 2017

In the past few years, the discourse surrounding voting reform in the United States has become increasingly divisive, pitting voting rights activists dedicated to expanding the franchise against politicians devoted to the limitation of…
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Alternative Methods to Counter Alternative Facts: How the Rise of Big Data Can Help Counter the…

Marie Lemieux Jun 1, 2017

Big data is non-political. It does not sit on the right or left of any spectrum, discuss racism, anti-semitism or sexism; it instead gives those who want to analyze it the opportunity to get a clearer picture of these elements. Big Data…
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