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#EXCLUSIVE University of Waterloo ends research partnerships with Huawei thestar.com/news/canada/20… via @TorontoStar
Canada’s top-rated research university will end all its partnerships with Chinese telecoms giant #Huawei.

“We are disentangling ourselves from this company,” Charmaine Dean, vice-president of research at the University of Waterloo, told me exclusively. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Waterloo’s decision — which @M_Johnston1 called extremely significant and possibly precedent-setting — will affect dozens of deals between the university and Huawei, including the school’s Waterloo-Huawei Joint Innovation Lab. thestar.com/news/canada/20… @TorontoStar
Waterloo’s position sets a precedent that other Canadian and maybe even world universities will come under pressure to follow.

It’s also likely to anger scientists who have already spoken out about new federal funding restrictions.

Read more: thestar.com/news/canada/20…
In February, Canadian authorities tightened policies on bankrolling research with foreign entities, announcing that federal research granting would reject funding for projects with institutions posing a risk to national security. thestar.com/business/2023/…
The director of the Waterloo-Huawei Joint Innovation Lab was not notified by the university and commented to me:

“I think the lab will cease to exist.

We weren’t solving Huawei’s problems. We were solving problems faculty members wanted to research.” thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Legal expert & national security analyst @Dennismolin11 said Canadian universities like Waterloo and the University of Toronto have been “highly attractive targets for years” for foreign states’ IP collection.

“Just look at their tech” thestar.com/news/canada/20…
What’s coming next? Read more here in our exclusive report: thestar.com/news/canada/20… @TorontoStar #cdnpoli #huawei #researchsecurity
This story came out of reporting for a feature story on research security concerns.

Let me know what other questions you have that a longer piece could help answer!

thestar.com/news/canada/20… @TorontoStar
Context: Huawei shifted its R&D hub from the U.S. to Canada and was prepared to invest hundreds of millions, a former VP told @TorontoStar.

“Huawei established R&D operations here in Canada because of the tremendous expertise and knowledge that exists.” thestar.com/news/canada/20…

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Mar 27
My story on knowing the ABCs of foreign influence coming out soon @TorontoStar. I went on to explain here that the RCMP and CSIS definitions of “foreign influence” are different.

Thanks for having me on the panel, @TheAgenda!
Think you know what “foreign influence” means in Canada? Explainer is live tomorrow. Here’s a sneak preview.

Thanks for your contributions @Akshay_Thinks @JessMarinDavis @StephanieCarvin and Chinese-Canadian researchers who aren’t on Twitter 👏 thestar.com/content/thesta…
Think you understand ‘foreign influence’? Test your knowledge here: thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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Mar 6
NEW: Chinese interference in Canada? Chinese Canadians say they reported it for years — and were ignored.

"These are not secrets." For the Chinese diaspora, it's been common knowledge. Here's what they say you should know. thestar.com/politics/feder… @torontostar #cdnpoli
This is 72-year-old Cheuk Kwan. He started witnessing and reporting incidents of Chinese government interference in the early 90s.

“But every time we spoke to the government, it felt like we were putting on a show... Nothing was done." thestar.com/politics/feder… #cdnpoli #csis
Since 1979, the United Front has been an official bureau in China that employs thousands of agents to pursue the CCP's global interests. My book, "China Unbound", references a lot of Beijing's own documents to explain their foreign interference activities. joannachiu.com
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Oct 22, 2022
What a new term for Xi Jinping means to China — and to Canada’s strategy for dealing with Beijing thestar.com/news/world/ana… via @TorontoStar
During his decade in power, Xi’s government has pursued an increasingly assertive foreign policy while tightening control at home.

Canada has seen the consequences these changes first hand. thestar.com/news/world/ana… @Nuttallreports @TorontoStar
Canada lacks a roadmap to address challenges with Beijing, such as economic coercion and hostage-taking, says @M_Johnston1.

Trade is at risk but what “Beijing knows has an impact, that they’ve done before with the ‘two Michaels’, is against our people.” thestar.com/news/world/ana…
Read 7 tweets
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Aug 15, 2022
NEW: Here's the CTV company memo about veteran anchor @LisaLaFlamme_'s termination and why a well-placed CTV source thinks her ouster was likely "not a cost-cutting measure".

"Lisa was our greatest defender."

thestar.com/news/2022/08/1… @TorontoStar @CTVNews #LisaLaFlamme
I spoke with the CTV source who said:

“The CTV National news team found out about Lisa’s departure at the same time as the public.”

“There's a lot of fear about what the corporation’s vision for national news at CTV will be." thestar.com/news/2022/08/1…
@Nuttallreports obtained the company memo sent to staff by Michael Melling, the company’s head of news who took the role in January of this year.

Read here: thestar.com/news/2022/08/1…
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Jul 14, 2022
🧵When I started working in China, I quickly came across "thugs" - not police and not officials - who nevertheless acted in line with CCP goals to repress people like writers, activists, lawyers, villagers resisting land grabs.

Who are they? nuvoices.com/2022/06/29/nuv…
While the world sees "unidentified men" attack foreigners like Christian Bale, the system is much more complex and sophisticated than what gets captured on camera.
@onglynette's research fills in the gaps. I spoke with her for the @NuVoices podcast: nuvoices.com/2022/06/29/nuv…
"Outsourcing Repression" shows that China's use of non-state actors is a way to coerce citizens into compliance while minimizing backlash.

Most actions aren't violent in nature, and when it works best, "people don't even know they're being repressed." nuvoices.com/2022/06/29/nuv…
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Oct 1, 2021
This might be surprising because it goes against stereotypes of polite Canadians, but after working for many different countries’ media I didn’t get much misogyny/racist messages until I moved back to Canada.
Also, a lot of malicious and outlandish gossip among some Canadian journalists targeting women journalists of colour who dared to succeed. A male B.C. journalist spent time on the clock “investigating” if I had fabricated events I wrote about. Probably stemmed from jealousy!
My editors had to send him my travel tickets and correspondence to get him off my case... No doubt that he wouldn’t have found me “suspicious” if I looked like him. 🙄 This is just one of several embarrassing incidents on the part of a small but vocal toxic minority of Canadians.
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