Perspective with Alison Smith

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  • Perspective on CPAC examines world events that matter to Canadians. With dispatches from the field and expert analysis, our guests break down complex global issues and shed light on Canada’s role on the international stage. Alison Smith is one of Canada’s best known and respected broadcast journalists. As an anchor and reporter for more than three decades, she was a senior award-winning member of the CBC News team. She has reported from every Canadian province and territory and across the globe. She has hosted a wide range of network TV and radio news programs including The National, CBC News Morning and CBC Radio’s The World at Six. As a live news anchor, reporter and foreign correspondent, some of the stories she has covered include the September 11th attacks, the death of Princess Diana, elections in Israel, South Africa and Mexico and as Washington correspondent, she covered the historic election of US President Barack Obama. She is a multiple Gemini nominee and has won international recognition for her work including a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media, a Friendship Award from South African Women for Women, and was named a Woman of Achievement by Hadassah-WIZO Canada. She was educated at the University of British Columbia and Ryerson University. She is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Okanagan University College (now UBC Okanagan).
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Episodes
  • A Vote For Europe's Future With Or Without Brexit - May 12, 2019

    A Vote For Europe's Future With Or Without Brexit - May 12, 2019
    May 13 2019
    Alison Smith: A Vote for Europe’s Future With or Without Brexit Eric Reguly, European bureau chief for The Globe and Mail, comments on what the EU elections might mean in light of the growing populist sentiment in Europe. Rosa Balfour, senior fellow in the Europe program at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, looks more broadly at the forces at play in the coming European elections. Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, assistant professor at Kozminski University in Warsaw, talks about the broad support the EU has in Poland, despite the ongoing criticism within the country of certain aspects of the union. We hear from voters on the streets in London and Paris about what the European elections and EU membership mean for them.
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    30 mins
  • Weapons Of War — The Growing Global Military Budget – May 5, 2019

    Weapons Of War — The Growing Global Military Budget – May 5, 2019
    May 6 2019
    Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, discusses the organization’s recent report on the increase in global military spending. Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research at the Brookings Institution, shares his thoughts on what the numbers mean for international rivalries and relationships. Vasily Kashin, senior fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, comments on the deepening relationship between China and Russia and what it might mean for the West. More info - cpac.ca/perspective
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    30 mins
  • Uprising — The Future Of Sudan — April 28, 2019

    Uprising — The Future Of Sudan — April 28, 2019
    Apr 29 2019
    Hala al-Karib, regional director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa and activist for women’s rights, comments on the protests on the streets of Khartoum and the way women have helped shape the uprising. Eric Reeves, a senior fellow at Harvard University’s François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, discusses the broader implications of the removal of Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir from power and what that might mean for the region. Nuha Zein, spokesperson for the Sudanese Professionals Association, talks about the way forward for the protesters and also the role the Sudanese diaspora has played in supporting the country’s push towards democracy. More at - cpac.ca/perspective
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    28 mins

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