Economic precarity, the ingenuity gap, message distortion, and fragmentation of belief communities—these are four core factors driving the decline of democracy globally and in Canada. If we’re going to save, and even deepen, Canadian democracy, we must assess and respond to these issues through three lenses: worldviews, institutions, and technologies. That was the message of Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, Executive Director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University, at a G78 webinar on June 26, 2025 entitled If You Want Peace, Prepare for War. “Revitalizing and defending our democracy requires a whole-of-society response, from our communities, through our diverse regions, across the entire nation,” said Professor Homer-Dixon.
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Watch the full recording of the webinar here.