Saeed Selvam
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Saeed Selvam is the Co-founder of The SPARK Initiative, at the School of Public Policy & Governance in Toronto and a Fellow at Massey College.

Saeed has been a community advocate working on a range of municipal and national policy affairs for the past 7 years. He was also appointed Chair of the Newcomer Champion Awards for the Province of Ontario by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, was an advisor to the Chief of Police and served as the Executive Producer of "ChangeItUp" (an innovative NGO-led TV show with the CBC).

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There Are Scandals and Then There's Rob Ford

(34) Comments | Posted May 17, 2013 | 3:52 PM

Google Rob Ford and you're met with the latest on the most recent scandal. In what can only be described as a whirlwind of chaos, Toronto's Mayor is in the news again with another bizarre allegation.

A story about a cellphone video that emerged this morning allegedly showing Mayor...

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The Voting System That Could Fix Democracy

(54) Comments | Posted May 6, 2013 | 3:56 PM

Consider one of the most subtle nuances in politics -- our electoral system. In some cases it could literally mean the difference between winning and losing an election and with the wide-spectrum of characters at City Hall it could be a good or a bad thing depending which side you're...

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Trudeau Was Right to Question Terrorism's Root Causes

(69) Comments | Posted April 23, 2013 | 5:00 PM

While the recent arrests of two individuals in connection with a terror plot on Canadian soil shakes our collective sense of security, we must remain committed to ensuring that we are doing everything in our power, both as individual citizens and as a government, to prevent violent extremism.

We...

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How the Internet Could End Poverty

(3) Comments | Posted February 21, 2013 | 7:55 AM

The internet provides an unprecedented gateway to communicate and it's already changed the world in more ways than a few. Heck, it's the only way you're able to see this post! While the internet does wonderous and magical things, I think that it's a force that can help end poverty...

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Are We Too Comfortable With Gun Violence?

(17) Comments | Posted February 20, 2013 | 11:22 AM

Kesean Williams.

Recognize the name? What about Tyson Bailey?

Anything?

These two young boys lost their lives to gun violence in Toronto within the past two months. What if I you told you that Kesean was nine years old and Tyson was 15?

Make a difference?

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