Mateusz spoke on the panel “Case Studies in Societal Resilience” at the conference “Standing Together: Building Resilient and Engaged Societies” in Ottawa. The event focused on Canada-EU cooperation on societal responses to FIMI. It was organised by the Delegation of the European Union to Canada, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Canada and the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa.

Opening remarks came from EU Ambassador Geneviève Tuts, German Federal Minister Karin Prien, and Prof. Roland Paris.

Mateusz shared the panel with Samantha Reuch (Apathy Is Boring), Alexander Dalziel (Macdonald-Laurier Institute) and Matthew Gray (Torstar), moderated by Jennifer Irish. He brought in lessons from Germany and Poland on building resilience against information manipulation.

Additionally, Mateusz participated in the closed consulatations with the Canadian Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne. The meeting was devoted to protecting children and teenagers in the digital world.

During his stay in Ottawa, Mateusz also took part in the podcast “The Swing” by Pendulum, discussing gender dimension of disinformation.