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The photo is of Ressa and Off sitting on stage together as they engage in conversation. There are numerous people in the audience before them. A screen behind them has a large photo of Ressa and the title “How to Stand Up to a Dictator.”
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Nobel prize winner Maria Ressa joins SFU for conversation about democracy

Peak Web September 29, 2022

By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer On September 13, the SFU Vancouver speaker series invited Maria Ressa, the 2021 Nobel peace prize winner, journalist, and CEO and co-founder of online news agency, Rappler. She was awarded the SFU Honorary Doctorate Degree by president Joy Johnson to acknowledge her exceptional contributions to the field of journalism, freedom of press, and combating misinformation. Ressa’s upcoming book, How to Stand up to a Dictator, will analyze misinformation across the world, including “Duterte’s drug wars, America’s Capitol Hill, and Britain’s Brexit.”  Carol Off, former CBC radio host of the show As It Happens moderated…

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