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His book on Russian propaganda, ''Nothing is True and Everything is Possible'', won the 2016 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, It is translated into over a dozen languages and was dramatized on BBC Radio 4. His latest book, ''This is Not Propaganda'', was released in August 2019, and won the Gordon Burn Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and regularly presents radio documentaries on BBC Radio 4. He is a 2022 Emmerson Collective Fellow
His book on Russian propaganda, ''Nothing is True and Everything is Possible'', won the 2016 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, It is translated into over a dozen languages and was dramatized on BBC Radio 4. His latest book, ''This is Not Propaganda'', was released in August 2019, and won the Gordon Burn Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and regularly presents radio documentaries on BBC Radio 4. He is a 2022 Emmerson Collective Fellow
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=== Peter A. Ferguson ===
'''Senior Policy Advisor, Open Government, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat''' <br>
PETER A. FERGUSON has been a Senior Policy Advisor with Open Government in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat since September 2021. He has a PhD in political science from the University of British Columbia and has 20 years of experience as a professor having held positions at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Western Ontario. He taught courses on international relations; American politics; elections; development; human rights; and research methodology. He has published extensively on topics including democratic transitions and failures; public opinion; political leadership; intergovernmental affairs; and pedagogy. At Western, Peter was the Director (and founder) of the Leadership and Democracy Lab, an independent think tank staffed by volunteer undergraduate researchers who conduct political risk assessments for Canadian organizations doing business abroad. Peter has received numerous teaching awards including being the first, two-time winner of the Western Alumni Teaching Excellence Award.
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