Media Ecosystem Observatory
Understanding Canada's Information Environment
The Media Ecosystem Observatory produces rigorous, independent research on how information flows across Canada's digital media landscape.
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Publications
200+
Media Appearances
12
Team Members
7 platforms
Platforms Tracked
What We Do
MEO produces insights, tracks information incidents, builds analytical tools, and publishes peer-reviewed research.
Insights
View all →Analysis, commentary, and situation reports on Canada's information environment.
Information Incidents
View all →Declared information incidents tracked by MEO and CDMRN with lifecycle monitoring.
Innovations
View all →Dashboards, tools, datasets, and interactive products from MEO.
Publications
View all →Reports, briefs, and peer-reviewed research on Canada's information environment.
Focus Areas
Misinformation & Disinformation
Tracking the spread and impact of false and misleading information across Canada's digital media landscape, including foreign influence operations and coordinated inauthentic behavior.
35 publications →Elections & Democracy
Monitoring information ecosystems during federal, provincial, and municipal elections. Understanding how digital media shapes political discourse and voter behavior.
11 publications →Platform Governance
Researching how platform policies, algorithms, and design choices affect the information environment. Evaluating the impact of content moderation and news distribution policies.
12 publications →Media Ecosystem
Mapping Canada's information environment — how news, opinion, and misinformation flow across traditional media, social platforms, and alternative channels.
17 publications →Public Health Information
Studying the role of digital media in public health communication, including COVID-19 misinformation, vaccine hesitancy, and health information quality.
8 publications →Media
View all →The Globe and Mail
Meta news ban could prove detrimental during wildfires as evacuees seek information, experts say
Radio-Canada
Élection fédérale : une chaîne canadienne anonyme a dominé la politique sur YouTube
CBC News
This Canadian 'content farm' topped the politics charts on YouTube — before it was taken down
Press Progress
Canadian YouTubers Claim They Were Offered Russian Money to Fund Their Videos
Funded by Global Affairs Canada
Canadian Digital Media Research Network
MEO coordinates the CDMRN — a pan-Canadian network of research labs studying the digital information environment and building resilience against information threats.