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Explore profiles of Exigent Witness Fellows and Exigent Participants who contribute firsthand perspective, professional insight, and independent voices to Exigent’s educational mission and public-interest work.
 
Exigent Witness Fellows generously contribute their time, judgment, and professional integrity to this work. Each Fellow engages directly with complex realities and carries those experiences back into their platforms, audiences, and communities with full editorial independence, without direction or oversight. Their participation reflects a commitment to careful observation, rigorous questioning, and responsible public discourse.
 
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Terry Glavin Author and journalist Terry Glavin, participant contributing geopolitical commentary and public discourse.

Terry Glavin

 
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Terry Glavin is a Canadian journalist and author, currently a columnist with the Ottawa Citizen and National Post, and a contributing editor at Maclean’s magazine. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, where he focuses on international human rights and democratic accountability. Glavin is the author of seven books and co-author of three, with reporting assignments that have taken him across conflict zones and geopolitically sensitive regions worldwide. His work has been published internationally and recognized with numerous literary and journalism awards. He brings decades of on-the-ground reporting experience to issues of global politics, human rights, and public affairs.

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I went to the heart of Hamas horror

February 7, 2024
National Post
In this column, Terry Glavin reports from Kibbutz Kfar Aza and other southern Israeli communities attacked on October 7. Drawing on eyewitness observation, he documents destruction and situates the assault within Hamas’s governance in Gaza and broader regional dynamics.

Through the darkness, some light is getting in.

February 2, 2024
The Real Story 
In this Substack essay, Terry Glavin examines UNRWA following reports alleging staff involvement in the October 7 attacks. Citing reporting and advocacy testimony, he argues the controversy revives longstanding concerns about the agency’s role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Canadian police and demonstrators during a public protest in Ottawa reflecting tensions surrounding democratic expression and civic discourse

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