A global view, from Canada and beyond

From her base in Toronto, International Editor Sara Miller Llana has been closely following the evolving relationship between Canada and the United States. Although she doesn’t do many reported pieces herself anymore – her role is to manage the copy coming in from Monitor correspondents around the world – she decided recently that she wanted to tackle an angle that she hadn’t seen in other news outlets.There has been a lot of reporting about the growing tensions between the two nations, she explains. But even as U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney traded barbs, Sara recognized that the story, at least on Canada’s side of the border, was not mainly about conflict, but rather about a country returning to its roots.“There was a deeper story to look at,” she says. “It’s about Canada’s past, about what it was before it was so deeply integrated with the U.S.” And so, she flew to Thunder Bay, a city in the heart of Canada and central to her piece in this week’s magazine.“Thunder Bay is a metaphor for Canada’s place in the world,” she says.You’ll read why in her story. You’ll also see a similar theme in other pieces this week, from Iceland to Mexico. These are countries where events in the U.S. – and American actions abroad – are prompting a reevaluation of their own values and priorities.“As foreign correspondents, we’re often trying to cover news that happens elsewhere in a way that Americans can understand. We’re using an American context to try to understand foreign news,” Sara says. “This package is almost the flip of that. We’re showing how countries are using American news to understand their own cultures.”This expansive approach to international coverage is a hallmark of Monitor journalism. Our correspondents live around the world and bring a global perspective to their work. Sara, for instance, has not only reported from dozens of countries, but has also run bureaus in Mexico City, Paris, and Toronto. Deepen your worldviewwith Monitor Highlights.Politics with respectGet political stories with respectful analysis.There‘s a world of new ideas in everyBooks newsletter.There‘s more to life, enrich yours withCulture & Learning weekly.Follow humanity‘s discoveries withScience & Nature stories in your inbox.Gain a spiritual perspectivefrom the stories in your inbox.Want to understand the deeper impact of critical events? Learn the Monitor‘s insight.Already a subscriber? Log in to hide ads. Firsthand experience of living elsewhere lets both reporters and editors bring a broader lens to stories – and, often, a clearer picture of the humanity and lives that can be invisible from the U.S., especially from its big, coastal cities where so much of the country’s media industry is concentrated.Sara gathered our international team in Boston this month to spend a few days talking together about how we can best reflect the world. We’re excited to share the work that grows out of their conversations. ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? LoginReal news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.The Christian Science Monitor was founded in 1908 to lift the standard of journalism and uplift humanity. We aim to “speak the truth in love.” Our goal is not to tell you what to think, but to give you the essential knowledge and understanding to come to your own intelligent conclusions. Join us in this mission by subscribing.