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The Values Proposition: Building a Stronger Canada through Values-Based Sport
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This report summarizes what we heard during five roundtables held through spring 2018 and which explored actions and policies aimed at ensuring values-based sport is an intentional and fundamental part of the Canadian sport system, from playground to podium.
Date: Wednesday August 8, 2018
How Atlantic Canada businesses keep their foreign workers
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Whether they wear steel-toed boots or ballet slippers, workers from abroad are in high demand in Atlantic Canada. As Kelly Toughill found, successful companies have learned that keeping recruits happy requires more than a paycheque
Date: Wednesday March 21, 2018
Diversification not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada China Strategy
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Canada can truly diversify its trade and break its dependence on a single partner by pursuing a strategy built on sectoral trade agreements with China.
Date: Thursday October 11, 2018
The People Imperative: Strategies to Grow Population and Prosperity in Atlantic Canada
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Atlantic Canada is taking action to rebuild its aging and slow-growing population: The region needs to attract - and keep - more newcomers.
Date: Sunday March 18, 2018
Executive Summary: The North’s future is Canada’s future, too
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Is Canada squandering its Arctic advantage? This series of four experts' views on climate, resources, sovereignty and reconciliation show that the North's key issues are closely tied to Canada's strategic priorities
Date: Tuesday July 9, 2019
Bringing New Voices to the Table: Re-thinking On-reserve Housing in Canada
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...they had to say. Download the report Executive summary The condition, status, development, maintenance and availability of housing on First Nations reserves in Canada is unacceptable and distressing. In 2011,...
Date: Monday February 27, 2017
BUILDING THE FUTURE
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Strategic Infrastructure for Long-Term Growth in Canada What are the gaps in Canada’s infrastructure plans? Canada is an infrastructure laggard in a world where these investments matter more and more. While...
Date: Tuesday October 11, 2016
Understanding the Nature and Experience of Gig Work in Canada
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Gig work & gig workers are on the rise, fuelled by technology that makes this form of work more easily accessible. What does this mean for Canada’s labour market and how should we respond? Understanding how workers enter, navigate and experience the gig economy is a critical component to better understanding what policies are required to best protect and support them. This report explores what we know, and what we need to know, about the nature of Canada’s gig economy and the experiences of its workers.
Date: Tuesday June 30, 2020
Getting ahead of disruption is key to our future: An introduction to Canada Next
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Decision makers in all fields face intense challenges to keep up with geopolitical transformation, the sweeping innovations of the digital age, the impacts on work sparked by artificial intelligence, and the catastrophic effects of climate change. Edward Greenspon and Drew Fagan introduce the challenges that Canada Next addresses.
Date: Monday January 7, 2019
PPF and Action Canada introduce the 2019/2020 Fellows
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The 16 new Fellows from across Canada will be focusing on the Future of Work.
Date: Friday May 31, 2019
Immigrants aren’t job killers, they’re job creators — and they want to come to Canada
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...on Thursday. “We have a historic opportunity; I believe that Canada’s brand has never been stronger. People want to come to Canada. But we have work to do … population...
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
The Next One
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Another health security threat will certainly come, and it will defy expectations yet again. Here's how Canada can defend itself against the next emergency.
Date: Monday September 25, 2023
Mind the Gaps: Quantifying the Decline of News Coverage in Canada
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In our study of 20 small and mid-sized Canadian communities, the number and depth of newspaper articles about civic affairs declined sharply between 2008 and 2017, leaving citizens less informed about their democratic institutions.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
Competitiveness: Canada leads in AI, but lags in innovation, skills and capital
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...learning. “The talent is in Canada, the investment is coming into Canada,” Kennedy said. Microsoft has built two data centres in Canada, one in Toronto and one in Montreal, and...
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Action Canada and PPF introduce the 2020/2021 Fellows
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Welcome the 13 Fellows making up the 2020/21 Action Canada cohort. This year’s Fellows will also have an opportunity to work directly on policy solutions for rural and urban dimensions of the future of work in a post-pandemic world.
Date: Wednesday June 3, 2020