Search Results for: Inclusion
Democracy Divided: Countering Disinformation and Hate in the Digital Public Sphere
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Democracy has been made vulnerable to attack by hate speech and disinformation on digital and social platforms. Policy must be implemented to reconcile freedom of speech and freedom of the press with these online news threats to democracy.
Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018
Canada’s Digital Connectivity Infrastructure in the Age of COVID-19
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...and market forces are advancing progress on these two goals of competitiveness and inclusion. Canada’s digital policy framework, which has historically assumed the centrality of large, well-capitalized facilities-based wireless companies...
Date: Friday April 30, 2021
Zabeen Hirji
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Zabeen is a strategic advisor to the private and public sector. A thought leader in the Future of Work, talent, leadership, reskilling and upskilling, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, Zabeen...
Date: Thursday January 1, 2004
Brave New Work Newsletter #2
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In this second newsletter: New report on big gaps in Employment Insurance, emerging leaders share principles for inclusion that we should all follow, and we learn how disrupting the career ladder creates challenges to gender equity.
Date: Monday May 6, 2019
Economic Equality in a Changing World: Removing Barriers to Employment for Women
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Action is needed to alleviate gender barriers: Good intentions are no longer enough. Despite efforts to improve diversity in the workplace, gender inequality remains both an issue of social justice and an equally compelling economic priority. Yet efforts to advance women’s economic inclusion continue to be hampered by the lack of access to information. This report summarizes existing research and prevailing issues surrounding gender inequality, including those exacerbated by COVID-19, and points to further research that needs to be done on initiatives to reduce gender inequalities.
Date: Friday September 25, 2020
Public servants learn reconciliation means relationship-building and action
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PPF’s reconciliation series didn’t answer all the questions about reconciliation but offered context and impetus to act. By: Jocelyn Formsma
Date: Friday August 3, 2018
The Data Talks: How Statistics Canada Measured a Pandemic
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Canada’s economy has had its ups and downs, crashes, failures and recessions, but how do you measure the business impact of a country that simply stopped working and intentionally shut down its economy to halt the spread of COVID-19?
Date: Tuesday November 3, 2020
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From Inclusion to Conclusion We include a broad cross-section of emerging and established thinkers, deciders and doers in our policy conversations and research. We turn their insights and our inquiries...
Date: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Alicia Dubois
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...in spearheading change and fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, and intercultural understanding within organizations. Prior to that role, she held significant positions in the legal and finance sectors, including...
Date: Sunday January 1, 2012
Video: Watch all the panels and speakers at Growth Summit II
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...President & CEO, MaRS Innovation Inclusive Growth Panel Featuring moderator Shannon MacDonald, Vice Chair & Chief Inclusion Officer, Deloitte and the following panelists: Gemma Corrigan, Economist, World Economic Forum Naheed...
Date: Friday April 28, 2017
Premier Jason Kenney at the 2019 Peter Lougheed Awards Dinner
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On Nov. 13 in Calgary, Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney explored three forms of reconciliation for Alberta's provincial government: with Alberta’s Indigenous people, of energy growth and environmental stewardship, and of the provincial and federal fields within Canadian Confederation.
Date: Thursday November 21, 2019
Poisoning Democracy: How Canada Can Address Harmful Speech Online
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The rise of harmful speech online is a threat to Canada’s democracy. This report outlines how governments and digital platform companies can better address hate and harassment, including the creation of a Moderation Standards Council.
Date: Thursday November 8, 2018
Surviving Disruption in the Shipbuilding Industry
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Irving Shipbuilding Inc. found itself in the middle of a rapidly changing shipping industry, and had to adapt to the evolving requirements of talent and infrastructure. Their grow-at-home approach may be the one to adopt in other disrupted sectors too. Read this case study by Sherry Scully on managing transformation in a disrupted sector – all for PPF's Brave New Work project on the future of work.
Date: Thursday June 17, 2021
New Brunswick Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...such as promoting accessibility and inclusion and implementing an annual quality improvement plan. Open to non-profit and for-profit facilities, eligibility is determined by compliance with licensing policies, offering preschool services...
Date: Thursday March 24, 2022
Toward ‘eyes-open’ engagement with China
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Members of the Public Policy Forum’s Canada-China forum seek a balanced approach to engagement with China that is economically beneficial and politically acceptable to Canadians
Date: Tuesday June 20, 2017