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Building Inclusive Workplaces
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A one-size-fits-all approach to pandemic recovery will not work. Programs tailored to the specific needs of specific groups will be important for a strong recovery, as will equitable access to critical supports, such as the infrastructure needed to overcome the digital divide. Businesses, governments and employees must all commit to reskilling — particularly when it comes to those from diverse groups who face barriers and bias — to develop an effective and inclusive skills and employment ecosystem that leaves no one behind.
Date: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Trust must be earned and re-earned in climate change
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...the assertion of Indigenous rights and heightened activism by NGOs pose challenges for natural resource development across the country. The difficulties experienced over recent pipeline projects demonstrate how the circle...
Date: Sunday November 6, 2016
Opinion: How Canada could strike a grand bargain on climate and energy
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OPINION: Needed: A grand bargain on climate and energy. How: The Energy Future Forum brings together the players — from oil and gas producers to environmentalists, governments, bankers, utilities, academics and Indigenous leaders. The Mission: To find ways Canada can meet or exceed its targets under the Paris climate agreement on the way to a net-zero future, while strengthening the economy and enhancing national unity. When: Now.
Date: Wednesday February 5, 2020
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
Future Proof: Connecting Post-Pandemic Canada
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What public policy measures are needed to ensure that Canada’s digital connectivity infrastructure fully supports an inclusive, competitive post-pandemic economy?
Date: Monday October 4, 2021
Primary Care for Everyone
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...Indigenous Peoples as well as Black Canadians, newcomers, children and youth, seniors, 2SLGBTQI+ and other communities who have been poorly served in our health system to ensure their needs underpin...
Date: Wednesday March 29, 2023
Opioid Addiction Treatment in 2019
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Canada can stem the tide of the opioid crisis. Among Canadians, there is hope that hastening access to treatments that work, learning from and scaling up best practices, and continuing coordinated efforts between all stakeholders will positively impact the pathways to treatment services - beyond just overdose treatment. This report discusses opportunities for policy makers to engage on harm reduction, equitable access to treatment and support, and collaboration and coordination following a PPF roundtable on opioid misuse in December 2018.
Date: Thursday March 14, 2019
Public Service Innovation and Leadership During COVID-19: What Can We Learn?
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...traditional knowledge in the fight Building on its currency in providing Indigenous-led health and social services, the Kenora Chiefs Advisory (KCA), an Indigenous service agency, successfully drew on guidance from...
Date: Thursday June 3, 2021
Food Innovation in Canada’s North: The case for a social enterprise cluster
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Our Task Force conducted a preliminary study of the feasibility of an Arctic Food Innovation Cluster in Canada. The intent of such a cluster is to advance increased access to affordable, culturally informed, healthy food across northern regions. The cluster’s secondary objective is to foster further innovations within the North’s commercial food production industry via new food production methods (e.g., full utilization of harvested fish), value chains, and/or governance models. This would, in turn, boost local economic development opportunities within these northern communities.
Date: Thursday March 7, 2019
Prime Ministers of Canada Fellowship
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The Prime Ministers of Canada Fellowship was established in 2012 to mark the Public Policy Forum’s 25th anniversary, when all living former Prime Ministers were honoured at the Testimonial Dinner and Awards in Toronto. The Fellowship brings prominent Canadian leaders to PPF for a year to conduct research and convene dialogues about public policy, democratic institutions and good governance.
Date: Wednesday October 18, 2017
TOP TAKEAWAYS | The day in 5 minutes
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...engaged in or support trade’s positive outcomes. Indspire’s Roberta Jamieson and economist Chris Ragan. Ensure Indigenous participation Canada has both a moral and legal obligation to include Indigenous peoples in...
Date: Thursday October 13, 2016
Accelerating Growth in Carbon Management: Policy Recommendations for the Federal Government
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...national unity and reconciliation with Indigenous people. Many critical factors are at play. As a northern nation, the dispersion of our population across the massive expanse of our geography, the...
Date: Thursday March 3, 2022
A Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s High-ESG Gas
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...Gas Summit, viewpoints were offered by government officials, environmentalists, investors, geopolitical strategists, public opinion professionals, Indigenous leaders, natural gas distributors, industrial users, proponents of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and of...
Date: Thursday August 18, 2022
Recording lessons for humanity
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...much from my Indigenous and academic partners, encountered amazing people, surfed on the cusp of a technological revolution and ridden a wave of change where many things are truly intangible,...
Date: Wednesday May 24, 2017
A Mouse Sleeping Next to a Dragon: New Twitches and Grunts
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...for Chinese goods. This includes the “One Belt, One Road” that will enhance interconnectivity in Asia. Further, the “Indigenous Innovation” and “Made in China 2025” strategies are aimed at using...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017