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Democracy is cracking and platforms are no help. What can we do about it? Some policy suggestions

In this Nieman Journalism Lab article we get an overview of the policy recommendations in the PPF report "Democracy Divided" as part of PPF's ongoing Shattered Mirror Series. The report addresses questions of disinformation and hate speech and its spread through social media marketing tools.

Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018


Lacy Atalick

...writing its COVID newsletter throughout the pandemic, launching social media experiments and writing explainers. Previously, she supervised Global News’ social media team as editors worked to amplify projects, investigations and...

Date: Friday August 18, 2017


A Pivotal Moment: CSIS steps out of the shadows to protect Canada’s biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic

In Spring 2020, threat actors wearing lab coats instead of trench coats were infiltrating our labs in hopes of stealing valuable COVID-19 vaccine research. It forced Canada’s top secret intelligence agency CSIS to step out of the shadows and warn those most at risk.

Date: Monday November 23, 2020


China and Canada in an Era of Global Disruption

...the core institutions of government, business, and the media in 20 of the 28 countries surveyed by the Edelman Trust Barometer. Trade displacing jobs, technology displacing workers and jobs, short-termism...

Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017


Canada’s Moonshot Expert Advisory Panel

...experience, economic analysis, corporate communications, marketing, public and media relations, research, and digital experience. He joined BDC in 1999 and has held a variety of field and corporate positions during...

Date: Tuesday May 18, 2021


The Future is Now: Creating Decent Work Post-Pandemic

Artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, the sharing economy and other emerging technologies were expected to upend the nature of how people work, eliminate an array of routine and repetitive tasks, and put pressure on social support frameworks designed for a different era. These impacts expected to be felt in the near to medium term suddenly find themselves present. The need to reinvent Canada's social and economic policy frameworks has a newfound urgency.

Date: Friday June 12, 2020


The Data Talks: How Statistics Canada Measured a Pandemic

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


Summary report: Open policy-making in a digital age

...civil society direct access to elected officials and news makers, and in many ways, bypassed the traditional media gate keepers, creating competition for those media outlets. Individuals can search out...

Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017


World’s Top Business Thinker Roger Martin to Warn of Efficiency’s Effects on Democratic Capitalism

...University  News media are welcome to cover the event. Please contact us to register. -30- ABOUT THE PPF The Public Policy Forum works with all levels of government and the...

Date: Tuesday December 5, 2017


Meet our Emerging Leader Award recipient, Maayan Ziv

Maayan Ziv will be honoured for her advocacy with the Emerging Leader Award at PPF’s 2019 Testimonial Dinner and #PPFawards on April 11 in Toronto. Founder and CEO of AccessNow, an app and digital platform, she is passionate about creating a more accessible and inclusive world.

Date: Thursday April 4, 2019


Recommendations to Strengthen Canada’s Response to New Digital Technology and Reduce the Harm Caused by their Misuse

How can we create a vibrant digital public sphere that doesn’t by design expose people to an ocean of baser instincts — much less to hatred and abuse? The Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Expression explores the question of online harms, as Canadians spend more and more time on the Internet, particularly in the COVID-19 pandemic. These 42 members, randomly selected from a pool of volunteers, who we hope represent the widest possible range of voices and perspectives, come together to provide 33 recommendations that balance the harms of misuse of technology with freedom of speech.

Date: Thursday January 28, 2021


Indigenous Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot

...– Alberta Region, p. 5 https://www.afnigc.ca/main/includes/media/pdf/digital%20reports/IELCC%20Environmental%20Scan%20FINAL.pdf ↑ Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. (2017). Inuit Submission to Employment and Social Development Canada Regarding National Indigenous Early Learning, p. 13, 17. https://www.itk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/National-Indigenous-Early-Learning-and-Child-Care-Report.pdf ↑ Ibid.,...

Date: Friday May 6, 2022


Atlantic Newsletter #2: What we can learn from refugees’ success in Atlantic Canada

In this second edition of our Atlantic Immigration & Revitalization Newsletter, PPF research associate Kelly Toughill talks to leaders and refugees across Atlantic Canada to understand what we can learn from their higher retention rates and overall success

Date: Monday March 4, 2019


Stewarding AI and cultural change: It’s everybody’s business

What will it take to steward digital development and support workers and the broader public as we transition to a more automated future? Emerging leaders from the Banff Forum say the underlying principles we follow – and insist on – may make all the difference.

Date: Wednesday November 27, 2019


Allison Gifford

Allison Gifford, widely respected by industry, media and multi-partisan political stakeholders, arrives at PPF with over 20 years of experience in government relations, communications and public policy, including almost a...

Date: Monday June 12, 2023