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The Solution Set: Carbon Capture & Direct Air Capture

Carbon capture has a powerful allure. If there's too much CO2 in the atmosphere, why not remove the excess, and store it deep underground or use it in manufacturing other products? It sounds like a considerable solution on the way to a net zero carbon economy by 2050.

Date: Thursday May 7, 2020


Technology-Enabled Innovations in the Skills and Employment Ecosystem

This paper outlines places where technology can or is providing innovative approaches to skills training. This includes the assessment of skills, development of skills, and the alignment of supply and demand — including advancing bias-free recruitment. With real-world examples from around the world, it also reviews how technology can improve access, diversity and workplace inclusivity amongst equity-seeking groups.

Date: Tuesday November 3, 2020


Options for a Canada-China FTA Negotiation Strategy

...sugar and rice. Services: A fourth example is services where two-way trade is already significant despite the large difference in the economic importance of services in the two countries. Services...

Date: Tuesday June 20, 2017


As a means of reskilling Canada’s workforce, are microcredentials a boon—or just hype?

Microcredentials are emerging as a popular method for upskilling, but their lack of standardization, among other concerns, may impact whether or not these programs are here to stay. Read this case study by Rosanna Tamburri on education innovation – all for PPF's Brave New Work project on the future of work.

Date: Thursday June 3, 2021


Power Plays

...A. (Mar. 22, 2023). The Atlantic Canada Momentum Index. https://ppforum.ca/publications/the-atlantic-canada-momentum-index/. Public Policy Forum. ↑ Ibid. ↑ Canada Energy Regulator. (n.d.). Canada’s Energy Future 2023: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to...

Date: Monday February 26, 2024


Mind the Gaps

...of a region not so white and not so poor anymore. ENDNOTES Sharpe, A. (Mar. 22, 2023). The Atlantic Canada Momentum Index. https://ppforum.ca/publications/the-atlantic-canada-momentum-index/. Public Policy Forum. ↑ Eisen, B., and...

Date: Tuesday March 19, 2024


Bringing Innovation to Life: Innovation-Based Growth In Canadian Life Sciences

Canada’s economic future will be driven by globally competitive companies working at the forefront of knowledge and technology. These companies are built on innovation and skills, cornerstones of economic growth and prosperity. Canada enjoys significant advantages in these areas, but must not be complacent as countries around the world are driving their own economic growth through significant investments in research, innovation and skills.

Date: Wednesday January 3, 2018


Stephanie Nolen – 2023 Hyman Solomon Award Honouree

Stephanie Nolen: “When you establish points of commonality with the people who are living through these experiences, then people start to be concerned”

Date: Thursday February 2, 2023


Managing Precarious Work: Three Canadian Models for Rebalancing Bargaining Power in the Future of Work

Hear the expression “precarious employment” or the “gig economy” and you’ll almost certainly think of the Uber driver who took you to the airport last week. However, precarious employment dates back much further. This report examines three entrenched models—construction workers, those in film and theatre, and those in academia—for recommendations governments can use to address the growing challenge of gig work.

Date: Monday December 2, 2019


Marcel Côté Award

Marcel Côté was a boundless visionary, a bridge-builder and a tireless advocate for good public policy. It’s in his honour that the Public Policy Forum created the annual Marcel Côté...

Date: Wednesday October 18, 2017


A Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition

...global good. The Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition does exactly that. For more than two years the Energy Future Forum initiative of the Public Policy Forum engaged with...

Date: Tuesday March 15, 2022


Employers’ Lessons Learned in Hiring, Retaining and Advancing Employees with Disabilities

...employers, and by employees working to identify possible directions to make workplaces more equitable for employees with disabilities. Research for the Access Ability strategy report included a review of publicly...

Date: Saturday March 5, 2022


Opinion: As revenue declines and big tech steps in, there are three options to help journalism in Canada

Facebook and Google have signed secret deals with dozens of desperate publishers to provide financial and other supports.

Date: Wednesday August 11, 2021


Speer: Is Canadian politics shaped by “the revenge of places that don’t matter”?

The economic gap between urban and rural places in Canada is significant and we cannot afford to let distressed communities come to the view that they don’t matter. PPF’s Prime Ministers of Canada fellow Sean Speer stresses the importance of cultivating a shared understanding of urban and rural cultures, and will travel across the nation in order to formulate a policy agenda that can bridge the urban-rural divide.

Date: Saturday October 12, 2019


Disaster Risk, Climate Change and National Security Governance in Canada

...population displacements and billions of dollars in insurance and public treasury losses. While emissions mitigation measures may contain long-term impacts, increasingly frequent extreme weather events and climate impacts are already...

Date: Thursday December 2, 2021