Search Results for: Science

Deep Takes

...Takes: Innovation Policy Sue Paish (CEO of Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster) Navdeep Bains (Vice-Chair of Global Investment and the former minister of Innovation, Science Economic Development) Sarah Doyle (Chief of...

Date: Tuesday March 1, 2022


PPF Atlantic Summit 2018

The Public Policy Forum’s 2018 Atlantic Summit is the first major initiative in a 3-year project. From 2018-2020 we will conduct research, engage communities and decision makers, and work to support the momentum building behind the Atlantic Growth Strategy. The focus of our first year has been on demographics and the role of immigration as one approach to attract, and keep, the talented people who make Atlantic Canada home.

Date: Thursday May 24, 2018


How ‘Get Updates on COVID-19’ Got Up and Going

PPF's new series chronicles how public servants throughout Canada responded in real-time to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). First up: A new email notification service, Get Updates on COVID-19, turns traditional methods of government communications on its ear. How did it come to be in weeks, not months?

Date: Friday August 7, 2020


Testimonial Awards 2020: The Honouree Book List

...story-teller and he teaches with kindness. Rest in peace, Hans Rosling, 1948-2017. “The Computer and the Cancelled Music Lessons: Data Science for Children” by Shingai Manjengwa I wrote this book...

Date: Wednesday November 11, 2020


New Working Arrangements

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a rapid rise in the number of Canadians who are teleworking. While for many the transition has been positive, and a significant number of workers and employers indicate an interest in continuing teleworking arrangements post-pandemic, there are inequalities in access and ability to telework. As teleworking will likely continue for many workers post-pandemic, taking steps to resolve these inequalities will be an important part of Canada’s economic recovery, as will ensuring that all Canadians are able to access the skills and training they need to succeed in this new working arrangement.

Date: Wednesday May 12, 2021


Keeping Up With the Speed of Disruption

Back by popular demand, the Public Policy Forum’s professional development seminar series Keeping Up With the Speed of Disruption is being offered for a third time, with the first of four sessions taking place on December 7, 2018. The aim of this series is to equip the participants to better understand disruptive technologies, how they can be used to enhance government services and the ways they are challenging policy and governance approaches.

Date: Wednesday November 15, 2017


Emerging Stronger: Addressing the Skills Under-Utilization Challenge for the Future of Work in Canada

How can Canada use its highly skilled workforce as we transition to a knowledge economy? In their new report, AJ Tibando and Arvind Gupta explore Palette Inc., a not-for-profit platform that was created to upskill diverse and non-traditional workers in an ICT sector biased against hiring them. It looks like the Palette model is working.

Date: Friday June 12, 2020


Open(ing) Government

...government cameras, transcripts and websites for legislatures open science and open access to journal articles anti-corruption laws whistleblower protection use of, and contribution to, open source software open source logic...

Date: Monday September 18, 2017


A Ministry Steeped in Tradition Goes Virtual

Since March 2020, Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) has transitioned its largely paper-based and in-person justice system to predominately online and virtual services—opening new opportunities for public access to court proceedings.

Date: Monday December 21, 2020


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


Blaine Woodcock

...Ontario and Baccalaureate of Social Sciences with a concentration in Political Science from the University of Ottawa. In 2018, Blaine was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40.  ...

Date: Monday January 1, 1990


Jennifer Robson

The Carleton University professor strengthens the new Public Policy Leadership Program with her stellar background in government, politics and academia.

Date: Thursday June 30, 2016


From the barn to the bench

...Mallard calls her process of discovery “from the barn to the bench.” She began thinking about breeding animals for disease resistance in 1978 as an undergraduate in animal science at...

Date: Wednesday May 24, 2017


The Limits of Regulation

...don’t want to turn Elections Canada into Politics Canada.   Tom Flanagan is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary and a former campaign manager for conservative...

Date: Friday March 16, 2018


Go Big, or Go Home? Refocusing Entrepreneurship for Productive & Inclusive Growth

Entrepreneurship has been called the backbone of the economy. Despite the popularity of hoodie-wearing CEOs and global tech innovations, broad-based entrepreneurship that fuels local productivity and helps solve real-world problems has declined across developed nations. Canada is no exception. COVID-19 has added to the challenge. As Canada recovers, how do we get entrepreneurship back on track?

Date: Wednesday March 17, 2021