Academy

PPF Academy designs, develops and delivers learning programs powered by PPF’s most up-to-the-minute research. Delivered in collaboration with expert knowledge partners, our programs build policy-making capacity and connect participants with leaders across the private and public sectors.

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Introducing the 2025-26 Action Canada Fellows

Meet the 17 emerging leaders selected for the 2025-26 Action Canada Fellowship.
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Managing Canada’s interests under Trump 2.0

Tools and Ideas for Practitioners

  Managing Canada’s interests under Trump 2.0: Tools for Practitioners offers a practitioner’s lens to help policy and program professionals navigate the Canada-U.S. relationship and better advance Canadian interests in a period of international turbulence and uncertainty. This one-day interactive course, offered at the Public Policy Forum’s office in Ottawa...
Public Policy Forum
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Leveraging Communications for Public Policy Delivery

Shaping Behaviour & Driving Change

From health and well-being to energy saving, changing people’s behaviour is key to achieving many critical policy objectives. Communication-based behavioural interventions are a vital tool for governments and organizations — often being faster and less controversial to implement than legal or fiscal changes — and attracting higher levels of public...
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AI Advantage: Boosting Productivity in the Public Service

Offered in partnership with Mila - Québec AI Institute

Learn how to leverage generative AI to support and enhance your workplace productivity.
Online, synchronous
Academy
AI Policy Compass

AI Policy Compass: Navigating the Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Offered in partnership with Mila - Québec AI Institute

A program designed to provide decision-makers and policymakers with a foundational understanding of AI technology.
Registration opened
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Policy Leadership Program

Offered with Telfer Executive Programs

Winter 2026 | PPF and Telfer Executive Programs have joined forces and leveraged our individual strengths to enhance your understanding of current and emerging policy challenges while developing the leadership skills needed to be effective in an increasingly complex government system.
Registration deadline: January 18, 2025

Academy Publications

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Waste Not: Unlocking Critical and Strategic Mineral Opportunities in Canada’s Tailings

Action Canada Fellowship 2024-2025

Released: Friday March 7, 2025

FULL REPORT ON ACTIONCANADA.CA Canada’s mine tailings contain untapped critical minerals essential for the green economy, digital technologies, and national defense. As global demand for these minerals rises, re-mining tailings presents an opportunity to enhance domestic supply, reduce environmental risks, and drive economic growth. However, barriers such as regulatory challenges,...
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Decolonizing the Natural Resource Sector: Implementing Free, Prior, and Informed Consent for a Sustainable Future

Action Canada Fellowship 2024-2025

Released: Friday March 7, 2025

Full report on actioncanada.ca Canada’s natural resources sector is at a turning point, shaped by growing recognition of Indigenous rights and the urgent need for sustainable development. Central to this transformation is the principle of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), as outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the...
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Resilient Roots: Policy Recommendations for Regenerative Grain Agriculture in Canada

Action Canada Fellowship 2024-2025

Released: Friday March 7, 2025

FULL REPORT ON ACTIONCANADA.CA Canada’s agriculture sector faces mounting challenges—extreme weather, aging demographics, shrinking arable land, and rising costs—while global food demand surges. Regenerative farming offers a crucial solution, restoring ecosystems, combating climate change, and improving farmer livelihoods. However, progress remains uneven, and inaction risks losing this opportunity. Our report...
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Shifting Gears: Steering Canada’s urban centers towards a sustainable transportation future

Action Canada Fellowship 2023/2024 Report on Sustainable Transportation

Author: Justine Lalande, Japman Bajaj, Sophie Hamel, Daria Hobeika, Madison Rilling, Tesicca Truong
Released: Thursday February 29, 2024

READ THE FULL REPORT ON ACTIONCANADA.CA The current economic model, driven by consumption and short-term value, has led to urban transportation systems in Canadian cities contributing significantly to environmental degradation. As the second-largest source of emissions in Canada, the existing model focuses on harm reduction rather than addressing the root...
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On the Edge of Affordability: Increasing access to affordable housing for low-to-moderate income renters in Canada

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Author: Anh-Khoi Trinh, Benjamin Sanders, Deanna Matthews, Merryn Maynard and Veronica Fynn Bruey
Released: Thursday September 15, 2022

This paper examines how policy could help low-to-moderate income earners living in urban areas across Canada to access affordable rental housing. This would help them move from financial and psychological anguish to fully participating and thriving in society.
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Tent Nation: Responding to the rise of housing encampments & the homelessness crisis in Canada

An Action Canada Fellowship report

Authors: Sakariya Ahmed, Sara French, Jasmine Irwin, Catherine Maurice, Naheda Sahtout and Ian Van Haren
Released: Tuesday September 13, 2022

The rise of encampments has led to polarized debates among Canadians. There is a pressing need and an opportunity for greater collaboration, knowledge sharing and national coordination to address this pan-Canadian challenge. This report presents seven recommendations to the three levels of government to find solutions for people in need.
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