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What’s a wonk?

Is it ‘know’ spelled backwards? An acronym for ‘WithOut Normal Knowledge’? The actual meaning is, well, a little wonky.

Edward Greenspon: ‘The Ukraine that is being rebuilt as we speak will be a better Ukraine’

The following are the opening remarks made by PPF President and CEO Edward Greenspon at a PPF roundtable discussion on rebuilding Ukraine that followed the Rebuild Ukraine conference, on Nov. 22.

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PPF Reads: Our favourite books right now

Each month we ask PPF team members and Fellows for their book recommendations. Here's what they're reading.

How to turn the next generation into champions of democracy

'The walls are closing in on civic spaces.' But there is incredible possibility around empowering young Canadians.

How an event in Fredericton inspired a work of art

Last month’s Atlantic dinner featured a notable special guest – local artist Laura Forrester, who created ‘Atlantic Motion’

Confronting Canada’s polarization problem

PPF Research Fellow in Democracy Victoria Kuketz discusses PPF's upcoming report on polarization in Canada.

How AI and tech could change Canadian health care

A member event looks at how health care is being transformed by data and what can be learned from one of the world’s leading systems