Action Canada Fellowship 2018
More Than a Place of Refuge: Meaningful engagement of Government-assisted refugees in the future of work
The evolution of the Canadian labour market threatens to aggravate the challenges facing resettled refugees. We propose six recommendations for the Government of Canada to better support GARs to succeed in the labour market.
Benefit not Burden: Older workers and the future of work in Canada
This report is about the future of work and how building an inclusive, resilient economic future requires a critical look at how we understand and value older workers.
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Action Canada 2019/2020 – Halifax Study Tour
Following tradition, Action Canada is heading to The Maritimes on its third study tour of 2019/20.
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Action Canada 2019/2020 – Yukon Study Tour
Following tradition, Action Canada is heading North for one its study tours.
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How to talk so people will listen: A lesson from Sadhu Johnston, City Manager of Vancouver
“So, who are you, and what do you want to learn from me?” Vancouver's City Manager Sadhu Johnston goes off script when meeting with Action Canada Fellows.
PPF and Action Canada introduce the 2019/2020 Fellows
The 16 new Fellows from across Canada will be focusing on the Future of Work.
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Work in Progress: Why jobs are changing and where are the opportunities for all?
And why are jobs changing? Join the Indigenomics Institute's Carol Ann Hilton and Microsoft's Edoardo de Martin for a dialogue facilitated by SFU's Mark Winston on June 14 in Vancouver.
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Action Canada 2019/2020 – First Study Tour
The newest Action Canada cohort will start their journey on June 13 in Vancouver. Follow along with them!
Food Innovation in Canada’s North: The case for a social enterprise cluster
Our Task Force conducted a preliminary study of the feasibility of an Arctic Food Innovation Cluster in Canada. The intent of such a cluster is to advance increased access to affordable, culturally informed, healthy food across northern regions. The cluster’s secondary objective is to foster further innovations within the North’s commercial food production industry via new food production methods (e.g., full utilization of harvested fish), value chains, and/or governance models. This would, in turn, boost local economic development opportunities within these northern communities.
Making Informed Food Choices
A lack of information about some aspects of food makes it difficult for Canadians to make informed food choices. Our Task Force set out to address this by considering what policy decisions could improve Canadians' ability to make informed food choices.
Permanently Impermanent: Migrant agricultural workers in Canada
Action Canada Task Force hears from workers, administrators and farmers that existing programs don't work quite right and they need to for Canada's agricultural sector to thrive.
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Action Canada 2018/2019 presents the Future of Food
Join us for the final task force report presentations from the 2018-2019 Action Canada cohort. After a 10-month study of the Future of Food that started last June in Ottawa and saw the group travel to from Laird, SK to St-Alexandre, QC and many places in between, the three Task Forces are nearly ready to present their final reports and recommendations.
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Action Canada Ottawa Study Tour
Action Canada’s 16 Fellows will gather in Ottawa where our first study tour took place. It’s the fifth and final study tour of the 10-month program and will provide opportunities to meet many of the experts that will inform the three research projects that are taking shape.