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The Public Policy Forum has produced hundreds of reports since our inception in 1987. This site features reports from 2012 and after, as well as our most popular and referenced publications from earlier years. If there is a specific report you cannot find, please contact us.
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Mapping the Landscape: Indigenous Skills Training and Jobs in Canada

Released: Thursday June 25, 2020

Indigenous businesses are growing and — importantly — creating employment for others. Further, self-employment and entrepreneurship is increasing. If there is an opportunity for the next generation, and for current adult workers, to leapfrog into the future of Canadian work, it may very well be through Indigenous-led business.
Read about Indigenous skills training and jobs in Canada
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Science Disinformation in a Time of Pandemic

Released: Thursday June 11, 2020

By drawing parallels to elections, climate change and the anti-vaccination movement, author Christopher Dornan illustrates how disinformation about COVID-19 can pose significant risks for public health, social cohesion and collective trust. Dornan identifies several useful recommendations for citizens, governments and social media platforms to consider to effectively combat disinformation and engage in evidence-based discussion about scientific findings.
Discover how we can better engage with science news, information and disinformation
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More than Just a Rebuild: Creating a better future for Canada

How COVID-19 has shifted businesses’ priorities as they focus on recovery by Georgina Black and Anthony Viel

Released: Thursday July 30, 2020

The country has been held back by lagging productivity and competitiveness, leading to a stagnant growth rate incapable of lifting Canadians’ standards of living. As we rebuild, simply going back to ‘normal’ is not an option.
Five priority areas to achieve future prosperity
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COVID-19 and Canada’s Border

A Plan to Re-Open Safely by Peter Nicholson, Vivek Goel, and Jeff Larsen

Released: Tuesday July 28, 2020

With COVID-19 raging out of control in the U.S., the last thing most Canadians want to contemplate is more entrants from abroad. But it could be a year before a vaccine arrives and much longer until it is administered globally. If COVID has taught us anything it is that, this time, we have to be ahead of the curve on border control.
A smart approach to border management to achieve more openness and more safety
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Work After COVID-19

Building a Stronger, Healthier Labour Market, by Jim Stanford

Released: Tuesday July 21, 2020

Rebuilding the economy will require a sustained, thoughtful approach. Key to that approach will be improving both the quantity and quality of work to repair fractures and avoid disruption from future waves of infection.
Learn about priorities for labour policy reform
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Navigating the New World Disorder

Canada’s Post-Pandemic Foreign Policy, by Roland Paris

Released: Thursday July 16, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated developing geopolitical shifts that are unlikely to dissipate even after the pandemic's economic shock wanes. As a country long used to a more benign international environment, the future prosperity, security and well-being of Canadians will depend in no small measure on how well we navigate this unfamiliar world.
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Understanding the Nature and Experience of Gig Work in Canada

Released: Tuesday June 30, 2020

Gig work & gig workers are on the rise, fuelled by technology that makes this form of work more easily accessible. What does this mean for Canada’s labour market and how should we respond? Understanding how workers enter, navigate and experience the gig economy is a critical component to better understanding what policies are required to best protect and support them. This report explores what we know, and what we need to know, about the nature of Canada’s gig economy and the experiences of its workers.
Learn about how workers enter, navigate and experience the Canadian gig economy
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Emerging Stronger: Addressing the Skills Under-Utilization Challenge for the Future of Work in Canada

Brave New Work: Key Issues Series

Authors: AJ Tibando and Dr. Arvind Gupta
Released: Friday June 12, 2020

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.
Learn how Canada can transition to a knowledge economy
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