Search Results for: Atlantic Canada
Infographic: 3 Ways to Address Harmful Speech Online in Canada
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The rise of harmful speech online is a threat to Canada’s democracy. The Poisoning Democracy report outlines how governments and digital platform companies can better address hate and harassment, including the creation of a Moderation Standards Council.
Date: Thursday November 8, 2018
Workplace Literacy: The Lynchpin of Canada’s Inclusive Growth Agenda
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...for workers to be part of inclusive economic growth. Workplace Literacy: The Lynchpin of Canada’s Inclusive Growth Agenda explores themes from six roundtables held across Canada from March 2016 to...
Date: Tuesday December 12, 2017
July 8, 2013: Reducing Transportation GHG Emissions in Canada – A Dialogue on a Lower Carbon Future (Vancouver roundtable report)
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Canada’s Public Policy Forum is convening a series of expert dialogues on challenges and opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transportation in Canada. The transport sector represents...
Date: Monday July 8, 2013
Maclean’s Op-ed: How Canada can work on trade with China—without angering America
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PPF's Edward Greenspon and the Vice-Chair of the BMO Financial Group Kevin Lynch share their opinion on Canada-China trade in this Maclean's op-ed. They discuss how the Canadian government must diversify its economy, and China is the obvious target. But that there are risks with such a partnership.
Date: Thursday October 11, 2018
The Urgent Case for a Supply Rebuild
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...and TransCanada Pipeline. If Canada is going to confront today’s challenges and seize tomorrow’s opportunities, the report argues, we need to build things and nurture talent, increasing the supply of...
Date: Tuesday November 1, 2022
Why Canada needs a digital office
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...teams are one possible solution among many to the core problem: governments are — systematically, predictably — struggling with technology. Canada needs a digital office precisely because Canada needs far...
Date: Friday May 12, 2017
Gitane De Silva
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...relations. Gitane was CEO of the Canada Energy Regulator from 2020 to 2023, Canada’s national energy regulator responsible for regulating interprovincial and international pipelines and powerlines to ensure the safe...
Date: Friday January 1, 2016
Janice Stein – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree
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Janice Stein: “It’s a profoundly encouraging thing that so many people want to understand more than they currently do.”
Date: Thursday February 16, 2023
For inclusive policy, we need inclusive policymaking
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...for investment, productivity, training and education. Kent Aitken is the 2016–2017 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow at Canada’s Public Policy Forum, studying and advising on governance in the digital age....
Date: Wednesday March 1, 2017
Canada Growth Summit: The key recommendations
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Addressing Canada’s weaknesses and capitalizing on its strengths While slow economic growth is a global phenomenon, the PPF’s Growth Summit on October 12, 2016, reinforced the fact that Canada is...
Date: Wednesday December 7, 2016
Innovation in Post-Secondary Education
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Canada’s post-secondary institutions are well positioned for the future, thanks to innovative approaches and a willingness to use technological advances in education. COVID-19 has challenged these institutions, but they have showed adaptability under pressure by accelerating their adoption of innovations. However, some challenges predate the pandemic such as better inclusion of equity-seeking groups in higher education. Better funding models and greater flexibility can build greater resilience and agility into the system while addressing long-standing challenges and inequities.
Date: Wednesday June 2, 2021
PPF welcomes budget measures that support Canadian journalism
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The Public Policy Forum welcomes the federal government’s response in today’s budget to the continuing degradation of news gathering capacity in Canada. The government’s pledge to spend $10 million a...
Date: Tuesday February 27, 2018
Keeping Up With the Speed of Disruption
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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
Prince Edward Island Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...Education and Lifelong Learning, along with the ECDA and ELCC operators and educators, participated in the Atlantic Canada Early Childhood Education Training Lab to explore challenges and opportunities around supporting...
Date: Tuesday May 17, 2022
New Brunswick Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...efforts to increase the availability of online courses, wait lists persist. In 2020, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development participated in the Atlantic Canada Early Childhood Education Training...
Date: Thursday March 24, 2022