Search Results for: Atlantic Canada
Migrants find jobs, prosperity — if they stay in region
News
Immigrants who stay in Atlantic Canada have higher employment levels, higher wages and face less discrimination than immigrants to other parts of Canada, yet the region struggles to attract newcomers and has the lowest retention rates in Canada.
Date: Wednesday May 2, 2018
Perceptions and Polarization
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Political polarization is growing across the globe. In this first report on the urban-rural divide in Canada, Sean Speer teams up with Peter Loewen and the University of Toronto’s Policy, Elections and Representation Lab (PEARL) to explore the theory that a “perception gap” exists between those who live in cities, the suburbs and rural communities. How do Canadians' distorted beliefs of one another’s circumstances fuel polarization?
Date: Tuesday February 2, 2021
Canada’s Innovation Stars: Meet the 2018 Governor General’s Innovation Award laureates
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The innovation stars are out and shining over Canada as the Governor General’s Innovation Awards are handed out to six laureates and teams for 2018.
Date: Tuesday May 22, 2018
Skills for the Post-Pandemic World
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How can we transform Canada’s skills policy landscape to address new trends in how we live, work, learn and socialize in the post-pandemic world? Developed in partnership with Diversity Institute and the Future Skills Centre, and supported by Microsoft, this Scoping Report represents the first phase of a new project designed to tackle these questions. In this initial scoping report, we take stock, outline the key skills issues created and exacerbated by the pandemic, and identify eight areas for research that will be explored in depth in Phase 2 of the project.
Date: Friday December 11, 2020
DDP Research Memo #4: Talking Past Each Other on Immigration
Article
This report examines Canadians' opinions on immigration and their populist and nativist tendencies. It also surveys election candidates' use of social media across platforms.
Date: Thursday September 26, 2019
Jan. 8, 2014: Canada’s Nuclear Energy Sector: Where to from here? (Final report)
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In 2013, the Forum convened diverse stakeholders for a frank discussion about the future of Canada’s nuclear energy sector. Through expert workshops in Saskatoon and Toronto, and an Executive Summit...
Date: Wednesday January 8, 2014
October 3, 2013: Preserving Canada’s Memory
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Over the past year, Canada’s Public Policy Forum, with the support of Library and Archives Canada (LAC), has convened leaders from the private, public and non-profit sectors to discuss how...
Date: Thursday October 3, 2013
Don Wright on why our kids will struggle to have a higher living standard than us: Hub Dialogue
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...major policy paper entitled, Rhetoric vs. Results: Shaping Policy to Benefit Canada’s Middle Class, which essentially argues that Canada’s overall policy framework for the past 30 years or so has...
Date: Thursday September 2, 2021
June 4, 2014: Northern Connections: Broadband and Canada’s Digital Divide (final report)
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...it experiences significantly higher Internet costs and slower connectivity speeds than the rest of Canada. The situation is exacerbated by considerable infrastructure challenges. In winter 2014, Canada’s Public Policy Forum...
Date: Wednesday June 4, 2014
Building Inclusive Workplaces
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A one-size-fits-all approach to pandemic recovery will not work. Programs tailored to the specific needs of specific groups will be important for a strong recovery, as will equitable access to critical supports, such as the infrastructure needed to overcome the digital divide. Businesses, governments and employees must all commit to reskilling — particularly when it comes to those from diverse groups who face barriers and bias — to develop an effective and inclusive skills and employment ecosystem that leaves no one behind.
Date: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Millennial Money: Financial Independence and Well-Being for the Next Generation
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Millennials are as financially knowledgeable as previous generations and are doing OK when it comes to financial well-being, but they face challenges such as housing affordability and student debt repayments that innovative policy should address.
Date: Wednesday November 28, 2018
Innovation Collaboration with Europe: A Transatlantic Symposium
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...Fitzgibbons, Acting Associate Vice-President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Big and open data partnerships: facilitated by Kevin Tuer, Managing Director at Open Data Exchange, Communitech (Canada) and...
Date: Thursday June 25, 2015
Mapping the Landscape: Indigenous Skills Training and Jobs in Canada
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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.
Date: Thursday June 25, 2020
Announcing our 2019 Peter Lougheed Award honourees
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On Nov. 13, join us at our Western Dinner in Calgary to honour Elizabeth Cannon, Stockwell Day, Dawn Farrell & Dave Mowat. Tickets are on sale now.
Date: Monday June 24, 2019
AUDIO | Edward Greenspon talks China with Danielle Smith
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...“I think we need to know what our relationship is with China. What is in Canada’s interests?” Greenspon said. “Canada’s economy only grows if it trades, and Asia is the...
Date: Thursday July 6, 2017