Search Results for: Atlantic Canada
Facilitating the Future of Work Through a Modernized EI System
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Gaps in Canada’s Employment Insurance program are already leaving too many workers behind as gig work, part-time jobs and self-employment grow. EI needs to be modernized now to support Canadians as they transition to an economy and labour market disrupted by technology and automation.
Date: Wednesday May 1, 2019
Canada-China Session 2: a discussion of national security, human rights and geoeconomics
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...the Canada-China talks, you will find: Meeting Minutes Consultative Forum on China 2nd Session, September 14, 2017 Update: Polling Dr. Paul Evans, Institute of Asian Research and Liu Institute for...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
Canada’s Data Plan: We Need a Data Strategy that Supports Our Values and Encourages Innovation
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As our economy becomes more data driven, Canadians need a national data strategy that encourages innovation, provides security and privacy, that prioritizes transparency and oversight, and that transcends jurisdictional barriers.
Date: Tuesday January 15, 2019
What Needs to Change in a Changing Climate: Managing Risk Requires Decisive Policy and Innovative Technology
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Innovative policy, new technology, faster adaptation and ways to build public support are all needed to manage climate-change risks, which will be critically important to Canada for decades to come.
Date: Thursday January 17, 2019
Inclusive Futures: Indigenous engagement in Canada’s workforce
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This report examines four interlinked factors that contribute to Indigenous inclusion in the labour force and which are incorporated into a suggested framework for developing a tool to measure how inclusive an organization’s workplace is.
Date: Thursday March 12, 2020
It’s not a problem we need to solve, it’s really about good management
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As the world of work continuously shifts, modernizes and innovates, what moves can be made to get and stay ahead when it comes to making work more accessible? PPF co-hosted The Future of Accessible Work panel discussion with Microsoft Canada featuring national and international accessibility leaders & advocates. This speaker series engaged PPF members to learn about accessibility and inclusion straight from the experts. To keep the conversation going and share our lessons learned, we have encapsulated five significant takeaways from the discussion.
Date: Wednesday March 11, 2020
Premier Jason Kenney at the 2019 Peter Lougheed Awards Dinner
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On Nov. 13 in Calgary, Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney explored three forms of reconciliation for Alberta's provincial government: with Alberta’s Indigenous people, of energy growth and environmental stewardship, and of the provincial and federal fields within Canadian Confederation.
Date: Thursday November 21, 2019
Digital Infrastructure for the Post-Pandemic World
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The emergence of COVID-19 forced a shift away from workplaces and schools to online working and learning, but this digital transformation has not been evenly experienced by all Canadians. This report examines the key components of Canada's essential digital infrastructure system, highlights worrying inequalities that exist within this system, and offers recommendations on how to quickly reduce some of the most glaring obstacles that prevent many of those who would benefit the most from accessing training, education and employment opportunities digitally from doing so.
Date: Wednesday May 5, 2021
Economic Equality in a Changing World: Removing Barriers to Employment for Women
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Action is needed to alleviate gender barriers: Good intentions are no longer enough. Despite efforts to improve diversity in the workplace, gender inequality remains both an issue of social justice and an equally compelling economic priority. Yet efforts to advance women’s economic inclusion continue to be hampered by the lack of access to information. This report summarizes existing research and prevailing issues surrounding gender inequality, including those exacerbated by COVID-19, and points to further research that needs to be done on initiatives to reduce gender inequalities.
Date: Friday September 25, 2020
PPF Chair Invested in the Order of Canada
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OTTAWA, NOV. 17, 2017 -– The Public Policy Forum congratulates Anne-Marie Hubert, the Chair of its Board of Directors, on her investment into the Order of Canada. She will be invested as...
Date: Friday November 17, 2017
March 3, 2014: Subsequent Entry Biologics in Canada: the case for multi-sector collaboration (final report)
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In Canada, biologic medication has helped treat chronic illness for almost 30 years. Unlike conventional drugs, which are manufactured from chemicals and other agents, “biologics” are developed through the metabolic...
Date: Monday March 3, 2014
Small and Medium-sized Employers (SMEs): Skills Gaps and Future Skills
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Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 90% of private-sector jobs in Canada. To be competitive in today’s market, they need the right people with the right skills, yet they are disproportionately threatened by labour shortages and skills gaps - a situation made worse by COVID-19. Unlike large corporations, SMEs possess limited resources, making it exponentially more challenging to support these human resources needs. There is a dire need for innovative research & solutions.
Date: Thursday October 15, 2020
Governance in the Digital Age
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The digital transformation that governments are seeking and citizens are expecting is more than just 'a challenge,' says PPF's Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow Kent Aitken in this new report. After conducting almost 300 interviews over the course of a year, he concludes that governments are currently not set up for the complexities of the digital age and suggests four areas that they need to fundamentally change.
Date: Wednesday September 26, 2018
Mowat NFP: Final Year Reports
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In 2012, Mowat established a research hub to provide evidence-based research and analysis on systemic issues facing the non-profit sector in Canada. In its final year of operation (2019-2020), Mowat NFP focused its research on implementing the recommendations of the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector and exploring the future of finance and funding in the sector.
Date: Wednesday February 12, 2020
Canada’s next energy frontier: Shale oil and gas
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...brought together private, public, non-profit and academic leaders in Ottawa to identify research and development (R&D) partnership opportunities to better understand Canada’s shale energy industry challenges. This report synthesizes the...
Date: Thursday January 21, 2016