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Leading Innovation – Insights from Canadian Regions
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To truly understand innovation, you have to go where it is happening. And in Canada, innovation happens in local centres and not immediately on a national scale. The discussion about...
Date: Monday March 12, 2012
Canadian science abroad: A case for coordinated international science engagement
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The Public Policy Forum brought together senior thought leaders representing 19 federal departments, agencies and national associations in November 2015 to discuss opportunities for enhancing the coordination of Canada’s international science engagement. The group traversed many topics and themes, addressing not only coordination of science, but the role and value of science, scientific infrastructure, science diplomacy, Canadian identity through and beyond science, global challenges and wicked problems, our common appetite for change, and Canada’s future scientists.
Date: Saturday September 3, 2016
Report 5: Reaching the Vaccine Hesitant
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As the supply and availability of vaccines continue to increase across Canada, the only limiting factor on vaccination rates will soon be the willingness of otherwise-reluctant individuals to be vaccinated. Examining data from the Media Ecosystem Observatory, Dr. Peter Loewen provides a real-time view of the vaccine hesitant in Canada. Who are these people? Where do they live? How informed are they about COVID-19?
Date: Tuesday May 18, 2021
Open policy-making in a digital age: Summary report
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The concept of ‘open policy making’ represents a shift away from traditional policy-making toward a process that is accessible and transparent to more Canadians, and which incorporates their voices and insights. How is this different in the digital age?
Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017
Skills, Training and Lifelong Learning
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Training for working Canadians is scarce, and the people who most need it are the least able to get it. As global competition and technological change increase, Canada needs to create effective and inclusive systems of training, which are essential for innovation, growth, employment and good incomes. In this report, Daniel Munro looks at Canada's strengths and weaknesses, training models from around the world, and suggests improvements to lifelong learning systems.
Date: Friday March 29, 2019
Atlantic Newsletter #5: Immigrant entrepreneurs
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In the fifth edition of our Atlantic Immigration & Revitalization Newsletter, Kelly Toughill looks at what Atlantic Canada is doing to attract newcomers who will start or take over businesses, create jobs and build the economy. Successful immigrant entrepreneurs share their lessons learned and give advice to fellow and future entrepreneurs.
Date: Wednesday July 24, 2019
The Shattered Mirror: FAQ
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...its key points and recommendations, read on. Visit ShatteredMirror.ca to download the full report. THE SHATTERED MIRROR is the first major study of the state of the news media in Canada since...
Date: Tuesday June 6, 2017
Media Centre
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...bolstering of health security in Canada Aug. 2, 2023 Far and Widening: The Rise of Polarization in Canada July 19, 2023 New report calls for massive investment in electrification to...
Date: Monday January 24, 2022
Innovation, Investment, and Global Mandates
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...country might respond to these issues, Canada’s Public Policy Forum began to examine how MNEs award global mandates that drive investment and innovation in Canada across a range of industries,...
Date: Tuesday December 13, 2011
For Acadians, newcomers are economic saviours but linguistic threats
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The Acadian shore of Nova Scotia is one of many rural areas of Atlantic Canada betting its future on immigration. But even French-speaking newcomers aren’t a solution to preserving the area’s Francophone heart.
Date: Thursday June 6, 2019
Public Policy Forum announces new Board Chair
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The Public Policy Forum is delighted to announce Ilse Treurnicht has been elected the organization’s new Board Chair, and thanks outgoing Chair Anne-Marie Hubert for 10 years of service to PPF and its Canada-wide network of policy leaders.
Date: Wednesday November 13, 2019
Changes to Atlantic Immigration Pilot praised, but more are needed
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Revealing the list of employers authorized to bring immigrants to Canada through the Atlantic Immigration Pilot is an important first step in combating immigration fraud.
Date: Tuesday December 11, 2018
Steve Verheul
Person
...Mr. Verheul was Canada’s Chief Trade Negotiator. In this role, he led the negotiations that resulted in the Canada-US-Mexico Trade Agreement (the new NAFTA) and oversaw various other negotiations. Prior...
Date: Wednesday March 8, 2023
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
Four strategies governments can adopt to manage change in the digital age
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In 2017, the Public Policy Forum dedicated its annual Prime Ministers of Canada Fellowship to the idea of governance in the digital age. The goal was to explore and explain how the world is changing and how governments are responding. Kent Aitken won that Fellowship and wrote a report that practitioners can use as a resource as they contemplate the pressures of change on governance systems. Governance in the Digital Age is the result of a year of research, surveys and interviews with about 300 government practitioners and stakeholders in Canada and around the world.
Date: Monday October 1, 2018