Search Results for: Culture
Public Service Innovation and Leadership During COVID-19: What Can We Learn?
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...examined these case studies to better understand why innovation can be easier during crises and some of the factors that should be nurtured to allow an innovation culture in public...
Date: Thursday June 3, 2021
NEXT STEPS: Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy
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...technology, the needed culture shift within health care is lagging and amplified by the broader policy and governance issues throughout society. We continue to collect data in silos with minimal...
Date: Wednesday August 10, 2022
Beyond the Digital Status Quo
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a crisis that mobilized organizations and economies – one that tested both the operational assumptions and preparedness of every public sector organization in Canada. Given the adage, “never let a good crisis go to waste”, this paper takes the opportunity to consider digital transformation in the time of pandemic and to offer recommendations to organizations as they consider how best to approach digital transformation, security, and workers, post-pandemic.
Date: Tuesday September 28, 2021
Connect to Compete: Enabling Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
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COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for Canada’s entrepreneurial economy. This paper shows why some entrepreneurs have thrived while others are facing more barriers than ever.
Date: Thursday October 8, 2020
World’s top social media thinkers to discuss threats to democracy – and solutions – at PPF public event on Wednesday, April 4
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On April 4, the Public Policy Forum and the University of British Columbia School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, in partnership with the National Arts Centre, are hosting a discussion with some of the world’s leading experts on social media, including Jonathan Albright, Ben Scott, Julia Angwin, David Carroll, Sue Gardner, and Taylor Owen.
Date: Tuesday April 3, 2018
Pulling up roots: Bhutanese exodus from Halifax offers clues to why newcomers stay or go
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The disappearance of Bhutanese from Halifax is discouraging to those who believe the future of Atlantic Canada is tied to increased immigration, but it is also an opportunity to look at the factors that encourage newcomers to take root – and the factors that lead them away.
Date: Wednesday December 12, 2018
Learning to Change: Worker Resilience and Adaptability
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What does it mean to be adaptable and resilient as a worker, in the face of radical changes to work? With a focus on Alberta, emerging leaders from the Banff Forum and the City of Edmonton discussed policy lessons and policy solutions to prepare individuals and employers for workforce change.
Date: Monday September 23, 2019
For inclusive policy, we need inclusive policymaking
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...Studies suggest that women would also set a more secure social safety net. Our biases also stem from culture. Canada is much more individualistic than the countries from which most...
Date: Wednesday March 1, 2017
Mind the Gaps: Quantifying the Decline of News Coverage in Canada
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In our study of 20 small and mid-sized Canadian communities, the number and depth of newspaper articles about civic affairs declined sharply between 2008 and 2017, leaving citizens less informed about their democratic institutions.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
People-Centric Economic Development: Lessons on International Student Retention from Atlantic Canada
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The economic fortunes of rural Canada depend on attracting human capital, and while international students are highly skilled & qualified candidates for settlement, they don't often stick around. PPF Fellow Sean Speer identifies lessons from two promising programs in Atlantic Canada which seem to be convincing students to settle, against the odds.
Date: Wednesday November 13, 2019
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
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
Small Island, Big Impact
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...competitiveness, political whims and personality squabbles. “Relationships are extremely important in our province,” said Mary Hunter at P.E.I.’s Department of Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture. “We’re a population of just...
Date: Wednesday September 7, 2022
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
Leveraging the Skills of Social Sciences and Humanities Graduates
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Canadians are among the best-educated people on the planet. But are they getting the education they need — particularly in the fields of social sciences and humanities — to maximize their employment prospects in today's fast-changing workplace? This report explores the level of the so-called "skills gap" and identifies issues and solutions to equip university graduates with the tools to transition from student to employee.
Date: Friday January 31, 2020