Search Results for: Environment
Foreword: The future of Canada lies in the North
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"If Canada wants to retain its effective power to shape and influence decisions in its own backyard, it must make sure it clearly understands its interests in the Arctic and is prepared to back them with solid policies and strategic investments."
Date: Tuesday July 9, 2019
Emerging Stronger: Addressing the Skills Under-Utilization Challenge for the Future of Work in Canada
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How can Canada use its highly skilled workforce as we transition to a knowledge economy? In their new report, AJ Tibando and Arvind Gupta explore Palette Inc., a not-for-profit platform that was created to upskill diverse and non-traditional workers in an ICT sector biased against hiring them. It looks like the Palette model is working.
Date: Friday June 12, 2020
Bonnie Mallard: From the barn to the bench
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...get up to try again.” She says it’s important to “nurture the entrepreneurial spirit by creating an environment where inspiration, ideation and investigation can flourish. Innovation, industry investment and implementation...
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2017
Ed Whittingham
Person
Ed Whittingham is a passionate, results-oriented environmental professional who has been called one of Canada’s most prominent environmentalists by the New York Times. His background in climate change, energy policy...
Date: Friday January 1, 2016
Mike Blanchfield
Person
...organizations based on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Mike has covered a range of issues from trade, defence, the environment, legal affairs, politics, diplomacy, climate change, and armed conflict. His reporting...
Date: Saturday December 28, 2019
Skills Gaps, Underemployment, and Equity of Labour-Market Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Canada
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While people with disabilities can achieve socially integrated, financially independent lives through secure, well-paid employment, they are often trapped in low-skill jobs at high risk of automation. Emile Tompa, Daniel Samosh and Normand Boucher underscore the importance of training opportunities that are well aligned with the skills likely to be in high demand in future.
Date: Tuesday January 28, 2020
OPED: Making Canada’s Agents of Parliament truly independent and accountable
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...to privacy, bureaucratic incompetence or inadequate service in our official languages. They advocate for children, the environment and the elderly. They are Agents of Parliament and legislatures. But the “system...
Date: Monday May 14, 2018
How to Restore the Labour Market Balance: Transcript
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...recent history of the labour market can be broken into three distinct phases: pandemic-related economic shutdowns, the recovery that came with re-opening, and the current environment of excess demand. Let...
Date: Thursday November 17, 2022
Workplace Innovation in Canada’s Public Service: How Collaborative Approaches, Dynamic Workspaces, and Enabling Technology Can Deliver Greater Value to Canadians
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Governments are facing mounting pressure to improve service delivery and accountability to citizens under increasing fiscal restraints and an aging workforce. To thrive in this complex environment, public sector organizations...
Date: Wednesday July 6, 2011
APIs in Government
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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) could dramatically improve the way governments deliver services and data to citizens while protecting governments from the risks associated with government-led digital projects. This report examines what was learned through two Government of Canada API projects, and how to build on their successes.
Date: Wednesday June 5, 2019
Poisoning Democracy: How Canada Can Address Harmful Speech Online
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The rise of harmful speech online is a threat to Canada’s democracy. This 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
Summary report: Open policy-making in a digital age
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...tackle tough social and environmental challenges in a financially sustainable manner, and for their ability to attract private investment capital and translate it into social and environmental solutions. In 2016,...
Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017
What MAiD can teach us about policy-making and leadership
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...with stakeholders and citizens – more real and relevant. By meeting with leaders in a deliberate learning environment, participants can draw lessons for their own leadership. Registration now open for...
Date: Thursday January 30, 2020
Edward Greenspon
Person
...early proponent of digital transformation as founding editor of globeandmail.com. At Bloomberg News, he was Editor-at-Large for Canada and global managing editor for energy, environment and commodities, a group situated...
Date: Tuesday November 10, 2020
Testimonial Awards 2020: The Honouree Book List
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...to injustice makes democracy necessary.” These words have been on my desk since university. Elyse Allan Book recommendation: “Leadership in Turbulent Times” by Doris Kearns Goodwin Today’s uncertain environment and...
Date: Wednesday November 11, 2020