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Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit – Summary Report
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PPF hosted Ontario's first Digital Inclusion Summit back in February. Now, the summary report is available with key takeaways from the event that sparked a larger conversation on making the internet work for all.
Date: Tuesday May 29, 2018
Pathways to Sustainable Access to Innovative Medicines for Canadians
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This report is the culmination of a project that engaged Canadians in roundtable discussions about access barriers, the role of real-world evidence in system improvement, and how to move the healthcare system forward. Participants’ recommendations on reducing barriers to access, strengthening data and evidence and finding balance in our healthcare system.
Date: Friday April 20, 2018
Searching for Innovation? Look North!
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A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada is looking for paths forward to build back better. After a year of invaluable lessons learned, what do we know? What do we want to strengthen? What are we willing to change? What are the assets and building blocks for a stronger future?
Date: Tuesday March 30, 2021
Public servants learn reconciliation means relationship-building and action
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PPF’s reconciliation series didn’t answer all the questions about reconciliation but offered context and impetus to act. By: Jocelyn Formsma
Date: Friday August 3, 2018
BUILDING THE FUTURE
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...end of the OECD scale.vi Canada’s infrastructure stock is held in public hands to a greater extent than some competitor nations that have done more to balance public and private...
Date: Tuesday October 11, 2016
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
PPF Members
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...BioCanRx Blueprint Business Council of British Columbia Business Council of Canada Canadian Institute for Health Information Canadian Red Cross Canadian Urban Institute CANARIE CEDEC DIGITAL Evergreen Canada First Nations Financial...
Date: Wednesday October 18, 2017
Navigating Canada-China Relations in a Turbulent Era
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Canada’s relationship has deteriorated since Canada arrested Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou and China retaliated by arresting Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. The Trudeau government has weighed the costs of human rights advocacy from an increasingly repressive China against commercial interest with the world’s second-biggest economy. It’s led to a stalemate of sorts, but there are some actions Canada could take.
Date: Wednesday October 7, 2020
The Shattered Mirror: 5 Years On
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Our latest report discusses how to save local news in Canada, and how to best adapt the Australian model of negotiated compensation between Google/Meta and the news industry.
Date: Thursday March 3, 2022
The Next One
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Another health security threat will certainly come, and it will defy expectations yet again. Here's how Canada can defend itself against the next emergency.
Date: Monday September 25, 2023
Frontiers and Borders:
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...frontier standard-bearers, plain and simple. They have re-validated that throwing down the welcome mat to others actually enriches nations and humanity. Of course, the real world is not inhabited at...
Date: Friday June 18, 2021
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
Navigating the New World Disorder
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The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated developing geopolitical shifts that are unlikely to dissipate even after the pandemic's economic shock wanes. As a country long used to a more benign international environment, the future prosperity, security and well-being of Canadians will depend in no small measure on how well we navigate this unfamiliar world.
Date: Thursday July 16, 2020
One-on-One: Perry Bellegarde
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...listening. Let’s “try to find common ground,” he said. “The inherent right of self-determination” Bochove asked Bellegarde if he thought First Nations communities have the right to veto infrastructure projects...
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2016
PANEL 4—Build infrastructure for long term, not because it’s ‘shovel-ready’
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...for many national jurisdictions like federal courts, border crossings, military installations, and first nations communities, an agency would apply consistency to building up infrastructure in those domains. The other role...
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2016