Search Results for: Future of Work
Canada-China meeting: National Security and Human Rights
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...have Canadians that are much more adept at dealing with China. Our complacency of easy access to the US works to our disadvantage and people are less driven to seek...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and Precision Medicine
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As researchers and business leaders move quickly to explore and exploit an ever-growing field of artificial intelligence opportunities, policy-makers – recognizing AI’s far-reaching implications - seek frameworks to assess and regulate them. These reports examine issues and suggest frameworks for AI’s impact on transportation of people and goods, and on how we predict, identify and treat disease.
Date: Monday December 10, 2018
The black funnel: #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter and I
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Action Canada's Kharoll-Ann Souffrant '20 weaves together #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter with her own experience and calls for judicial and cultural change to eliminate this 'persistent global scourge'.
Date: Monday August 17, 2020
No More Islands of Care: Bolstering mental health and addictions services for pandemic & post-pandemic life on Prince Edward Island
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Prior to COVID-19, Prince Edward Island struggled to keep up with demand for mental health and addictions services. This account tells of the pivot to virtual care which sees P.E.I. with more psychiatrists on-call and more options for support. Good thing, because the long-term stresses brought by the pandemic have made these services more critical than ever before.
Date: Tuesday November 17, 2020
Pandemic Learning: Paid Micro-Training Opportunities for Post-Pandemic Recovery
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Broad, rapid government support received widespread support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on their public opinion research, Peter Loewen and Blake Lee-Whiting argue that Canadians, especially those who lost income or jobs during the pandemic, would be eager to receive government-assisted skills training as part of that support.
Date: Monday June 28, 2021
Competency Frameworks and Canada’s Essential Skills
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Whether it's new technology or global events driving the pace of change, Canadians are being asked to adapt in the workplace. Canada needs an essential skill framework that includes and looks beyond simple literacy and numeracy. It needs to include the 'soft skills' that industry leaders say are key to success and other essential skills that will help Canadians adapt, no matter what comes their way. Each needs to be measured and tracked to ensure Canadians remain globally competitive, and this paper argues that renewing Canada’s Essential Skills framework is the place to start.
Date: Friday November 13, 2020
Naila Moloo – 2023 Emerging Leader Award Recipient
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Filled with a burning desire to create positive change for her community, Caitlin Tolley has used her voice at home and on the global stage as an advocate for Indigenous people. On April 12, the Public Policy Forum will recognize her work with the Emerging Leader Award at its Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards in Toronto.
Date: Monday April 3, 2023
Flipping the Script: Alberta Health Services’ online assessment tool becomes the core of the province’s COVID response
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Little did Alberta Health Services' Digital Experience team know this moment would shift the province’s whole pandemic strategy, and become the core of Alberta’s COVID response. Their assessment tool with online booking and results would get attention from across North America, and spark a form of collaboration that would cast lasting doubt on the way things have always been done.
Date: Monday October 26, 2020
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
Strategic Assets in Uncertain Times: Unlocking Energy and Resources in Canada’s North
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Canada has lost its edge in northern development and research. The North's resources have important strategic and economic implications for Canada, and their development - done in the right way - has huge potential benefits for all Canadians now and into the future.
Date: Tuesday July 9, 2019
PPF and Action Canada introduce the 2018-2019 Fellows
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...More than an annual fellowship, it is an enduring network of dedicated leaders who support each other in working for Canada. For more information, visit www.actioncanada.ca or follow us on...
Date: Friday June 8, 2018
Fire and Ice: Arctic Responses to Climate Change and Lessons for the Rest of Canada
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The North is warming faster than any other place in Canada. The lessons being learned about mitigation in the North can help all of Canada adapt to a rapidly warming world.
Date: Tuesday July 9, 2019
Opinion: Without bold action, we’re going to miss a key climate and economic opportunity
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Op-ed by Janet Annesley and Michael Bernstein, co-chairs of the Public Policy Forum’s Energy Future Forum – Carbon Management Working Group. The recent sixth assessment report from the UN’s Intergovernmental...
Date: Friday September 3, 2021
A Mouse Sleeping Next to a Dragon: New Twitches and Grunts
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...is being obtained through a series of mergers and acquisitions. As one China analyst observes, “the long-term economic benefit and future scalability of what is being acquired is thought to...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
Rachel Wernick
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...as Co-Champion of the Clerk’s Policy Community initiative; a role she held for five years. Rachel’s expertise includes workforce development, skills innovation, the future of work, skills and employment for...
Date: Tuesday October 3, 2023