Search Results for: Future of Work
Wadih Fares: Save money and look for an empty niche
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Nova Scotia’s premier developer feels an obligation to talk about why he came to Halifax from Lebanon, why he stayed, and why immigration is good for Canada
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
Putting down roots: How community gardens help immigrant retention
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Cultural food security is key to how and whether immigrants take root in their new home. In Halifax, Common Roots Urban Farm was the only source of some traditional foods for newcomers, but the community garden was shut down and no one knows where – or if – it will rise again.
Date: Wednesday December 12, 2018
Dr. Tom Chau: Bringing voice to the voiceless with technology
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...to this realization first hand: His mother, who worked in palliative care, took him and his siblings along as volunteers to help feed patients who were severely disabled. Then, with...
Date: Tuesday May 22, 2018
Different Paths of Pandemic Protection: A comparative case study on vaccine rollouts in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario
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Getting Canadians immunized against COVID-19 has been a complicated process in a country that has neither the capabilities to produce its own vaccine nor a centralized healthcare system to administer it.
Date: Thursday October 28, 2021
One-on-One: Navdeep Bains and John Manley on innovation
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...long-term challenges to the country’s economic future, chiefly its aging population. He suggested a focus on coding and more work-integrated learning. It’s all about “lifelong learning,” he said. “Our approach...
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2016
Opinion: How COVID-19 innovation is leading to better health services for Canadians
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COVID-19 propelled our governments to develop and implement innovative and unprecedented programs to protect and support us throughout the pandemic. Health care accounts for 11.5 % of Canada’s total GDP, and with so many exciting technologies coming on stream and consumers embracing change - the possibilities for innovation are endless. Our new ways of thinking can benefit citizens for generations. This article shares observations, framed from our experiences supporting Ontario health leaders during the pandemic. Together we can leverage this moment to drive innovation and imagine the health systems we want for tomorrow.
Date: Monday August 23, 2021
Tom Chau: Bringing voice to the voiceless with technology
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...this realization first hand: His mother, who worked in palliative care, took him and his siblings along as volunteers to help feed patients who were severely disabled. Then, with the...
Date: Tuesday May 22, 2018
Governance in the Digital Age
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The digital transformation that governments are seeking and citizens are expecting is more than just 'a challenge,' says PPF's Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow Kent Aitken in this new report. After conducting almost 300 interviews over the course of a year, he concludes that governments are currently not set up for the complexities of the digital age and suggests four areas that they need to fundamentally change.
Date: Wednesday September 26, 2018
Summary report: Open policy-making in a digital age
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...strategies without being prescriptive about the work of other departments and agencies. The New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network (SPRN) operates on a three-part network model. The SPRN engages the...
Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017
Report 1: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
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“The Waiting is the Hardest Part” is the first piece in a six-part series focused on attitudes about COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, public trust and support for government, and how this is all changing over time. The project is authored by Dr. Peter Loewen and is based on data collected by the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO).
Date: Monday January 18, 2021
Sustainable Finance 2
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Canada has been trailing behind global developments in sustainable finance, though serious work – particularly in the private and not-for-profit sectors – is underway to develop and implement plans that support a sustainable outcome. If the sustainable finance market is to expand, Canada must provide comprehensive data and information and also offer policy and regulatory certainty for both providers and users. This report offers recommendations in four key areas.
Date: Wednesday February 10, 2021
Canada as an Agri-Food Powerhouse
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...leader in safe, nutritious and sustainable food for the 21st century.” [2] The Advisory Council recommended the government work with the private sector to take a targeted approach to removing...
Date: Thursday April 20, 2017
Prince Edward Island Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...child care,” this systems-level approach is evident in multiple emerging workforce initiatives that support new recruits and the professional certification of existing workers, while encouraging those who have left the...
Date: Tuesday May 17, 2022
Permanently Impermanent: Migrant agricultural workers in Canada
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Action Canada Task Force hears from workers, administrators and farmers that existing programs don't work quite right and they need to for Canada's agricultural sector to thrive.
Date: Thursday March 7, 2019
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