Search Results for: Future of Work
The People Imperative: Strategies to Grow Population and Prosperity in Atlantic Canada
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Atlantic Canada is taking action to rebuild its aging and slow-growing population: The region needs to attract - and keep - more newcomers.
Date: Sunday March 18, 2018
Skills at Speed: Why Canada’s Public Service Should Grow Its Interchange Program to Build Skills and Networks
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The public sector should expand its interchange program with the private sector in order to diversify its employees’ networks and skill sets and, in so doing, help the public service face employment challenges and disruptive technologies.
Date: Tuesday January 22, 2019
TOP TAKEAWAYS | The day in 5 minutes
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...or on-the-job learning experiences to understand how their work can translate into commercialized applications. Canada has a problem matching workers to jobs and jobs to workers, which is exacerbated by...
Date: Thursday October 13, 2016
China and Canada in an Era of Global Disruption
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...and retrain the workforce of this future? •McKinsey estimates that 40+% of current jobs can be automated through these disruptive technologies. The “Scope and Scale” of Disruptive Technologies Source: McKinsey...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
Jan. 8, 2014: Canada’s Nuclear Energy Sector: Where to from here? (Final report)
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In 2013, the Forum convened diverse stakeholders for a frank discussion about the future of Canada’s nuclear energy sector. Through expert workshops in Saskatoon and Toronto, and an Executive Summit...
Date: Wednesday January 8, 2014
Canadian science abroad: A case for coordinated international science engagement
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The Public Policy Forum brought together senior thought leaders representing 19 federal departments, agencies and national associations in November 2015 to discuss opportunities for enhancing the coordination of Canada’s international science engagement. The group traversed many topics and themes, addressing not only coordination of science, but the role and value of science, scientific infrastructure, science diplomacy, Canadian identity through and beyond science, global challenges and wicked problems, our common appetite for change, and Canada’s future scientists.
Date: Saturday September 3, 2016
The Action Canada Fellowship is accepting applications
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The application period for the 2019/2020 Action Canada Fellowship is now open. Interested individuals have until March 15 at 5 p.m. PST to apply.
Date: Wednesday February 6, 2019
Averting a Double-whammy
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a fiscal conundrum for governments: How can they dig themselves out of debt in a manner that protects the financial futures of younger generations? Governments should opt for a mix of fiscal strategies that favour smart tax increases.
Date: Thursday September 10, 2020
The Canada-China Relationship
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...relationship with China as very important for Canada. Future of the Relationship A solid majority (61%) expect the economic and trade relationship with China will grow larger over the next...
Date: Saturday December 9, 2017
A Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition
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...global good. The Leadership Blueprint for Canada’s Net-Zero Energy Transition does exactly that. For more than two years the Energy Future Forum initiative of the Public Policy Forum engaged with...
Date: Tuesday March 15, 2022
Follow the Action Canada Fellows
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The Action Canada Fellowship's 2018/2019 program is well underway. Follow the Fellows as they cross the country and study the 'future of food', their policy topic for the year.
Date: Wednesday July 25, 2018
To prepare for the worst, we need to practice failure in emergency management
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In major emergencies, regardless of cause, it was almost inevitable that responding authorities would struggle. Even in terrorist or natural disasters that seem to have been handled relatively well, the authorities were overwhelmed by the scale & complexity of what they faced. To prepare for the worst, we need to practice failure in emergency management
Date: Monday September 10, 2018
Speer and Asselin: How Canada can compete in the intangibles economy
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The rise of the intangible economy requires us to re-evaluate, refine and reorient how we think about economic policy and aim to position Canada to compete in a new market dynamic. The stakes are high. We need to make the right choices today if we want to thrive in an era of intangibles. And some of these decisions challenge decades of conventional wisdom.
Date: Sunday April 7, 2019
Business as Unusual
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In a message to the PPF community, our President & CEO Edward Greenspon addresses how PPF is re-calibrating and conceiving of new forms of digital engagement.
Date: Tuesday March 17, 2020
Growing the Next Crop of Canadian Farmers
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted fundamental gaps in our agricultural system. For the first time in generations, many Canadians saw empty grocery store shelves and became acutely aware of the challenges facing our domestic food system. What followed were COVID-19 outbreaks on farms and meat processing plants and temporary foreign workers who were delayed and stranded. The pandemic highlights vulnerabilities in Canada’s food supply-chain and the importance of a resilient agricultural sector.
Date: Wednesday March 10, 2021