Search Results for: Governance
Jeff Zweig
Person
...experience, Jeff provides governance oversight across Fiera Comox’s global portfolio to drive long-term value and improve sustainability outcomes. Fiera Comox manages over $3 Billion in private alternative and nature-based assets...
Date: Friday January 1, 1988
September 16, 2013: Strengthening Civic Collaboration roundtable summary report
Publication
...generational and economic challenges, youth civic engagement is an issue of paramount importance to our democracy and to continued good governance in Canada. In Spring 2013, with the support of...
Date: Monday September 16, 2013
Canada Growth Summit: The key recommendations
Article
...bank to improve coordination and attract capital. • Ensure successful projects by strengthening analytics, governance and capacity. • Take a balanced approach to minimize economic risks in the clean energy...
Date: Wednesday December 7, 2016
Frontiers and Borders:
Article
...offered up a competing means of organizing governance and entirely new categories of commerce. In time, Main Street’s long and troubled relationship with Wall Street would be superseded by new...
Date: Friday June 18, 2021
The Missing Article
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Since 2021, 65 bilateral agreements involving 45 countries have been reached under Article 6 of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. Canada is not among them.
Date: Thursday November 30, 2023
For inclusive policy, we need inclusive policymaking
Article
...for investment, productivity, training and education. Kent Aitken is the 2016–2017 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow at Canada’s Public Policy Forum, studying and advising on governance in the digital age....
Date: Wednesday March 1, 2017
Lisa Raitt – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree
News
Lisa Raitt: “Growth in Canada has been so anemic; we need to talk about this now in hopes of staving off the same kind of emergency situation (as the mid-1990s).”
Date: Thursday February 9, 2023
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage — The Time is Now
Article
This paper reflects a strong consensus within the Energy Future Forum that any achievable pathway to national climate and economic objectives must include a significant contribution from carbon capture technologies and from utilization and storage. In any post-COVID, “green stimulus” planning, support for CCUS expansion is even more pivotal than before.
Date: Monday March 1, 2021
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
The Next One
Publication
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
New Working Arrangements
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a rapid rise in the number of Canadians who are teleworking. While for many the transition has been positive, and a significant number of workers and employers indicate an interest in continuing teleworking arrangements post-pandemic, there are inequalities in access and ability to telework. As teleworking will likely continue for many workers post-pandemic, taking steps to resolve these inequalities will be an important part of Canada’s economic recovery, as will ensuring that all Canadians are able to access the skills and training they need to succeed in this new working arrangement.
Date: Wednesday May 12, 2021
Shingai Manjengwa
Person
...Governance (IOG). Shingai’s book, ‘The Computer and the Cancelled Music Lessons,’ teaches data science to kids from ages 5 to 12 and she holds a Master’s degree in Business Analytics...
Date: Monday September 13, 2021
Take the 2018 PPF Holiday Quiz!
Article
What's your wonk score? From 12 months of PPF policy events and projects, we've come up with 12 questions to challenge you. Take our Holiday Quiz.
Date: Tuesday December 18, 2018
Report 3: Do Vaccine Brand Preferences Exist?
Publication
Canada has approved four COVID-19 vaccines for use and secured access to more vaccine doses per person than any other country. With such a wide array of vaccines likely to be made available to them, Canadians’ preferences on which vaccine they receive could have a big impact on the vaccination campaign. With data from the Media Ecosystem Observatory, Dr. Peter Loewen breaks down what Canadians consider most important in a vaccine, and which vaccines they prefer.
Date: Tuesday March 16, 2021
Report 5: Reaching the Vaccine Hesitant
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As the supply and availability of vaccines continue to increase across Canada, the only limiting factor on vaccination rates will soon be the willingness of otherwise-reluctant individuals to be vaccinated. Examining data from the Media Ecosystem Observatory, Dr. Peter Loewen provides a real-time view of the vaccine hesitant in Canada. Who are these people? Where do they live? How informed are they about COVID-19?
Date: Tuesday May 18, 2021