Search Results for: Indigenous
Roundtable series on Enhancing First Nations Access to Capital
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One of the key challenges outlined in Realizing the Potential: Global Perspectives on Indigenous Economic Development focused on the need to address access to finance for First Nation communities. Unlike...
Date: Tuesday December 23, 2014
World’s Top Business Thinker Roger Martin to Warn of Efficiency’s Effects on Democratic Capitalism
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...public service, the private sector, Indigenous groups, labour, post-secondary institutions and NGOs to improve policy outcomes for Canadians. As a non-partisan, member-based organization, we work from “inclusion to conclusion,” by...
Date: Tuesday December 5, 2017
PPF Welcomes Five New Fellows
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...Indigenous issues linked to education, governance in the North and remote communities. · Glen Hodgson, economist and author. He brings deep pools of knowledge of economic policy and growth related...
Date: Friday January 5, 2018
Solving for Shortages in Nova Scotia: Employer Experiences and the Labour Market Across Atlantic Provinces
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Employers across Atlantic Canada are facing skills shortages and are turning to newcomers to fill job vacancies. Yet retention in the region remains a problem, and many immigrants who relocate elsewhere in Canada report employment as a leading cause for their decision to move away. A consultation with local business leaders, business council representatives, educators and immigrant workers provided insights into challenges and policy opportunities.
Date: Thursday November 26, 2020
Canada’s Associations See What’s Trending in the Future of Work
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From new ways of approaching lifelong learning to recognizing that technology is not the only driver of workplace change, representatives of Canadian associations shared their perspectives on the changing nature of work and how workers and employers are affected.
Date: Monday April 1, 2019
Power Plays
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...Scotia picked five wind projects to proceed, all with Indigenous majority ownership, which will generate 1,373 gigawatt hours of power per year, about 12 percent of the province’s needs.[17] Newfoundland...
Date: Monday February 26, 2024
Do We Really Want to Make Canadians Poorer?
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...provide a rising standard of living for all Canadians, and to finance all our important objectives – reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, better healthcare and more affordable childcare, to name...
Date: Wednesday July 27, 2022
PPF Chair Invested in the Order of Canada
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...and the public service, the private sector, Indigenous groups, labour, post-secondary institutions and NGOs to improve policy outcomes for Canadians. As a non-partisan, member-based organization, we work from “inclusion to...
Date: Friday November 17, 2017
Revitalizing Atlantic Canada: immigration and the labour market
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...mix of urban and rural, big and small, with linguistic differences and local ways, all overlaid in a space rich in Indigenous history. As the population regionally stagnates or even...
Date: Monday March 12, 2018
Inclusivity: How to ensure everyone wins
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...was wrong to focus inclusivity efforts on certain segments of the population, like women and Indigenous communities, rather than aiming for inclusivity “from the get-go.” Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi seemed...
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...working as early childhood educators and assistants in the province. Of those, 96 percent were female, nine percent were Indigenous, four percent were immigrants and four percent were visible minorities....
Date: Tuesday May 17, 2022
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
Two Mountains To Climb: Canada’s Twin Deficits and How to Scale Them
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Canada must come to grips not just with a massive fiscal shortfall but also consecutive deficits in our current account, a broad measure of our trading and investment relationship with the rest of the world. A government plan must be growth oriented if we are to get the twin deficits under control without resorting to the drastic measures of 25 years ago.
Date: Monday September 14, 2020
BUILDING THE FUTURE
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Strategic Infrastructure for Long-Term Growth in Canada What are the gaps in Canada’s infrastructure plans? Canada is an infrastructure laggard in a world where these investments matter more and more. While...
Date: Tuesday October 11, 2016
Gail Burnett
Person
...Gail led the HR initiatives at several organizations, most recently, at a non-profit which advocated for Indigenous women and girls, where she worked closely with the CEO and management team....
Date: Friday December 16, 2016