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Three ways to reduce anxiety about the future of work
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Rapid change in how we work can stoke fears of a jobless future, but these key policy changes can help turn anxiety into opportunity.
Date: Thursday January 24, 2019
Towards a 21st Century Success Story with the United States
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Relations with the United States have been challenging for Canada in recent years. It’s become clear that Canada needs to move beyond its traditional trade-of-goods narrative with the U.S. and focus on factors that will be most important for its diplomatic assets in the coming years, namely culture and technology.
Date: Thursday October 29, 2020
A New North Star
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Rapid and far-reaching changes to the global economy, driven by technology, demographics and geopolitics, are forcing us to rethink some of the core assumptions of what makes a nation competitive or not. Robert Asselin and Sean Speer offer a bi-partisan strategy for what Canada can do in a data-driven 'intangibles' economy.
Date: Thursday April 4, 2019
Groups from Across Canada Join Initiative to Get Climate and Energy Policy Working Together
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The Energy Future Forum (EFF), a new pan-Canadian initiative to develop policy answers that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the economy, was officially launched on Dec. 16 at a meeting in Toronto. It's an "unprecedented effort to find common cause in addressing Canada’s climate and energy challenges,” said PPF's Edward Greenspon.
Date: Monday December 16, 2019
Small and Medium-sized Employers (SMEs): Skills Gaps and Future Skills
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Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 90% of private-sector jobs in Canada. To be competitive in today’s market, they need the right people with the right skills, yet they are disproportionately threatened by labour shortages and skills gaps - a situation made worse by COVID-19. Unlike large corporations, SMEs possess limited resources, making it exponentially more challenging to support these human resources needs. There is a dire need for innovative research & solutions.
Date: Thursday October 15, 2020
Brave New Work Newsletter #4
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In the fourth edition of our Brave New Work Newsletter: Our latest report on rebalancing bargaining power in the future of work, a panel discussion on the future of Alberta's energy sector, and two of our latest blog posts.
Date: Monday December 2, 2019
Lisa Raitt – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree
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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
EI Failed So We Made CERB: Now What Should We Learn?
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When COVID-19 lockdowns came, Canada’s employment insurance system failed to cover enough of the Canadian workforce that was affected and failed administratively to keep up with the surge in applications for benefits. This new report by Jennifer Robson proposes ideas for policy reform and shows why Canadians need wage insurance in the first place.
Date: Thursday August 13, 2020
Kathleen Gnocato
Person
...recently Senior Director for Corporate Innovation at the MaRS Discovery District, where she was responsible for establishing strategic partnerships with medium-large organizations to accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies and...
Date: Sunday September 11, 2022
Carole Lee Reinhardt
Person
...spheres of investment, innovation, immigration, policing and productivity. During her 30-year career in the public sector, she produced over 1,000 policies, 300 business plans and over 100 strategic plans through...
Date: Tuesday November 26, 2019
Shingai Manjengwa
Person
...research into educational programming to drive responsible AI adoption and innovation in industry. Shingai serves on the advisory council for, “Accelerating the adoption of AI in healthcare,” a program by...
Date: Monday September 13, 2021
British Columbia Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...the impact of these efforts on the workforce. More innovation is needed, with all sectors at the table. In addition to increasing ECE seats in post-secondary institutions (1,150 new spaces...
Date: Wednesday March 16, 2022
Welcome to our new board directors
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Welcome aboard to five new directors on the Public Policy Forum board: Neil Desai, Christiane Fox, Eric Axford, Kathy Kinloch and Dominic Barton.
Date: Thursday November 15, 2018
The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age
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The media mirror — how media reflects the communities it represents — is shattered. Is a lifeline needed?
Date: Thursday January 26, 2017
One-on-One: Bill Morneau
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VIDEO: Bloomberg TV’s Amanda Lang interviews the Finance Minister on infrastructure, innovation and inclusion Ottawa, Oct. 12, 2016 Notable quotes “What Canadians will judge us on is the quality of...
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2016