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Building Inclusive Workplaces
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A one-size-fits-all approach to pandemic recovery will not work. Programs tailored to the specific needs of specific groups will be important for a strong recovery, as will equitable access to critical supports, such as the infrastructure needed to overcome the digital divide. Businesses, governments and employees must all commit to reskilling — particularly when it comes to those from diverse groups who face barriers and bias — to develop an effective and inclusive skills and employment ecosystem that leaves no one behind.
Date: Wednesday May 19, 2021
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...a champion of public policy Feature your organization on the PPF website, social media channels, and at all signature events. Members can celebrate recent announcements and public policy leadership on...
Date: Tuesday April 18, 2023
Quebec Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...broadcasted in the media (in French). Scholarships of $1,500 per semester will be paid to students after each successfully completed full-time semester, which represents a potential of $9,000 for the...
Date: Tuesday May 10, 2022
Keeping the Lights On: Did a wage subsidy in a time of crisis save Canadian businesses?
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As businesses saw their revenues plummet in early spring, the Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency quickly hammered out the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy allowing employers to keep on staff. Did it achieve what it set out to do?
Date: Thursday December 3, 2020
For Acadians, newcomers are economic saviours but linguistic threats
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The Acadian shore of Nova Scotia is one of many rural areas of Atlantic Canada betting its future on immigration. But even French-speaking newcomers aren’t a solution to preserving the area’s Francophone heart.
Date: Thursday June 6, 2019
Economic Equality in a Changing World: Removing Barriers to Employment for Women
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Action is needed to alleviate gender barriers: Good intentions are no longer enough. Despite efforts to improve diversity in the workplace, gender inequality remains both an issue of social justice and an equally compelling economic priority. Yet efforts to advance women’s economic inclusion continue to be hampered by the lack of access to information. This report summarizes existing research and prevailing issues surrounding gender inequality, including those exacerbated by COVID-19, and points to further research that needs to be done on initiatives to reduce gender inequalities.
Date: Friday September 25, 2020
Alison Uncles
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Contact Alison Alison Uncles joined PPF after an accomplished career in journalism. She was most recently Editor-in-Chief of Maclean’s magazine, where her team won the National Magazine Awards’ best news/business/general...
Date: Friday July 23, 2021
Immigrant entrepreneurs: Highly desired, hard to attract
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Atlantic Canada is competing globally to attract newcomers to start or take over businesses, create jobs and build the economy. It’s obvious why governments want to recruit them, but it’s surprisingly hard to do.
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
Pulling up roots: Bhutanese exodus from Halifax offers clues to why newcomers stay or go
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The disappearance of Bhutanese from Halifax is discouraging to those who believe the future of Atlantic Canada is tied to increased immigration, but it is also an opportunity to look at the factors that encourage newcomers to take root – and the factors that lead them away.
Date: Wednesday December 12, 2018
Carina Lin: Be patient
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Lin expected to spend $150,000 and launch her New Brunswick candy business in a little more than a year. It took more than three years and $650,000. She praises government settlement and business support programs, but wishes they weren’t so hard to find.
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
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
Tareq Hadhad: Adapt your product to the Canadian market
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The CEO of Peace by Chocolate is on a mission to spread hope—and to be a major player in Canada’s candy market
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
Keeping international students in Atlantic Canada: EduNova’s big experiment
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Why don’t a quality education, strong language skills and an open work permit guarantee success in Atlantic Canada? Fewer international graduates stay in this region after graduation than any other. Students and their advocates tell KELLY TOUGHILL what can be done to counter the trend.
Date: Monday April 15, 2019
Place-Based Policy Options for Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID Canada
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As Canadians look forward to the economic recovery and governments herald a new normal, few signals have been given about its policy landscape, and even fewer about the role of small business and entrepreneurs in the post-COVID strategy. With the horizon now in sight, how can governments move quickly to put a shot in the arm of small businesses and entrepreneurs that are operating in disparate and localized challenges and conditions?
Date: Wednesday March 10, 2021
Refugees stay put more than other newcomers do – but why?
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Access to more settlement services, easier family reunification and safety are among the myriad reasons refugees tend to stay where they settle in the Maritimes, writes Kelly Toughill
Date: Monday March 4, 2019