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Atlantic Newsletter #2: What we can learn from refugees’ success in Atlantic Canada
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In this second edition of our Atlantic Immigration & Revitalization Newsletter, PPF research associate Kelly Toughill talks to leaders and refugees across Atlantic Canada to understand what we can learn from their higher retention rates and overall success
Date: Monday March 4, 2019
PPF Welcomes Five New Fellows
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...Fellows lend their deep experience to our research projects, help identify emerging policy trends and advise the PPF. They are an essential part of PPF’s ability to deliver timely, relevant...
Date: Friday January 5, 2018
PPF Chair Invested in the Order of Canada
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...Forum CNeustaedter@ppforum.ca 613.238.7858 ext. 286 Mobile: 613.866.7210 Jonathan Perron-Clow Communications Specialist Public Policy Forum JPerron-Clow@ppforum.ca 613.238.7858 ext. 224 Mobile: 613.806.4967 For more information, visit www.ppforum.ca or follow us on Twitter: @ppforumca...
Date: Friday November 17, 2017
PPF and TD Bank Group announce a major research project on economic and financial inclusion
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...be informed of project undertakings and events, please subscribe to PPF’s project update e-mails: https://ppforum.ca/sign-email-updates/ About PPF The Public Policy Forum builds bridges among diverse participants in the policy-making process...
Date: Wednesday June 23, 2021
Bilingual Communications & Marketing Specialist
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...and grow PPF’s diverse audiences on digital and traditional channels. Responsibilities Plan, create and manage content for PPF’s website, email marketing campaigns and social media channels including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook,...
Date: Friday June 1, 2018
PPF’s new Atlantic newsletter tracks immigration and employment
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Atlantic Canada faces profound demographic changes that challenge its future prosperity and economic sustainability. With a new email newsletter, the Public Policy Forum will keep you up to date on our three-year research project on immigrant retention and labour market revitalization in the region and share other timely research and articles.
Date: Thursday December 13, 2018
Bringing New Voices to the Table: Re-thinking On-reserve Housing in Canada
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...PPF engaged and worked with Indigenous leaders with experience in participatory community consultation, and with a vast network of contacts in First Nations communities. The PPF worked with Michelle Sault,...
Date: Monday February 27, 2017
Legitimacy in Reconciliation: A Path Forward
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Indigenous youth had clear ideas on how to find the legitimacy needed for reconciliation at the Public Policy Forum's (PPF) Nov. 29 unconference in Regina. This report highlights their six recommendations. In August 2017, the Centre for Public Impact approached PPF to be a part of a global project that explores What is legitimacy? How is it achieved and preserved? How does it manifest in different parts of the world? PPF brought together 21 young Indigenous people to discuss if the Government of Canada has the legitimacy to deliver on its commitment to Indigenous Peoples and how it can work to build the trust and transparency required.
Date: Tuesday May 15, 2018
Kelly Cyr
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...& events and currently leads our signature events such as the Testimonial Dinner & Awards, the Western Dinner, the Atlantic Dinner and has general oversight on all PPF events. She...
Date: Wednesday January 10, 2018
Project Evaluation Executive Summary (January – March, 2018)
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Project Description The Atlantic Revitalization Project (ARP) is a three-year undertaking by the Public Policy Forum (PPF) to bolster the success of the Atlantic Growth Strategy. The overarching purpose is...
Date: Thursday July 19, 2018
PPF mourns death of former Privy Council Clerk Gordon F. Osbaldeston
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The Public Policy Forum is offering heartfelt condolences to the family of former Clerk of the Privy Council, Gordon F. Osbaldeston, who has passed away at age 88. Since 2006, our annual lecture on public service issues has honoured his name and legacy.
Date: Monday March 11, 2019
Democracy Divided: Countering Disinformation and Hate in the Digital Public Sphere
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Democracy has been made vulnerable to attack by hate speech and disinformation on digital and social platforms. Policy must be implemented to reconcile freedom of speech and freedom of the press with these online news threats to democracy.
Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018
Mind the Gaps: Quantifying the Decline of News Coverage in Canada
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In our study of 20 small and mid-sized Canadian communities, the number and depth of newspaper articles about civic affairs declined sharply between 2008 and 2017, leaving citizens less informed about their democratic institutions.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
PPF welcomes budget measures that support Canadian journalism
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...The commitment is consistent with two of the recommendations in PPF’s 2017 report, The Shattered Mirror. We are also pleased to see the government back another key recommendation from The...
Date: Tuesday February 27, 2018
Sean Speer
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Sean is a sessional instructor and a Senior Fellow in Public Policy at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. He has served in different roles for the federal government, including as senior economic adviser to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. PPF is proud to welcome him as a Fellow in Residence.
Date: Wednesday May 11, 2016