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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
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
Announcing our 2019 Peter Lougheed Award honourees
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On Nov. 13, join us at our Western Dinner in Calgary to honour Elizabeth Cannon, Stockwell Day, Dawn Farrell & Dave Mowat. Tickets are on sale now.
Date: Monday June 24, 2019
Meet our Emerging Leader Award recipient, Maayan Ziv
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Maayan Ziv will be honoured for her advocacy with the Emerging Leader Award at PPF’s 2019 Testimonial Dinner and #PPFawards on April 11 in Toronto. Founder and CEO of AccessNow, an app and digital platform, she is passionate about creating a more accessible and inclusive world.
Date: Thursday April 4, 2019
Brave New Work Newsletter #3
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In the third edition of our Brave New Work Newsletter: Five things we learned at our Brave New Work Conference, our latest report on the correlation between Canadians’ fear of job losses from automation and populist and nativist views, and a new blog post on why 'robots will replace us' thinking is not that simple - or that scary!
Date: Friday August 16, 2019
Mill town’s struggle reveals rural areas’ unique immigration challenges
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A small influx of foreign workers has sparked sharp reactions in Chipman, New Brunswick. Many see the newcomers as potential saviours of a town headed toward extinction. Others see them as competitors for local jobs. In between, a handful of immigrant families are trying to figure out how to feel at home. The challenges of immigration in small communities are different than in cities, both for newcomers and for local residents. Solving them may be key to the future prosperity of rural Atlantic Canada.
Date: Thursday June 6, 2019
The Shattered Mirror: 5 Years On
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Our latest report discusses how to save local news in Canada, and how to best adapt the Australian model of negotiated compensation between Google/Meta and the news industry.
Date: Thursday March 3, 2022
PPF’s 2022 Holiday Book List for the Wonk in Your Life!
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...Gets to your heart and your head.” – Jonathan Perron-Clow, Project Lead, PPF Academy and Action Canada Fellowship Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet: Assessing and Adapting to...
Date: Tuesday December 20, 2022
Action Canada and PPF introduce the 2020/2021 Fellows
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Welcome the 13 Fellows making up the 2020/21 Action Canada cohort. This year’s Fellows will also have an opportunity to work directly on policy solutions for rural and urban dimensions of the future of work in a post-pandemic world.
Date: Wednesday June 3, 2020
PPF and Action Canada introduce the 2019/2020 Fellows
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The 16 new Fellows from across Canada will be focusing on the Future of Work.
Date: Friday May 31, 2019
New PPF report calls for caps on political donations to third parties
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For immediate release New PPF report calls for caps on political donations to third parties OTTAWA, March 14, 2018 The Public Policy Forum is releasing a new report today calling...
Date: Wednesday March 14, 2018
Future Proof: Connecting Post-Pandemic Canada
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What public policy measures are needed to ensure that Canada’s digital connectivity infrastructure fully supports an inclusive, competitive post-pandemic economy?
Date: Monday October 4, 2021
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree
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Laurent Duvernay-Tardif: “My goal is to do good and to help people be healthy”
Date: Wednesday March 1, 2023
Harold Calla – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree
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“Providing the platform to move from managing poverty to managing wealth”
Date: Tuesday January 17, 2023
Why the future of work may be the most pressing issue of our time
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Today’s technological revolution holds out tremendous promise to improve our lives and work, writes PPF's President and CEO Edward Greenspon, but we must ensure its opportunity is available to all, and that policy softens the downsides of the disruption it causes. Join our Brave New Work project to be part of the solution.
Date: Tuesday June 18, 2019