Search Results for: Public Service
Solving for shortages in New Brunswick: 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: Tuesday November 24, 2020
Don Wright
Person
...Deputy Minister to the Premier, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Public Service of British Columbia. His previous government service included positions as Secretary to Treasury Board and as Deputy...
Date: Saturday January 2, 2016
Rachel Wernick
Person
...evolving needs of public service policy executives early in their leadership development. The PLP is delivered through a partnership between the Public Policy Forum and Telfer Executive Programs at the...
Date: Tuesday October 3, 2023
Zabeen Hirji
Person
...Kings College, London, UK. Zabeen is a Special Advisor to the Clerk of the Privy Council on Public Service Renewal, and serves on the Mayor of Toronto’s Advisory Panel for...
Date: Thursday January 1, 2004
Bringing New Voices to the Table: Re-thinking On-reserve Housing in Canada
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...and locations were: Thursday, Sept. 8 — Ottawa, at the Public Policy Forum, with participants from Atlantic Canada; Friday, Sept. 9 — Ottawa, at the Public Policy Forum, with participants...
Date: Monday February 27, 2017
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
David Zussman
Person
David Zussman is an adjunct professor at the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria and Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)...
Date: Monday November 20, 2017
Lori Turnbull
Person
Read her latest Transparent and Level: Modernizing Political Financing in Canada Let’s Get ‘Skills Secure’: Closing the Gap in Canada’s Lifelong Education System Skills at Speed: Why Canada’s Public Service...
Date: Wednesday February 10, 2016
Solving for Shortages in Prince Edward Island: Employer Experiences and the Labour Market Across Atlantic Provinces
Publication
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: Monday December 7, 2020
World’s top social media thinkers to discuss threats to democracy – and solutions – at PPF public event on Wednesday, April 4
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On April 4, the Public Policy Forum and the University of British Columbia School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, in partnership with the National Arts Centre, are hosting a discussion with some of the world’s leading experts on social media, including Jonathan Albright, Ben Scott, Julia Angwin, David Carroll, Sue Gardner, and Taylor Owen.
Date: Tuesday April 3, 2018
Science Disinformation in a Time of Pandemic
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By drawing parallels to elections, climate change and the anti-vaccination movement, author Christopher Dornan illustrates how disinformation about COVID-19 can pose significant risks for public health, social cohesion and collective trust. Dornan identifies several useful recommendations for citizens, governments and social media platforms to consider to effectively combat disinformation and engage in evidence-based discussion about scientific findings.
Date: Thursday June 11, 2020
Reforming Canada’s Income Support Framework
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The economic crisis caused by COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on the need to reform Canada’s income-support framework. Combine this with the looming risks of automation and age-related labour shortages, and we have a strong case for creating a modern framework that promotes work and minimizes earning losses for dislocated workers. As we rebuild our economy following the crisis, Canadian policy-makers will need to grapple with this complex and critical task.
Date: Thursday August 20, 2020
Science Disinformation in a Time of Pandemic
Article
By drawing parallels to elections, climate change and the anti-vaccination movement, author Christopher Dornan illustrates how disinformation about COVID-19 can pose significant risks for public health, social cohesion and collective trust. Dornan identifies several useful recommendations for citizens, governments and social media platforms to consider to effectively combat disinformation and engage in evidence-based discussion about scientific findings.
Date: Tuesday September 1, 2020
Flipping the Script: Alberta Health Services’ online assessment tool becomes the core of the province’s COVID response
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Little did Alberta Health Services' Digital Experience team know this moment would shift the province’s whole pandemic strategy, and become the core of Alberta’s COVID response. Their assessment tool with online booking and results would get attention from across North America, and spark a form of collaboration that would cast lasting doubt on the way things have always been done.
Date: Monday October 26, 2020
DDP Research Memo #1: Media, Knowledge and Misinformation
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This is the first of a series of DDP Research Memos that map the media ecosystem in the run-up to and during Canada's October 2019 federal election. This memo provides an initial snapshot of the Canadian political media ecosystem.
Date: Thursday August 8, 2019