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The Deep, Blue Sink
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...is at the forefront of this quest for knowledge, working at the intersection of climate and ocean science. Sending carbon to the seafloor With the ocean absorbing more carbon from...
Date: Tuesday October 11, 2022
Opinion: How COVID-19 innovation is leading to better health services for Canadians
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COVID-19 propelled our governments to develop and implement innovative and unprecedented programs to protect and support us throughout the pandemic. Health care accounts for 11.5 % of Canada’s total GDP, and with so many exciting technologies coming on stream and consumers embracing change - the possibilities for innovation are endless. Our new ways of thinking can benefit citizens for generations. This article shares observations, framed from our experiences supporting Ontario health leaders during the pandemic. Together we can leverage this moment to drive innovation and imagine the health systems we want for tomorrow.
Date: Monday August 23, 2021
Stewarding AI and cultural change: It’s everybody’s business
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What will it take to steward digital development and support workers and the broader public as we transition to a more automated future? Emerging leaders from the Banff Forum say the underlying principles we follow – and insist on – may make all the difference.
Date: Wednesday November 27, 2019
Vass Bednar
Person
...Toronto. Vass is recognized as a creative, data-driven thinker and was the Chair of the federal government’s Expert Panel on Youth Employment. A graduate of McMaster University’s Arts & Science...
Date: Saturday April 29, 2017
Katherine Feenan
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...an MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict from Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. She completed her BA in Political Science at the University of Victoria. Katherine joined PPF in May 2018....
Date: Friday December 20, 2019
Membership Matters
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...and tourism have been shut out of the economy of the present. Science has risen to the moment in the form of miraculous new vaccines developed in months not years....
Date: Wednesday May 26, 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
Primary Care for Everyone
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...but is necessary to truly respect patients and improve their experience of primary care. Who Should Lead: Provincial and territorial ministers of Health, supported by: Health Canada; Innovation, Science and...
Date: Wednesday March 29, 2023
Options for a Canada-China FTA Negotiation Strategy
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...tech goods from Canada, particularly parts and components for wind power generators and smart grids, while Canada imports solar cells. Cooperation takes the form of science and technology partnerships and...
Date: Tuesday June 20, 2017
More than Just a Rebuild: Creating a better future for Canada
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The country has been held back by lagging productivity and competitiveness, leading to a stagnant growth rate incapable of lifting Canadians’ standards of living. As we rebuild, simply going back to ‘normal’ is not an option.
Date: Thursday July 30, 2020
The Values Proposition: Strengthening Sport in Canada
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Canada is a great sporting nation, but we need values-based sport to prevent unethical practices from undermining the integrity of sport. Concrete actions must be taken by stakeholders in Canadian sport to make values-based sport the foundation of their policies and practices. This report outlines the game plan for government, media, corporations, philanthropists, educators, coaches and athletes.
Date: Wednesday March 13, 2019
Premier Jason Kenney at the 2019 Peter Lougheed Awards Dinner
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On Nov. 13 in Calgary, Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney explored three forms of reconciliation for Alberta's provincial government: with Alberta’s Indigenous people, of energy growth and environmental stewardship, and of the provincial and federal fields within Canadian Confederation.
Date: Thursday November 21, 2019
Innovation Generation: Roundtable on STEM and Entrepreneurship in K-12 (Summary Report)
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...building capacity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), as well as developing an entrepreneurial mindset from an early age. To explore the value of STEM and entrepreneurship education, the...
Date: Friday June 27, 2014
Bonnie Mallard: From the barn to the bench
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...as an undergraduate in animal science at Guelph, where she learned that the immune system, which dictates response to infectious disease and cancers, is under genetic control. “The concept was...
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2017
Discussion paper: Open policy making in a digital age
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...of citizen engagement and open policy- making: it’s a unique field (particularly when ported to the digital world) that spans policy, logistics, communications, usability and social science. These skills are...
Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017