Peter Hicks

Peter Hicks worked for many years as assistant deputy minister with policy responsibilities in a number of social departments and central agencies of the government of Canada. He is the author of the 2016 IRPP Horizons essay The Enabling Society. In 2020 and 2021, he helped Statistics Canada develop strategic plans for future direction in social statistics.

Articles by this author

Image for The radical improvement of data will transform public sector reform

The radical improvement of data will transform public sector reform

by Peter Hicks March 29, 2023

Image for As Canadians work longer, pensions need to evolve

As Canadians work longer, pensions need to evolve

by Bob Baldwin, Peter Hicks October 17, 2019

Image for To truly modernize social programs, it will take big data and analytics

Social Policy

To truly modernize social programs, it will take big data and analytics

by Peter Hicks February 27, 2019

Image for Beyond stealth in social programming

Beyond stealth in social programming

by Peter Hicks August 15, 2018

Image for Measuring poverty? Let’s get empirical

Social Policy

Measuring poverty? Let’s get empirical

by Peter Hicks January 4, 2018

Image for An observatory for Canadian social data? A second opinion

Social Policy

An observatory for Canadian social data? A second opinion

by Peter Hicks April 11, 2016

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The inconvenient truth about pension reform

by Peter Hicks October 14, 2015

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The “enabling society” can improve social policy

by Peter Hicks March 4, 2015