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A star at the entre of several other animated figures with a surrounding thread.

A better way to run meetings: In-action reviews improve decision-making

Multiple generations of little multi-coloured animated blobs.

Guardianship governance: representing future generations in decision-making

A shiny new foodbank with food organized on shelves with aisles like a supermarket.

Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them

A balance with young people on one side and older people on the other.

How intergenerational inequality threatens trust in democracy

Above their heads, they hold sheets of paper that outline calls for health-care accessibility.

Excluding people with disabilities from development initiatives must end

: Des figurines miniatures debout sur des piles de pièces de différentes hauteurs. Un concept illustrant les inégalités économiques.

Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

How Carney can use policy to unite the country

Nine people stand under a white canvas tent surrounded by mud and puddles on a cloudy day. A long line of men in fluorescent orange and lime-green work vests and hardhats is behind them along with a couple of crane trucks.

Equity and transparency: how to even the playing field in infrastructure spending

COVID-19 had hard lessons on the importance of equity in population health research

Artificial intelligence + basic income = Canadian innovation

The little heart is fashioned out of plywood and is attached to a long piece of plastic with purple ribbons a couple of inches long hanging from it. The wooden piece would fit in the palm of your hand. The woman holding it has wraparound sunglasses and a white shirt. She’s standing in a row of women who are holding similar items. The mood is somber, with shadows and sunlight intermingling across the faces of the group.

Historic meeting of ministers needs to look at international human rights

In a small room with blue walls, two simple hospital beds, two small windows, and a white sheet tacked to the wall, a woman lies with her eyes closes, head turned sideways, on a bed with a black mattress, her new baby resting on her tummy. She looks exhausted. A patterned cloth with browns, whites and black covers her midriff, with the baby on top of it. Her knees are up and her legs are bare. The midwife, a man, wears white rubber gloves as leans over to clean the baby.

Canada must prioritize midwifery as part of its development assistance

Immigrant entrepreneurs need targeted support

A young girl sits as she gets a needle in her arm from a woman with rubber gloves. The girl is looking away from the needle and is focusing on one of her five classmates gathered around her. They are all wearing forest-green tunics over white short-sleeved shirts, and most of them are smiling. Another adult has a hand on the girl’s shoulder.

Canada’s positions on the international pandemic treaty are concerning

Harnessing growth to create positive neighbourhood change

Community self-determination can address the Northern housing crisis

The eternal land shortage municipal planning departments can fix

Quebec’s other quiet revolution

New data provide insight into pandemic inequalities

The author leans against a railing on a railway platform over a nondescript city street near a parking garage.

Finding remedies for lamentable endometriosis care in Canada

Indigenizing procurement policies must move beyond token gestures

A black and white overhead image of a crowd moving through a crosswalk.

Disability needs a new story

Travellers including a young child holding stuffed animals walk with luggage through an airport arrivals area in front of a welcome sign.

Why are some refugees more welcome in Canada than others?

Non-profits were tested by COVID-19 but proved resilient

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