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Row after row of university students sitting at tables in a large hall.

How the Global South finances the educated workforce in Canada and other wealthy countries

Carney walks across a clearing in the forest. An excavator and roller sit nearby.

Canada’s industrial ambitions require robust environmental governance

A gaggle of reporters in the foreground with the three men at a podium in the background.

New federal agencies won’t fix old problems with delivery

A stock image of a woman placing keys in the hands of a man.

Canada can’t fix the gender wealth gap until it measures it

The first ministers standing in front of the prime minister’s residence, from left to right: Glen Clark, B.C.; Gary Filmon, Man.; Ralph Klein Alta.; Lucien Bouchard, Que.; Piers McDonald, Yukon; Roy Ramanow, Sask.; Jean Chrétien, Brian Tobin, Nfld.; Camille Thériault,N.B.; Miike Harris, Ont.; Patrick Binns, P.E.I.; Russell MacLellan, N.S.; and Jim Antoine, N.W.T.

Canada needs a new social union deal

Two stats from the survey: 61 per cent lack confidence in the ability of public servants to plan for the future. And: 67 per cent: Lack confidence in the ability of public servants to spend taxpayers’ money wisely.

Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future

In illustration featuring a large eye of computerized surveillance in the form similar to webcam watches a the tiny figure of a worker.

Workplace AI is writing the rules. Workers need to see them

A student using AI app on mobile phone during university lecture in amphitheater.

Universities need new ways to assess learning in the age of AI

Deux employés de St-Viateur Bagel, à Montréal.

Using the talents of newcomers to Canada

Cannabis growers still treated as criminals

Inuit conservation is transforming life and work in the Arctic

A person in a motorized wheel chair crosses a Vancouver street in March.

COVID concerns of disabled people multiply as health protocols lifted

A young woman works at a desktop computer using a stylus on a pad with a laptop nearby.

The future of digital work relies on people, not just technology

Scientists work in a laboratory.

Canada needs to grow basic science capacity

Retraining workers will be essential for our net-zero goals

Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference January 5, 2021, in Ottawa.

Should it stay or go? Ottawa weighs the vaccine mandate for the public service

In defence of ministerial mandate letters

New approach needed for reviewing government spending post-pandemic

Microcredentials are surging in popularity, but how should they be shaped?

Never tweet. Social media is complicating the age-old neutrality of the public service

Russia does not have a grand strategy

Baisser les taxes sur l’essence, une fausse bonne idée

Budgeting for net-zero emissions in inflationary times

Carbon offsets are no fix for aviation’s climate problem

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