June 9, 2020
A GBA+ case for understanding the impact of COVID-19
In the COVID-19 era, Canada needs to better understand the relationship between identity and health. To do that, we need to use intersectional analysis, the study of the way...
June 8, 2020
Who are the senior advisors that keep party leaders on track?
In movies about political campaigns, we often see a character who whispers in a politician’s ear, providing strategic advice about what to say to the media or what information...
June 8, 2020
Density can work post-COVID-19, with good urban planning
More than 50 years ago, Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of American Cities, changed how a generation of urban planners and other policy-makers think about cities....
June 3, 2020
News editors crucial to national election campaign coverage
(This article has been translated into French.) During a federal election campaign, the news agenda is often set by national media organizations such as broadcasters CBC-Radio-Canada, CTV, TVA and Global; newspapers...
June 1, 2020
Pandemic puts public trust to the test
Canadians have never had greater access to news and information than they do today. In addition to daily newspapers, television, radio and Internet news sites – many of which...
June 1, 2020
The Insider’s View Behind the Scenes of Election Campaigns
Relatively few Canadians know what happens beyond the headlines of election campaigns, and the workers behind the scenes who make it all come together. But to understand politics, citizens...
June 1, 2020
What goes on in an election? Ask the people doing the job
(This article has been translated into French.) Even in the midst of a global pandemic, electoral politics marches on. Right now, there is an organizing frenzy unfolding around the Conservative and...
May 28, 2020
Sidewalk Labs’ city-of-the future in Toronto was a stress test we needed
The clay pipes in my front yard are as old as the house I live in. While society developed new materials, plastics, and production techniques, this older technology lived...
May 27, 2020
Local news is being decimated during one of its most important moments
The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing much about human nature. One of those revelations is that when it comes to matters of life and death, Canadians turn to trusted traditional...
May 15, 2020
Online giants should pay their fair share for news content
It is one of the pandemic’s greatest ironies. At a time when more people than ever are relying on local newspapers, the economic fallout from COVID-19 is destroying the...