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

Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

Lines of people bent over in prayer at night.

Religious literacy can help Quebec balance identity and inclusion

Attendees use their phones to record then-prime minister Justin Trudeau speaking.

Trudeau set a high bar on diversity in appointments. Will Carney match it?

A Tylenol bottle laying on red-white-and-blue capsules.

Tylenol, Trump and the crisis of public health communication

It’s time Canadian universities ventured abroad – to save themselves

A diverse crowd of university students in blue cap and gown.

Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy

Four students are walking on the lawn in front of a black building with a “Dalhousie University” sign.

Canada needs a national strategy for generative AI in higher education

A couple dozen people line up behind a white food delivery van. A woman in the foreground walks away with stuffed bags.

Ending food insecurity is a democratic imperative

Harnessing growth to create positive neighbourhood change

Worsening gender inequality in Waterloo is a warning for all of Canada

Canada needs new immigrants, but must plan for the consequences

Four steps to relieving the Canadian housing crisis

Seen from above sits a box of canned foods. We see the arms and hands of a man holding one of the tins. Another person’s hand holds a clear plastic bag of flat noodles.

Provinces must join effort to help disabled escape poverty

Six étudiants en médecine portant leur uniforme bleu et leur stéthoscope, deux garçons, quatre filles, sourient à la caméra.

How to train more doctors in Quebec

A close up photo of mobile phone parts.

The empty success of recent amendments to Canada’s right-to-repair bill

High-quality training programs needed to weather labour market disruptions

Des présentoirs de magasin colorés et attrayants, avec des personnages enfantins, montrent des friandises.

Mignons, mais néfastes

CMHC is supportive of renovations, but our tax laws are not

Time to ban non-disclosure agreements

Community self-determination can address the Northern housing crisis

The eternal land shortage municipal planning departments can fix

Quebec’s other quiet revolution

Gender-equal cabinets have done little so far for women and girls living with male violence

Illustration of four people surrounded by clouds, mechanical gears and a large yellow lightbulb. One man is sitting at a laptop; another is standing, holding a laptop; a third man is talking with a woman.

The radical improvement of data will transform public sector reform

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