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Quebec since 1995: decline or progress?

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

Excluding people with disabilities from development initiatives must end

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Canada cannot sell gender equality abroad without practising it at home

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Declining Indigenous fertility rates will reshape their communities – and Canada

All four are standing in front of a wall lined with provincial flags. Fraser is at a podium.

New hate-crime bill must confront the enforcement gap

A 20-something man reaches across a table in an office to shake hands with a colleague.

As AI claims entry-level jobs, we need to prioritize real-world experience for young people alongside learning

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Federalism: obstacle or engine of redistribution?

Lines of people bent over in prayer at night.

Religious literacy can help Quebec balance identity and inclusion

Critical considerations for the future of the public service

Réforme des retraites : le paradoxe français

Expanding immigration will not erase racism in Canadian society

Handcuffs are placed on the wrists of a man.

Calls for harsher bail laws are misguided

Heritage properties need not be sacrificed for housing growth

Montréal et le laisser-faire en intégration

Seen from above, two white toddlers hold toothbrushes as they lean toward a bathroom sink, One of them has a hand on the faucet and is looking up with mouth open.

The biggest challenge for the Canada Dental Benefit may come from the tiniest teeth

A woman works a calculator at a table with a laptop computer while a baby watches a screen in the background.

Make remote work a plus instead of a penalty for gender equality

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

The good and bad news from a public opinion researcher

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Diversity lags in provincial and territorial legislatures but is improving

A primary school aged boy covers his ears in a noisy classroom.

Combatting ‘low-level disruptions’ in the classroom

Home decarbonization requires tailored policies

A cafeteria worker hands a plate with tomatoes, a piece of orange, and a sandwich to a child.

A national school food policy is no substitute for reducing food insecurity

Multi-coloured car illustrations hang on a wall above small lockers with baskets and backpacks in a daycare in Langley, B.C.

Building an anti-racist child-care system in Canada

The unfair barriers to public university education

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