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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

An Indigenous public art sculpture by Chris Paul titled Salish Sea is silhouetted at sunrise along the Oak Bay Marina walkway in the greater Victoria municipality of Oak Bay, British Columbia on Vancouver Island on October 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Don Denton

Rights and traditions will define Indigenous governance of the future

Canada needs to change the focus of its education aid to South Asia

With Parliament Hill in the distance, a large group of people in winter coats, hats and boots, a few holding large Canadian flags, stands opposite a long row of police officers standing opposite them, with a couple feet of space between the groups. One man in the foreground is leaning forward slightly and pointing a gloved finger at the officers opposite him as he says something.

We’re divided, but are Canadians really more polarized?

A man in t-shirt, shorts and sneakers walks past a long, cordoned-off pile of suitcases in the arrivals area of the airport.

A more principled approach to regulation

A dark silhouette of a human stands before four doors presenting choices. Two large doors offer fruit and vegetables. Two smaller doors a burger and a cigarette.

Nudging the way to better public policy

A dozen men and women cross at a downtown intersection in Toronto’s downtown, surrounded by tall buildings as cars and a streetcar drive past on a sunny day.

Big hopes for Toronto’s first gender equity strategy

Sur la photo, une manchette du Journal de Montréal, tirée de l'édition du 29 septembre 2022.

Immigration: beyond numbers and controversies

A woman in a grey T-shirt and wearing a mask walks by a sign that says “nous sommes ouvert / we are open” for a coffee shop called Café Bazin.

Canada should recommit to bilingualism

Looking at the expansion of the GST credit

Un ouvrier en silhouette portant un sac à dos marche dans un immeuble de bureaux sombre non identifié. D’autres bâtiments et un ciel bleu ne montrant qu’un seul nuage se reflètent dans les fenêtres.

Canada’s top bureaucrat nudges public service toward hybrid office

Cartoon depicting a cute money jar with a heart on it, held up by two hands, surrounded by hands with coins and dollar bills, piggy banks and envelopes.

As inflation grips Canada, people turn to crowdfunding to meet basic needs

Is bilingualism doomed?

Funding for abstinence-based programing won’t combat drug toxicity

A woman sits on a sofa and leaning forward, hands clasped, speaking with a person sitting opposite her with a clipboard and pen in hand.

The urgent need for mental health-care supports

Cinq partis, cinq visions des services aux familles

Police implementation of the Charter of Rights

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