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Two male black leaders stand at a podium while Jean Augustine appears on screen in the background.

Representation should not be an afterthought on Ottawa’s advisory councils

Construction workers Alt text: Single worker stands on a partially framed house.

Skilled-trades training needs a rethink

A sun sets behind the frame of a new home construction.

Ontario’s new law should make planning faster — not move the work elsewhere

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One poverty measure cannot capture Canada’s economic hardship

Four children gathered around a laptop with an adult standing behind it.

Before schools embrace AI, Canada must protect children’s learning

Two men look at a betting app on a telephone while watching soccer.

Governments are gambling with Canadians’ well-being

An illustration of two telephones communicating, one featuring an older man and the other a robot.

Artificial intelligence regulation must not leave older adults behind

A grey-haired man in a hard hat looks out over a factory floor.

Canada has been dealt its demographic cards. Now it has to play them better

Illustration of a man leaning against dominoes.

Managing future crises with lessons from COVID

High-tech workers use robotics to build engine parts.

How innovation can build the Canadian economy

Public service return to office thrown into doubt by Omicron variant

Young boy gets help with homework.

Assistive technology is failing our students

A pregnant woman looks at a map.

Birth tourism in Canada dropped sharply once the pandemic began

The poorest of the poor use Hamilton food banks

The crime control model using prison as the key tool to fight crime is deficient.

How can we improve our criminal justice system?

Data is a defence against femicide

Illustration of many faces, some light, some in silhouette.

Moving toward effective anti-racist policy analysis

Gender markers are useless, so why not abolish them?

End political manoeuvring over conversion therapy

What’s driving depression and mental-health issues in the public service?

Reconciliation needs to address Canada’s history of spiritual abuse

Labour shortages may bring an end to “crappy jobs”

Big changes are coming to health and social programs

Post-secondary institutions must rethink approach to gender-based violence

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