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Brightly coloured crayons in pots with an empty daycare centre in the background.

Child-care policy should serve families, not just the economy

A row of white two-storey homes sits across from a couple standalone homes.

It should be easier to invest savings in community projects

People with their backs to the camera have their hands raised in a stock-photo meeting.

New housing co-ops need stronger democratic safeguards

Digital arrows are forming a loop and are surrounded by microchips.

Disability policy offers Canada a blueprint for governing AI

An aerial perspective shows two tractors moving side by side along long rows of carrots as they are loaded into boxes on the two flatbeds.

Canada’s food security strategy leaves too much off the table

A dozen or so teen girls sit at desks in rows, listening to a teacher speaking.

Education should be part of humanitarian aid from day one

A bridge is in the foreground and a small passenger plane in the background amid an orange haze.

Canada’s buildings can do more than consume electricity

A closeup of a student’s hand, writing with a pencil.

Canada’s PISA scores hit record lows. Don’t let rankings drive reform

Head of a person filled with swirls of colours.

The dangerous rush for Indigenous identity policies at universities

Des passants traversent une intersection animée au centre-ville, sous un ciel gris. Les immeubles environnants, dont un avec le logo de Google, se reflètent dans une flaque d’eau au premier plan. Les décorations lumineuses des arbres évoquent la période des Fêtes.

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

Vector illustration of a Crowd of diverse women with various expressions vibrant colors. Vibrant colors.

Canada cannot sell gender equality abroad without practising it at home

Two small children tussle under an arc of water.

Declining Indigenous fertility rates will reshape their communities – and Canada

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

: 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

Four people carry stuffed bags from the bus after being evacuated after the wildfire in Saskatchewan

A climate-responsive social safety net is needed for marginalized Canadians

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Consent confusion and the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial

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