The Emergencies Act is Dead | Canadian Science Policy Centre
February 10, 2021 | As each province deals with their respective struggles in healthcare capacity, vaccination rates, travel restrictions, and other COVID-19 related policies, the federal government weighs the possibility declaring a national crisis.聽Take a look at what Max Bell School alumni Anil Wasif, Alexandra Ages, Ellen Rowe, and Leonardo Lozano have to say about the evolving landscape of federal pandemic policy in Canada.聽
Towards an Understanding of Open Innovation Ecosystems Dynamics: The Case of Montreal New Tech
December 7, 2020 |聽By observing the Montreal region's innovation ecosystem, this research paper, co-written聽by Max Bell School聽MPP student Eunice Mercado-Lara,聽presents a study case that aims to understand the main success factors for open innovation ecosystems (Chesbrough, 2003; Grandstrand & Holgersson, 2020).
Rethinking Quebec鈥檚 Support for Electric Vehicles
In this report for the Quebec government, our Director Christopher Ragan with the support of MPP students Matis Allali, Ruhee Ismail-Teja, Riad Katkhoda聽& Charlotte Reboul聽examine how terminating electric vehicle subsidies can strengthen Quebec's climate policy.
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Cities in Crisis Need Urgent Federal Support | Policy Magazine
June 19, 2020 | The unfolding economic and public health crisis caused by COVID-19 has revealed cracks in healthcare while underscoring the challenges of Canada's decentralized fiscal federalism. With cities facing increased service delivery pressures and a steep decline in revenues, provinces must invest in municipal economic development on equal footing with the federal government.
Anti-Asian Racists Must Pay Legal Price | New Canadian Media
March 19, 2021聽| In this article for New Canadian Media, MPP candidate聽Camilla Liu聽recounts the racism she has faced and explains why such bigotry must be met with legal consequences.
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When It鈥檚 Measured, it Matters: Disaggregated Race Data in Canada | Policy Magazine
June 17, 2020 | For years, advocates have been criticizing the Canadian government for neglecting to implement聽race-based data collection in policing, the justice system, health care, education, and employment.聽This kind of disaggregated data is essential for policy makers, as it exposes hidden data trends and establishes聽the scope of systemic inequality.聽In this Policy Magazine article, MPP candidate
COVID-19 and Canada鈥檚 Charities: An Existential Funding Crisis | Policy Magazine
June 18, 2020 |聽From food banks to women鈥檚 shelters, the COVID-19 pandemic has left Canada鈥檚 charitable sector overstretched and underfunded like聽never before.聽Less funding means less operational capacity at a moment when demand for social services is anything but flattening.
Fixing the Mess of Ottawa鈥檚 LRT 鈥� All Aboard for Policy that Works | Policy Magazine
June 16, 2020 | In 2007, the City of Ottawa adopted an Accountability and Transparency Policy,聽which outlined seven municipal governance principles to promote transparency.
It鈥檚 Time for Big Ideas 鈥� Time for a First Nations Universal Basic Income Program | Policy Magazine
June 15, 2020 |聽In Canada, First Nations people experience lower health, social, and education outcomes than non-First Nations Canadians across the board. These vulnerabilities have only been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
