A cross-country scan of the state of public primary and secondary education in Canada for November 2018. View the story Menu British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Nova Scotia Our Schools | Our Selves November 2018 Edited by Erika Shaker As part of its new digital format, Our Schools /…
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From the beginning, Our Schools / Our Selves has taken seriously the feminist imperative that we must link the personal and the political. Students need to be given an opportunity, in the context of school curriculum, to make sense of their own lives through various forms of creative expression. What…
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New research from the CCPA investigates job shifts in Canada’s publicly funded universities. View the story Menu Introduction Precarity by gender Juggling jobs Tracking the temp Unpaid overtime Conclusion Only Temporary? Navigating job shifts in Canada’s universities By Erika Shaker and Rosa Zetler Labour Force Survey data suggests there has…
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In a move designed to win over voters and frustrate conservative critics, the federal government announced today a policy of universal tax rebates to offset the imposition of carbon pricing in Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan. The policy isn’t perfect from the perspective of either climate action or social…
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In an increasingly chaotic world characterized by deep inequality and growing disillusionment with governments, public institutions and evidence, progressive movements offering a compelling and hopeful narrative for change have never been more important. Social justice, environmental sustainability and social solidarity are the keys to an inclusive, productive future for people…
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Canada has a new poverty reduction strategy. Released in August, Opportunity for All establishes for the first time a target for reducing poverty in Canada, an official poverty line, and a framework and a process for reporting publicly on progress. These are important policy wins, but today – on the…
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The Ford government’s cancellation of Ontario’s cap-and-trade system will leave a $3 billion hole in the province’s books, according to a new report from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer (FAO), while simultaneously gutting programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the high-profile abdication of the province’s flagship environmental policy won’t…
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One week after Canada, the United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal on a revamped NAFTA—rebranded as the USMCA—the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a dramatic new report detailing the failure of governments around the world to act on climate change. They’re more related than you think. The…
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Looking for context in an increasingly complex and uncertain world? Have questions about what major political and policy moves mean for you? We’ve got you covered. Make your morning commute matter with Talking Points, a podcast from Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives that dives behind the headlines to make sense…
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At CCPA we have been poring over the nearly 2,000-page USMCA text. In the weeks and months to come we will be providing analysis of key issues. This first blog in the series examines one of the most positive developments in USMCA: the phasing out of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) between…
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