Celebrate the 45th anniversary of Joe Clark’s election as Canada’s 16th Prime Minister.
An Evening with the Right Honourable Joe Clark
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WHAT (the heck) IS HAPPENING WITH THE ECONOMY? Lee, MacEwen, Bardeesy (Video)
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What (the heck) Is Happening With The Economy? JULY 27, 2022 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET Audio Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvVCE8cKMM&t=443s Prices of everything is going up. Wages will not catch up. Labour shortages abound. Interest rates are going up. Parts of the economy are firing on all cylinders. The COVID effect is huge and not fully understood. […]
A new National Indigenous Economic Strategy (Cardozo)
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New Indigenous Economic Strategy builds on TRC report By ANDREW CARDOZO JUNE 13, 2022 Last week, a group of Indigenous economic and business groups released their plan for a National Indigenous Economic Strategy. It builds on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action that addressed the economy, jobs and training. Progressive Senator Brian Francis, […]
Prescriptions for better health care (Martin)
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LETTER TO THE PEARSON CENTRE: I’m writing you because of your involvement and interest in health care services. The current pandemic, unfortunately, has both demonstrated and amplified the weaknesses in the organization and delivery of health care services throughout Canada. Quite simply, there are not enough resources devoted to the public health care system: hospital […]
Are Nurse Practitioners the Solution for Seniors’ Primary Care? (Hunsley)
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This article has been excerpted from a paper prepared in my PhD studies at the U.ST Paul/U. of Ottawa School of Social Innovation. (At the age of 75, I decided I was mature enough to settle down and complete my studies.) Holding a key to a vital public need, restrained by political and bureaucratic inertia […]
The Elusive Goal of Inclusion (Brink)
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Merriam Webster defines inclusion as “the act of including and the state of being included”. The social construction of the concept of inclusion has evolved depending on the context of the time. But questions still remain. Who does the including? Who are being included? How is inclusion promoted? Enforced? What are the impacts of inclusion? Is exclusion […]
Spring Webinars: Innovation; Medical Isoptopes; #Charter@40
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Watch these webinars on PearsonTV, out YouTube channel (link noted above) 1. An Innovation Plan for Canada….post Covid Wednesday, March 23, 2022; 4:00 to 5:00 pm ET Honorable Navdeep Bains, Vice-Chair of Global Investment Banking, CIBC; former Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry. John Knubley, Corporate Director and Strategic Advisor; former Deputy Minister of Innovation, […]
NEW REPORT: The New Challenges conference
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REPORT POSTED BELOW Watch the webinars from our April conference Pearson Centre Annual Conference The New Challenges (for the Canada we want) 11 Webinars: April 12-29, 2022 Co-Chairs: Frank Baylis, Executive Chairman, Baylis Medical Company, Inc; Former MP Dave Bulmer, President, and CEO, AMAPCEO Ontario’s professional employees Indira Naidoo-Harris, Associate VP, University of Guelph for […]
Ukraine: Lloyd Axworthy & Yvan Baker; Mar3 Video
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Livestream – Ukraine: Hon. Lloyd Axworthy and @Yvan_Baker MP discuss what’s happening and what world shuld be doing in response. Recorded Thursday, March 3; 12 noon ET. Free. Register:https://bit.ly/3Mf734g _______________________________________________________________________________ And from last week: ICYMI, Timely discussion: Leading CEOs, Labour & ovt leaders on “Economic Recovery in Turbulent Times” Webinar from February 28, 2022. Howard […]
Michael Adams observing Canada and the US (Feb8)
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A convesation with Michael Adams on the diverging political culture in Canada and the US As Canadians look at some deepening cleavages in the United States, it may be comforting for some that there is a growing cultural divergence between our two countries. What does this mean? Is this new or has it been coming […]