Open Letter to Stockwell Day Dear Stockwell: The comments from you on systemic racism on June 2 are an occasion for a thoughtful discussion on the issue. I kind of regret that you resigned from Telus and McMillan LLP and your spot on the TV show, and I’ll come back to that. It is a […]
Introduction: THE PEARSON CENTRE HAS HAD AS ONE OF ITS TOP THREE PRIORITIES OF RESEARCH, “COMBATING HATE, RACISM AND POLARIZATION”. WE HAVe HOSTED REOUNDTABLES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS IN VARIOUS CITIES TO ENGAGE WITH CANADIANS ON HOW WE CAN OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES AND SEEK WAYS IN WHICH WE […]
Coronavirus: A Game Changer for Project Delivery? by Lavagnon Ika, Peter E.D. Love, Jane Matthews, and Weili Fang Lavagnon Ika is a professor of project management at the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa in Canada. Email: Ika@telfer.uottawa.ca Twitter: @Lavagnon Peter E.D. Love is a professor of infrastructure and engineering informatics at […]
Join us for the next Pearson Webinar: June 25, 2020 Online Citizen Engagement July 7, 2020 The Canadian Economy: Now and Post-COVID feat. Dr. Jim Stanford July 14, 2020 Infrastructure and Economic Recovery feat. Hon. Catherine McKenna __________________________________________________________________________________________ Online Citizen Engagement Thursday, June 25, 2020 | 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM COVID-19 has allowed for […]
(This article is co-posted on SocialCanada.org. This is the first of a two-part series.) The Basic Income concept has been gaining traction in Canada, to the point where detractors are finding it necessary to start attacking it. The Broadbent Institute (BI) on the left, and MacDonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) on the right, have published opinions of […]
(Image by dailykos.com) by Terrance Hunsley Last week the Broadbent Institute held a webinar focussed on Basic Income. Two respected analysts, Simon Black and Armine Yalnizyan, took on the topic. They provided useful background, pointing out that promotion of basic income can come from many political perspectives, and with different views of what it can […]
This article is also posted on SocialCanada.org It was about two years ago now, just in advance of the latest electoral reform referendum in British Columbia, that I had one of those rare moments of insight. I had been an advocate of proportional representation (PR) since I learned about it about 2 years before. I […]
The Economy Post-COVID: New Directions for the Federal Government It is not enough to win a war. You must also win the peace that comes after. For Canada it will be, post COVID 19, winning the hearts and minds of a traumatized population that never wants so many of its populace to bear such costs […]
by Carolyn Inch (This article was previously posted on SocialCanada.org) Things will be different when this is all over. For one thing, the crisis is strengthening the giants. The concentration of power in the hands of Google, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft (to name a few) competes with democratic sovereignty and greater vigilance will be needed […]
Pearson Centre examines key Covid Issues in 2020-21 The COVID-19 epidemic is highlighting some real strengths and weaknesses in Canadian society, especially in government and public policy. During this period in 2020 we will be examining various issues that clearly need more attention. This list is in development as each of these issues become apparent, […]
