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November 9, 2022

THE URGENT ISSUES: Fall Conference (Nov9-Dec2)

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“The Urgent Challenges” Fall Conference 2022 November 28 to December 2, 2022 The annual fall conference in November will address a select number of current and urgent public policy challenges – economic and social policy – involving leading experts, bu

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September 13, 2022

PEARSON AWARDS: Raitt, Mancinelli, Fakih, Parchment

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  The Pearson Progressive Leadership Awards recognize outstanding progressive leaders in various sectors of our society, who make a difference in their fields and beyond.  The Gala is an important opportunity for a broad range of Canadians interes

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May 22, 2022

Prescriptions for better health care (Martin)

By Michel Martin

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 serv

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April 26, 2022

Are Nurse Practitioners the Solution for Seniors’ Primary Care? (Hunsley)

By Terrance Hunsley, Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre

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

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March 23, 2022

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

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April 11, 2022

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; Forme

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Report on AGENDA 2022 – Conference

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Report on #AGENDA2022 Priorities for the new Parliament and Government Priorités pour le nouveau Parlement et le nouveau gouvernement December 6-8, 2021 / 6-8 décembre 2021 Canada has a new Parliament and Government. There are many critical issues that

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December 24, 2021

Guaranteed Livable Basic Income: Making it Affordable! (Hunsley)

By Terrance Hunsley, Editor, SocialCanada.org, and Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre

The coordinated actions of MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate are brilliant. They each tabled members’ bills in Parliament and the Senate proposing Guaranteed Livable Basic Income for the nation. They propose that a guaranteed income, based on the actu

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November 28, 2021

Will the Left Kill Basic Income (again)?

By Terrance Hunsley

When the NDP gained power in BC in 2017,  to fulfill a promise to the Green Party, they commissioned three academics as an expert group to study whether the province should adopt a Basic Income strategy and perhaps run a pilot project. In January of th

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December 6, 2021

Report on “AGENDA 2022” Conference

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Report on AGENDA 2022 Priorities for the new Parliament and Government Priorités pour le nouveau Parlement et le nouveau gouvernement December 6-8, 2021 / 6-8 décembre 2021 Watch webinars here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbceGf4FA5NxXuYv0qNwsow/v

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