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May 3, 2020
Plight of REFUGEES re Covid (Axworthy)
By Hon. Lloyd Axworthy & the World Refugee Council
Open letter to the UN Secretary-General: COVID-19 and the plight of refugees and displaced persons from the World Refugee Council Follow April 17, 2020 Dear Secretary-General, As members of the World Refugee Council we urge you to intensify your crucia
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December 12, 2019
MINORITY GOVT, a Primer: the Pearson Top 20
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With the election of a minority government in Ottawa in October of last year, there is much talk about whether it can be productive or whether it will just be a series of events to maintain or defeat the government. The bar was set high for minority go
Memo
September 5, 2019
POLARIZATION in Canada (Winnipeg Roundtable Sept 3)
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1. Notes from Roundtable in Winnipeg Sept 3 2. Column: Four axes of polarization in election 2019, by Andrew Cardozo, Sept 16 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Notes from a discussion on Polarization He
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May 14, 2019
The Future of Work is Happening Now! What Can We Do About It?
By Terrance Hunsley
Seeking recommendations for action It’s time to change the narrative. “What’s going to happen?” is interesting. But “here’s what we are doing about it” is better. The economy and the world of work are going through disruptive transformation before o
Event
November 26, 2018
McKENNA & CHAGGER keynote @ Year4Conference, Nov 26
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McKenna, Chagger, May, Cullen, Sahota, Woo, McGuinty, vanKoeverden, Beatty, Daviau….. The Year 4 Conference….Y4C We want to invite you to be part of an important conference this fall – one that focuses on Year 4 of the current Parliament. What do
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December 6, 2017
Bland Pudding: European Pillar of Social Rights – Hunsley
By Terrance Hunsley
Second in a series on Futures Entwined: The nation-state and the welfare state. How is the EUropean Union dealing with inequality, the global economy, population movement, and political cracks in the state of the union? The EU is suffering from the clo
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November 23, 2017
Futures Entwined: Nation State & Welfare State – Hunsley
By Terrance Hunsley
First in a Series It was a nice little quip for amateur philosophers. In Nixon’s 1972 visit to China, Premier Zhou Enlai was asked about the French Revolution and the development of democracy, and was reported to have replied “..it is too early to say.
Podium Item
November 23, 2017
Futures Entwined: Nation State & Welfare State – Hunsley
By Terrance Hunsley
First in a Series It was a nice little quip for amateur philosophers. In Nixon’s 1972 visit to China, Premier Zhou Enlai was asked about the French Revolution and the development of democracy, and was reported to have replied “..it is too early to say.
Event
November 16, 2017
1.Future of Work/ 2.Combating Hate (Vancouver Nov16)
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INVITATION to TWO ROUNDTABLES 9:30 – 11:30 am Roundtable on Combating Hate: Respecting diversity, overcoming discrimination and hate; 12:00–1:30 pm Roundtable on The Future of Work Preparing for the world of less full time jobs, the “Gig Economy”, high
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October 19, 2017
From Colonialism to Multiculturalism – Clarke
By Anne C.D.Clarke
Introduction: It is inconceivable to visualise that I have been in Canada so long that I can recall various significant milestones in the history of Canada, such as our multiculturalism policy, immigration and refugee policy, the repatriation of the Co
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