November 26, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted pre-existing cracks in Canada’s federal structure, particularly in relation to Canada’s cities. On the one hand, cities are significant policymakers deeply involved in addressing Canada’s major policy challenges. On the other, cities remain “little siblings”...
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November 26, 2020
Authored by David Pettincchio and Michelle Lee Maroto, this new paper addresses whether and how unions help to dismantle workplace inequality experienced by people with different types of disabilities. Using pooled 2009–2018 CPS MORG data of 630,799 respondents covering almost...
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November 26, 2020
This chapter from professor of political science Linda A. White in the Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Sexuality, and Canadian Politics aims to help students of politics understand the importance of federalism and multilevel governance in Canada, as well as why...
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November 25, 2020
Co-authored by Sean Speer and aided by research assistants Declan Ingham and Luka Glozic, as well as research manager Ian T.D Thompson, all recent graduates of the Munk School of Global Affairs Master of Public Policy program, this report was...
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November 23, 2020
Noah Zon explores the communications-related uncertainty around the programs and policies the Canadian and provincial governments have implemented since the beginning of COVID-19. Read the Report
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November 20, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has made one thing absolutely clear: China is the workshop of the world. This has significant strategic and geopolitical implications. By playing its initially weak hand to perfection, China transformed its position of dependence into one of...
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November 19, 2020
In the 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author and renowned technology and security expert Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the economy, the environment, and humanity. Digital technologies have given rise to...
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November 18, 2020
As of July 2020, COVID-19 has caused over 600,000 deaths, with 17 million confirmed cases, and counting. The World Health Organization (WHO), the global governance organization charged with providing health for all, declared a pandemic of on March 11, signaling...
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Students of world politics have long shown a special interest in sea power. International relations, however, tend to treat the means of power as homogeneous and interchangeable. Are military capabilities largely undifferentiated goods, or do specific assets matter for politics?...
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November 12, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for fundamentally reforming Canada’s system of fiscal federalism. In this policy paper for Ontario 360, Sean Speer and Jonah Goldberg discuss how Ontario can play a leadership role in strategies to improve Canadian...
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