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Why high U.S. drug prices matter to Canada
by CCPA on November 13, 2018 Photo by ccPixs.com, Flickr Creative Commons. In the mid-1970s the average monthly cost of a cancer drug in the United States was about $100. By 1995 that cost had crept up to...Our Schools | Our Selves: Viva la evolución!
by Erika Shaker on November 13, 2018 From the beginning, Our Schools / Our Selves has taken seriously the feminist imperative that we must link the personal and the political. Students need to be given an...Lesson Plans: Ontario’s ‘unprecedented’ education consultation
by Erika Shaker on November 9, 2018 How should we approach a rethink of our current public education system in Ontario? After all, there’s no question it’s high time for a review. One of Mordechai Rozanski’s...The house that debt built
by Stuart Trew on November 1, 2018 In a speech in May, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz told a scary story about household debt. No matter how you measure it—as a share of disposable income (170%, a Canadian...Pause and effect: On defunding parental engagement initiatives in education
by Erika Shaker on October 31, 2018 Family engagement is so important in a child’s education. But it’s much easier for some families than for others, for reasons that often, though not always, play out along...
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