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Are you inadvertently amplifying anti-immigrant racism?
by Syed Hussan on August 16, 2019 Anti-immigrant racism underpins much of the conversation about immigration policy in this country. We must be able to identify the obvious and subtle ways in which it is being...Contract faculty: So much more to know
by Chandra Pasma on August 15, 2019 In November 2018, CCPA released a report, Contract U: Contract Faculty Appointments at Canadian Universities, which looked at the trends in contract faculty appointments using...When it comes to climate action, the public is ahead of our politics: Analysis of national climate poll
by Seth Klein on August 12, 2019 Last month, as part of the research for a book I am writing on mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency, I commissioned an extensive national public opinion poll from Abacus...Why politicians love P3s (and the rest of us shouldn’t)
by Simon Enoch on August 1, 2019 Today the Leader-Post published my response to Minister Gord Wyant’s recent op-ed that argued the Saskatchewan government would continue to use the P3 model for certain new...How condos, vacancies distort the affordability equation for renters in Canada
by David Macdonald on July 22, 2019 Why do average rent numbers always seem too low? As I work on major reports, like our recent one looking at rental wages, I have a front row seat to the shortcomings of data...
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