Advocates disappointed by Liberals’ absence at global school meals summit, lack of progress on $1B nutrition promise
As one in four children experience food insecurity, the Breakfast Club of Canada’s Judith Barry says the Liberals’ lack of progress shows they still don’t recognize the urgency of the crisis.
Feds seriously up game on housing crisis, but smaller municipalities could be left behind
Without a boost from the Accelerator Fund, small communities cannot do their part to fulfill the vision of affordable and attainable housing for all.
Lack of ‘government effectiveness’ the unifying focus of AG reports, says one expert
Issues of service delivery and digital governance cut across many of the reports Auditor General Karen Hogan issued on Oct. 19.
Concerned about housing? Let’s not forget about the foundation
Solving Canada’s housing crisis means also paying attention to what lies beneath it.
Who can address Canada’s infrastructure needs?
The federal government’s ‘peace, order, and good government’ emergency powers need to be invoked because surely the current infrastructure deficit, combined with the climate crisis, qualifies as an emergency.
University and College Research
Lessons from COVID-19: we need long-term investment in research
Our universities build Canada’s capacity and develop the skilled workforce needed for emergency response.
Universities are a critical piece of the climate-change puzzle
Researchers are tracking climate change impacts on our systems and infrastructure, and developing projections to help communities prepare for increases in temperature and extreme weather events.
Curbing international students not the answer to Canada’s housing crisis
It would be harmful to address the housing shortage by curtailing the number of international scholars studying at our universities, especially when they contribute so much to our society.
Are Canadians suffering a crisis of trust?
A new scholarly network will explore how engineers, scientists, and researchers can find ways of embedding trust into the technologies they are currently building.
