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Canada has failed to reduce persistent racism in the labour market: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO/OTTAWA — Despite an increasingly diverse population, a new report released today reveals that little-to-no progress has been made towards…
Le Canada échoue à réduire le racisme persistant sur le marché du travail : Rapport
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. TORONTO/OTTAWA — Malgré une population de plus en plus diverse, un nouveau rapport publié aujourd’hui révèle que peu ou…
Montreal Massacre: Still fighting for our daughters, one generation later
I was 19 and in my second year of university—with my whole life laid out before me—when the massacre at École Polytechnique happened. I now…
Fast Facts: Poverty and Education in a Winnipeg Suburb
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 5, 2019 The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores were released this week, and once again…
What to Expect from Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Lessons from the Global South
Full text availiable here. Poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) have proliferated across Canada in recent years at different levels of government. In this article, we address…
Crude Lessons
Fossil Fuel Industry Influence on Environmental Education in Saskatchewan Download 611.1 KB24 pages With climate and energy issues dominating much of the political debate, the…
Reducing Poverty to Improve Educational Outcomes
What a School Division and a Local Community Can do Together Download 906.23 KB36 pages Many Manitobans express concern when international ratings of students’ educational…
Oil Industry Influence in Saskatchewan public schools: Report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT REGINA—With climate and energy issues dominating much of the political debate, the question of how and what students…
Oil Together Now: Who’s really playing politics in the classroom?
Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange is very concerned that teachers in classrooms across the province are turning students into anti-oil zealots. Her evidence? Two multiple-choice questions…
Five things to know about the next Ontario budget
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Fast Facts: From the Throne to the Kitchen Table
Are the priorities of the Manitoba government in line with Manitobans’ more broadly? This is the question asked last week by a diverse group of…
Beyond Neoliberalism: Toward a Trade Agenda for People and the Planet
The “Beyond Neoliberalism” workshop in Ottawa on October 30, 2019 was co-organized by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Trade Justice Network and Institute for…
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