Tackling the Negative Implications of a Less-Cash Society | CBC News
June 30, 2024 |聽The digital brigade, powered by e-transfers, PayPal and Apple Pay, has gained unprecedented momentum. This is leading towards a cashless society, as聽Canadians tend to embrace electronic methods of payments. However, cash holds many significance in the social and economic realm.
Protecting our Privacy: Strengthening Accountability for Public Surveillance | Policy Magazine
May 8, 2024 |聽In Policy Magazine鈥檚 Emerging Voices series each year, Max Bell School MPPs are asked to write articles on issues important to them. In the fifth article for 2024, Asha Sivarajah underscores the importance of safeguarding privacy rights while ensuring transparency and accountability in public institutions' use of surveillance technologies.
How do Infrastructure Costs affect Housing Affordability? | Policy Magazine
May 2, 2024 | In Policy Magazine鈥檚 Emerging Voices series each year, Max Bell School MPPs are asked to write articles on issues important to them. In the fourth article for 2024, Ian Lupton explains the need for a Canadian National Infrastructure Assessment for strengthening the nation鈥檚 housing crisis, by supporting a broad range of economic, social and environmental policy objectives.
Should Canadians be Concerned About Corporate Concentration Levels? | Policy Magazine
April 23, 2024 |聽In聽Policy Magazine's Emerging Voices series each year, Max Bell School MPPs are invited to write articles on issues important to them. In the third article for 2024,聽Abdul-Hakim Fuseini underscores the importance incentivizing small businesses for a greater Canadian economy growth. Abdul-Hakim聽previously taught and conducted research in finance, accounting and auditing at the University of Ghana Business School.
Canada Doesn鈥檛 Have a Citizens Budget. It Should. | Policy Magazine
April 14, 2024 |聽In聽Policy Magazine's Emerging Voices series each year, Max Bell School MPPs are invited to write articles on issues important to them.
Budget 2024: Canadians Need a National Flood Insurance Program | Policy Magazine
April 11, 2024 | In聽Policy Magazine's Emerging Voices series each year, Max Bell School MPPs are invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The Case for a Pan-Canadian Teleradiology Network | Policy Magazine
December 6, 2023 | This op-ed by recent MPP graduate, Aftab Ahmed, is based on the policy titled聽鈥淓nhancing Access to Diagnostic Imaging: A Proposal for a Pan-Canadian and Interoperable Teleradiology Network鈥澛爓ritten by our MPP graduates Aftab Ahmed, Anmol Gupta and Harshini Ramesh.聽
Kamala Harris set to attend global climate conference in Dubai | CNN
December 2, 2023 | Kim Brunhuber speaks with MPP alumni Henna Hundal, a delegate to the U.N. Climate Change Conference, about what to expect from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the COP28 climate conference.
She also talks about COP28 being the first climate conference to have a dedicated day for health effects of climate change.聽
Health sector corruption in the times of COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: Newspapers as mirrors of society | Elsevier
November 21, 2023 | Raihana S. Kamal, a Master of Public Policy student at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, was a co-author published on Elsevier. Her research paper conducted a comprehensive analysis of health-sector corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh using print media sources from March 2020 to March 2021. The study revealed corruption in every aspect of the health system during COVID-19.
An online safety bill in Canada: time to get on with it already | The Hill Times
October 25, 2023 | This piece by MPP Alumnus Phaedra de Saint-Rome,highlights Canada's limited efforts in trying to publish a bill addressing online safety since 2020 and not having one in place to this day. The article provides a timeline of the same bill in the European Union and Australia and shows how other government around the world have been able to take action regarding online safety and harms.聽
Alberta university student association calls for government supports in wake of sexual violence report | Edmonton Journal
August 30, 2023 | The Council of Alberta University Students is demanding more government action in the wake of a survey suggesting 50% of respondents have experienced some form of sexual or gender-based violence as a post-secondary student.聽Executive director and Max Bell School graduate Alexandra Ages said she is exited with working with the ministry on next steps.聽
From Rhetoric to Reality: Bridging the Gap in Indigenous Justice Initiatives | Policy Magazine
Can the Liberal government鈥檚 Indigenous Justice Strategy catalyze a new era of transformative reconciliation? The ball is in Justice Minister Arif Virani鈥檚 court.
Canada urgently needs to increase housing supply and transitional supports for veterans | The Globe and Mail
August 1, 2023 | The article in The Globe and Mail provides highlights from the report created by Taylor Chase, Alison Clement, Sandrine Desforges and Anmol Gupta for Canada鈥檚 Federal Housing Advocate as part of the Policy Lab 2023. There is a lack of leadership when it comes to veteran housing, which is split between several federal departments with no central co-ordination.
A Non-Specialist Treatment Model for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Canadian Carceral Settings: A Telemedical Focus | MGHJ
May 12, 2023 | Julian Lam, a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, was one of the authors that were featured in the 苹果淫院 Journal of Global Health. His article highlighted a non-specialist treatment model for Hepatitis C virus in Canada. Despite being a high prevalence context, Canadian corrections facilities have largely failed to provide adequate care for those with HCV due to their reliance on traditional treatment models.
From Boomers to Green Jobs: Navigating Canada鈥檚 Demographic Transition | Policy Magazine
May 15, 2023 | Aftab Ahmed reflected on navigating Canada's demographic transition, where the realities of the aging population coincide with an urgent need to transition toward a green economy.聽Aftab Ahmed is a Masters of Public Policy candidate with the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 苹果淫院.
