Recent technological advances have enabled scientists to use renewable materials (e.g., plants, trees, waste) to create energy, materials, and products, disrupting current modes of consumption and production that rely on fossil fuels.

The report from CSA Public Policy Centre outlines options for Canada’s semiconductor strategy to support policymaking and industry decisions

How can Canada build millions of new homes over the next decade to address the housing crisis,

The 2020 Throne Speech announced the federal government’s commitment to a Disability Inclusion Action Plan, which promised the introduction of the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB).

This study explores the potential of these new digital datasets to build on lagged traditional data and improve policymakers’ understanding of our economy and society, as well as the world’s.

This paper explores how one underleveraged tool in the policymakers’ toolkit can offer a means of addressing many of the complexities posed by today’s environment, while delivering on the promises of quicker, evidence-based, and consensus-driven solutions.

A “time tax” is paperwork or an administrative burden that people encounter when accessing government services.

History has shown us that approximately every 20 years, healthcare policy in Canada is elevated to the national stage in a way that results in significant changes to how we fund and manage the healthcare system.

This work has been produced and is owned by Canadian Standards Association. It is designed to provide general information in regards to the subject matter covered.

There are nearly two million students enrolled in Canadian universities and colleges at any given time. Higher education is a large sector, with public institutions’ revenues totalling $60 billion annually.

The rapid evolution of digital technologies in Canada and globally is showing no signs of slowing.

Most people will experience disability at some point in their life. This includes the 22% of Canadians who reported living with a disability in the latest Canadian Survey on Disability in 2017 (more recent analysis suggests the number is over 30%),

In April 2020, just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly 40% of Canadian employees were working primarily from home as compared to 4% in 2016.

Canada has a housing supply issue. Among the G7, Canada has the lowest number of housing units per capita, which contributes to elevated housing costs across the country. This shortage is most acutely felt by lower-income households and those in “core housing need”, who are underserved by current supply efforts

A key component of Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy will be the decarbonization of the transportation sector. This shift requires a reimagining of passenger, public transit, and commercial vehicles, and an entirely new system of public and private infrastructure to support refuelling these vehicles with alternative fuels like electricity.

In 2021, over 100 billion tonnes of materials were consumed globally for the first time. Much of this material—construction, plastics, textiles, and electronics—will become waste,

The policy environment in Canada is undergoing a fundamental shift. Longer-term challenges, such as climate change, and trends, such as increasing digitization of the economy and society, have converged with the once-in-a-century health, social, and economic impacts of a global pandemic to reframe the priorities of citizens and the ways Canadian institutions can and should operate.