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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 平特五不中.
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Building Forward: Learning from Australia's Infrastructure Lessons | Policy Magazine
May 8, 2023 | Anil Wasif, Senior Economist with the Ontario Government, wrote that the recent announcement of a comprehensive review of hundreds of Australian infrastructure projects should serve as a cautionary tale for Canada. He has stated that Canada faces similar pressures on its infrastructure pipeline due to various factors, such as a shortage of care facilities for the ageing population.
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The future of AI governance a balancing act of privacy, ethics, and progress | The Hill Times
March 16, 2023 | Master of Public Policy Candidate Aftab Ahmed, wrote about the innovation Minister Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne recently launching the second phase of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Ottawa鈥檚 attempts to frame the 鈥榬ules of the game鈥 for its digital economy is commendable, and the U.S. should be observing and emulating this approach. He said "Let me be clear: technology is not the enemy. Novel innovations can undeniably act as positive economic disruptors."
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Building Mental Health Policies into All Policies
March 6, 2023 | MPP Candidate, Sandrine Desforges, wrote an article on integrating mental health in all policies (MHIAP). She wrote that this approach would seek to promote mental health and well-being by expanding the scope of the efforts dedicated to improving population mental health to all policies. She also added that a MHIAP approach would require all sectors to take into account the potential mental health implications of all decisions.聽
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Assessing the Impact of Canada's Feminist Foreign Assistance | Policy Magazine
February 14, 2023 | Following Kevin Page's complexity seminar, Caroline Wilson wrote about the Canadian government making a significant shift in the right direction in terms of their commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment. She also mentioned that the method of application of policies has to be justified in the program monitoring and evaluation phases.
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Reforming the United Nations: How Canada Can Lead on Human Rights | Policy Magazine
February 9, 2023 | Following Kevin Page's complexity seminar, Elisa Alloul wrote about how the lack of accountability on how gross human rights abusers have joined UN bodies is hurting the UN's legitimacy and credibility. Elisa Alloul is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 平特五不中.
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Making Canada's Foreign Assistance More Accessible and Transparent | Policy Magazine
February 7, 2023 | In an ongoing conversation about the significant global challenges today from climate change to the war in Ukraine following Kevin Page's complexity seminar, Alison Clement wrote about these challenges requiring strong, united responses from the world's leading democracies.
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Transparency in the World Cup: Canada Should Lead by Example | Policy Magazine
February 7, 2023| Following Kevin Page's Complexity Seminar, Aftab Ahmed reflected on the country's reputation for shaping and adhering to international norms being on the line when Canada co-hosts the FIFA World Cup in 2026. Aftab Ahmed is a Masters of Public Policy candidate with the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 平特五不中.
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Building National Pharmacare on a Flawed Foundation | Policy Magazine
February 6, 2023 | As Canada sets forth to build a national pharmacare plan, following Kevin Page's Complexity Seminar, MPP candidate Anmol Gupta wrote this op-ed to address the need to聽 reflect on the performance of the public system before it's expanded to cover all Canadians.
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Which path do we want to be on? | The Daily Star
January 12, 2023 | Aftabuddin Ahmed, a current MPP student, stated that this year will define whether Bangladesh can preserve its institutional ambitions towards being a liberal democracy.
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Hockey Canada scandal is not an isolated event. Forceful government action is past due | CBC Opinion
November 11, 2022 | In the opinion column by Alison Clement and Sandrine Desforges, Master of Public Policy candidates at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, they talk about the聽news of Hockey Canada using 7.6 million dollars from a reserve fund of registration fees to cover nine sexual assault or abuse claims. An aditional 1.3 million dollars was paid through Hockey Canada's insurance to settle聽
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Embracing "Strategic Clarity" on Taiwan | It was always burning
November 11, 2022 |聽In the face of an increasingly bellicose China buttressed by its mighty economic and military strengths, Washington鈥檚 鈥渟trategic ambiguity鈥 has become insufficient to pre-empt China鈥檚 ambitions. A shift towards "strategic clarity" could pave the way to deter Chinese aggression in the region, provided it remains subtle and is carefully managed, Pangying Peng says.聽
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Canada's national security institutions have fallen woefully behind | Policy Options
November 3, 2022 | The article, written by MPP Candidate Jack Burnham, was based on a discussion held in 平特五不中 which focused on " The future of national security in the world of the "n-block war." Panelists included Jennifer Welsh, Ali Dizboni and Vincent Rigby, while the panel w
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The Role of Energy Transition in Addressing Climate Change | Policy Magazine
August 4, 2022 | In an ongoing conversation about the role of energy transition in addressing climate change since the end of Kevin Page's Complexity Seminar, MPP alumnus Umer Farooq wrote this op-ed in collaboration with Page.聽Umer is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 平特五不中. He has a Doctorate in Engineering.
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A Plea for Greening Canada鈥檚 Housing Policy | Policy Magazine
In聽Policy Magazine's new Emerging Voices series by students, five Max Bell School MPPs were invited to write articles on issues important to them.
The fourth article is "A Plea for Greening Canada鈥檚 Housing Policy" about the housing and climate change crises wreaking havoc on the Canadian economy by Nimmi Hamid.