JSGS Policy Brief
The Policy Brief is a digital and print publication, written by JSGS scholars and leading policy experts, to provide context and perspective on important public issues and to further discussion and debate within the public sector. It provides policy makers and those interested in policy formation with timely and expert analysis, observations and potential policy approaches to relevant issues concerning the public.
A Tectonic Shift in the Digital Divide: It’s now deeper than a technological gap
By: Cheryl Camillo, Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS); Justin Longo, JSGS Associate Professor
This issue of JSGS Policy Brief is part of a series dedicated to exploring and providing evidence-based analysis, policy ideas, recommendations and research conclusions on the vari...
Student Performance in PISA 2018: Nettlesome Questions for Canada
By: John Richards, Professor, Simon Fraser University School of Public Policy, and Roger Phillips Chair in Social Policy, C.D. Howe Institute
This is a précis of a longer monograph recently published by the C.D. Howe Institute. It is freely available at www.cdhowe.org
Beware of Moral Hazard in COVID-19 Policy Responses
By: Serge Dupont, former Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council; and Kevin Lynch, former Clerk of the Privy Council
This issue of JSGS Policy Brief is part of a series dedicated to exploring and providing evidence-based analysis, policy ideas, recommendations and research conclusions on the vari...
Staying Apart Through Clustering: Review of the research and innovation landscape on food
By: Peter W.B. Phillips, Distinguished Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) and Researcher, Centre for the Study of Science and Innovation Policy; Crystal Chan, JSGS Master of Public Policy student
In 2017, the federal government announced its commitment to develop a national food policy for Canada that will emphasize “community bonding”. The assertion is that “food connects...
Reimagining a climate change future for Canada
By: Dale Eisler, Senior Policy Fellow, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
This issue of JSGS Policy Brief is part of a series dedicated to exploring and providing evidence-based analysis, policy ideas, recommendations and research conclusions on the vari...
Beyond Huawei: The Urgency of Digital Security
By: David Sparling, Master of Public Policy student, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Over the past decade, cyber security has emerged as a crucial dimension of Canada’s national security policymaking. Its importance will only increase as Canada completes the transi...