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.
If you have a subject idea that is current, topical and relevant to the public policy debate, and are interested in authoring a brief, please contact the Policy Brief editor, Dale Eisler.
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Reproductive Justice and Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan: Overview and Recommendations
By: Alana Cattapan, CRC in the Politics of Reproduction and Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo; Samantha Moore, PhD Student, University of Manitoba; Karen Lawford, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, Queen’s University
On January 26th, 2021 the Government of Saskatchewan announced it would be ending the use of birth alerts in the province, following the calls to justice from the National Inquiry ...
The Evolving Economy (Post-COVID-19 and beyond) and Aligning Skills Training: Roles for Canada’s Postsecondary Institutions
By: Asit K. Sarkar, Professor Emeritus, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan
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...
How Joe Biden Can Heal America
By: Peter Nicholson, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada; former inaugural President of the Council of Canadian Academies
Written by Peter Nicholson, this Policy Brief seeks to provide an answer and, on that basis, to suggest the outline of a policy agenda to fulfill Joe Biden's pledge to heal America...
COVID-19: We Have a Vaccine, Now Comes the Hard Part
By: Jim Marshall, Lecturer, 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...
Making Co-Management Work: A Primer
By: Sujata Manandhar, Post-doctoral fellow, University of Saskatchewan and Yukon University; Nadia Joe, Environmental Scientist, Green Raven Environmental Inc.; and Douglas A. Clark, Associate Professor, USask School of Environment and Sustainability
Beyond policy is implementation. Too often what people believe to be good policy fails not because the policy itself is misguided, but because its application is flawed by lack of ...
Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Saskatchewan's Future?
By: Margot Hurlbert, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability Policy, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS); Dale Eisler, JSGS Senior Policy Fellow
Often, the best way to approach a policy challenge, especially one as fraught as climate change, is to start with a question. Or, in this case, three questions. It tends to focus t...