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.
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...
Whether it’s Trump or Biden, there will be no “Return to Normalcy”
By: Marshall Auerback, Research Associate, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
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 the Economy: Prioritizing Saskatchewan’s Wellbeing
By: Ingrid Cazakoff, CEO, Heritage Saskatchewan; Iryna Khovrenkov, Associate Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy; Tracey Mann, Executive Director, Community Initiatives Fund
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...
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...