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.
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...
No Easy Answers: Insights into Community Well-being among First Nations
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
Long-term care in the era of COVID-19: There is no place like home
By: Dan Florizone, Executive-in-Residence, 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...
Facing the climate crisis: A post-COVID green energy constructive re-emergence
By: Martin Boucher, Faculty Lecturer, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS); Christopher Gunter, JSGS Faculty Lecturer
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...