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.
The Provinces Need Help. Time to Put the Bank of Canada to Work
By: Marc-Andre Pigeon, Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS); Murray Fulton, Director, JSGS; and Michael Atkinson, Professor Emeritus, JSGS
The provinces are struggling.
What we need to know about the pace of decarbonization
By: Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Environment, University of Manitoba
Energy transitions have been among the key defining processes of human evolution.
A world in distress: The first stage of the battle against the pandemic
By: Ken Coates, Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan; and Carin Holroyd Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Politicians and public servants are immersed in one of the most challenging non-war situations in a century. The novel coronavirus has tied the world in a series of policy knots th...
Targeted Basic Income: An Equitable Policy Response to COVID-19
By: Dionne Pohler, Kourtney Koebel, and Rafael Gomez, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto; Marc-Andre Pigeon, and Murray Fulton, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the world how interconnected we all are, and how much we need (and depend) on each other. In Canada, it has been heart-warming to see the responses ...
Big Banks and Competition: The Promise and Peril of Open Banking
By: Marc-André Pigeon, Director, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives; Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Open Banking promises to empower consumers by giving them easy control over their financial data.
The Insidious and Dangerous Challenge of Crystal Meth
By: Dale Eisler, Senior Policy Fellow, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
It’s been called a crisis, a scourge, an epidemic, a blight that is corroding the social fabric, destructive to families and individuals. Go ahead, pick your description. When it c...