RESEARCH
Our goal is to highlight Canada’s significant role in the world and give a thorough examination the numerous complexities that define Canada’s place on the world stage.
How we see it
The Better Canada Institute believes that our research will help make public policy in Canada accessible to all audiences who wish to engage. The Institute will fill a vital role by providing insights and commentary on the events in the public policy sector of Canada.
We also believe our data backed research help create more conversations and stimulate more minds into creating meaningful actions in Canada. We hope that you are able to share our passions and follow along in our journey.
Healthcare
Our focus will be an expansive examination of the strengths and weaknesses of our current system, as well as highlighting emerging trends and discussing the future of healthcare.
Economic Development
Our aim is to examine, explore and discuss the ways in which to improve innovation, trade and competitive economic marketplaces for all citizens and as a country.
Foreign Affairs
Our goal is to highlight Canada’s significant role in the world and give a thorough examination the numerous complexities that define Canada’s place on the world stage.
Systemic Discrimination
Our focus will cover the historic roots of discrimination in the economic, social, and educational institutions of Canada.
Environment and Sustainability
This issue covers the political, social, and economic actions undertaken to protect our national ecosystems and support human health and wellbeing.
Immigration
Read the latest articles on Public Policy
Implementation and Evaluation of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
The Indian Residential Schools (IRS) system was a source of intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities throughout the more than 150 years these institutions were open in Canada. These federally-operated schools ran on neocolonial policies of assimilation via separation of children from their families, rendering Indigenous cultures ideologically inferior to Canadian settler colonialism.
A Closer Look at the FIAP’s Approach to Feminism
This article discusses how Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) integrates both instrumental and transformative approaches to feminism.
Discrimination in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Systemic discrimination exists in institutional processes, policies, and practices, and is entrenched within the criminal justice system. This article discusses the historical and structural issues that impact the policing of racialized communities, predominantly Indigenous and Black people in Canada.
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