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Can We Call Them Credit Mills?
Assessing the Legitimacy of Some Independent Schools in Ontario
Jun 24, 2024
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Retooling Teacher Certification
Bridging the Vocational-Technical Teacher Gap in Alberta
Jun 13, 2024
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Policy Framework: Proposals to Strengthen MAiD Safeguards and Oversight
This framework highlights areas that require redress and proposes constructive policy options to better protect Canadians. These options will be explored in more detail in subsequent policy briefs.
Jun 4, 2024
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Child Care Funding Update: Northwest Territories—Year One (2021–22)
Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
May 28, 2024
Research & Policy
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Education
Cardus Education studies excellence in education, graduate outcomes, and the development and accessibility of diverse schooling options to meet student and family needs.
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Work & Economics
Cardus Work & Economics studies policies related to organized labour, work, gambling and saving, and charities in order to support the common good.
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Family
Cardus Family studies the family, child care, and marriage, as well as the ways they can help strengthen civil society.
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Spirited Citizenship
Cardus Spirited Citizenship supports the ongoing development of the common good at a city scale, exploring social structures, relational networks, and emerging ideas and practices.
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Health
Cardus Health encourages the development of social systems that support the desire for a natural death, improve the quality and availability of palliative care, and equip patients and caregivers in end-of-life situations.
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Faith Communities
Cardus Faith Communities studies Canadians’ freedom of religion and conscience, the place and role of religion in society, and the ways in which religious congregations contribute to the common good.
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Research Approach
We use standard social-scientific methods and put our reports through a peer review process, using outside experts to evaluate and strengthen the quality of our work before publishing it.
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School ‘Credit Mills’ Are Still a Problem, but Cardus Offers Solutions
About 29% of Ontario’s credit-emphasis independent schools could be “credit mills.”
Jun 29, 2024
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Euthanasia for a Bedsore?
How can a hospital bedsore lead to a successful request for euthanasia?
Jun 28, 2024
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STATEMENT on Coroner’s Inquiry into Death of Normand Meunier
Why don't we have better systems of accountability for euthanasia?
Jun 25, 2024
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Michael Van Pelt Explains Cardus to 100 Huntley Street
What is Cardus? Michael Van Pelt answers this question for the 100 Huntley Street audience.
Jun 25, 2024