Cardus Education studies excellence in education, graduate outcomes, and the development and accessibility of diverse schooling options to meet student and family needs.

Cardus Work & Economics studies policies related to organized labour, work, gambling and saving, and charities in order to support the common good.

Cardus Family studies the family, child care, and marriage, as well as the ways they can help strengthen civil society.

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.

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.

Cardus’s program of Faith Community Engagement seeks to build a network of faith leaders across Canada for mutual benefit, and to support a shared vision of faithful presence in the public square.

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.