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The Age of Misinformation: What It Means for Canada’s Future

December 10, 2025

In this episode, Futureproofing Canada host Jennifer Ditchburn speaks with Timothy Caulfield, one of North America’s leading voices on misinformation and the author of The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters. Caulfield unpacks how today’s chaotic...

Why the Arts Matter to Canada’s Future

November 26, 2025

In this episode, Futureproofing Canada host Jennifer Ditchburn speaks with Christopher Deacon, President and CEO of the National Arts Centre, about how the arts build national resilience. Deacon reflects on nearly four decades inside one of Canada’s cultural institutions...

Why Leadership and Trust Matter for Democracy

November 5, 2025

How do leaders earn and keep the public’s trust in an era of polarization, misinformation, and political fatigue? In this episode, recorded live at Acadia University, Futureproofing Canada host Jennifer Ditchburn moderates a discussion on leadership, democracy, and trust...

Why Canada’s Workforce Strategy Must Include Colleges

October 22, 2025

In this episode of Futureproofing Canada, Jennifer Ditchburn speaks with Pari Johnston, President and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada, about why the country’s workforce strategy must include its colleges. Johnston shares how colleges are powering applied research and...

Strengthening Canada’s Trading Relationships: Is Diversifying Away From the U.S. Realistic?

October 8, 2025

This week’s episode is a recording of a panel Jennifer moderated at the IRPP’s recent conference on industrial policy. The panel featured Patricia Goff, professor in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and at the Balsillie School...

The Future of Canada’s North: Critical Minerals and the Arctic Security Corridor

September 24, 2025

In this episode, RJ Simpson, Premier of the Northwest Territories, joins us for a conversation about how the North can help shape Canada’s economic and security future. Simpson highlights the region’s wealth of critical minerals and the importance of...

Tariffs, Trade, and Transformation: The Future of Atlantic Canada’s Economy

September 3, 2025

Canadians are living through uncertain times. Our country faces interconnected challenges including a new geopolitical world order, economic headwinds, climate change, technological disruptions, shifting demographics and deepening inequality. Futureproofing Canada brings you conversations with the people who are thinking boldly...