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Can Canada Help Feed the World While Reducing Emissions? Assessing Challenges and Barriers to Digital Opportunities in Agriculture
Generating, sharing and using digital data is key to accelerating new scientific discovery, innovation and efficiency in the global food system. Done well, digital technology adoption should enable Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sectors to support some of the most pressing Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations, including reducing hunger, mitigating and adapting to […]
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ReadNew research sets forward a bold vision for the digital transformation of Canada’s agriculture sector
Montreal – Food security and affordability are a concern across Canada, and around the world. New research from the IRPP outlines how the adoption of a digital strategy could help Canada’s agriculture sector reduce hunger, adapt to climate change, optimize land and water use, and promote sustainable economic growth across the country. New technologies are […]
Imagining a Better Digital Future for Canadian Agriculture
Can technology help Canada feed the world while reducing emissions? On November 21 we held a panel discussion on the future of agriculture in Canada. Panelists Katherine MacDonald (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), Tyler McCann (Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute), Lenore Newman (University of the Fraser Valley), and Peter W. B. Phillips (University of Saskatchewan) explored the […]
Evan Fraser
Evan Fraser is a professor of geography at the University of Guelph, where he helps lead the Food from Thought initiative, a multimillion-dollar research program that explores how to use big data to reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint. He works with large multidisciplinary teams on developing solutions to help feed the world’s growing population while not […]
Crashing the Party: An Insider’s Look at Creating Political Platforms – Transcrpit
IRPP Webinar – January 25, 2022 Moderator:  Jennifer Ditchburn, President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy Panellists:  Angella MacEwan, Senior Economist, CUPE National Dan Mader, Founding Partner, Loyalist Public Affairs Tyler Meredith, Director of Economic Strategy and Planning, Finance Canada Jennifer Ditchburn   Hello everyone. I’m joining you from Ottawa, which is […]
Why Canada needs an information tool linking training, skills, and jobs
Canadian workers need a comprehensive source of information that links training programs to skills. All players in the economy will benefit.
What’s So Bad about Increasing Inequality in Canada?
In this chapter, the author asks what the implications of ever increasing inequality in Canada might be and whether this can possibly be a steady state.
Ottawa must strengthen its case on carbon pricing law for the Supreme Court
A new study from the IRPP analyzes the constitutional challenges to the federal government’s carbon pricing law to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Constitutional Law and the Politics of Carbon Pricing in Canada
Ottawa must strengthen its case on carbon pricing law for the Supreme Court.
