Policy Options Podcast
1) PO Podcast 107 – The policymaker’s path to defund the police
As calls to “defund the police” have spread around the world, we’ve seen the violence police inflict upon communities of colour. Race-based data is hard to come by in Canada, but the data we do have s...Show More
2) Canada’s Immigration Backlash: What’s Really Happening?
In this episode of Futureproofing Canada, host Jennifer Ditchburn speaks with Mireille Paquet, director of the Institute for Research on Migration and Society and research chair on the politics of imm...Show More
3) What Broke Housing in Canada, and How to Fix It
In this episode of Futureproofing Canada, host Jennifer Ditchburn speaks with Carolyn Whitzman, one of the country’s leading housing experts, about how decades of policy choices created today’s housin...Show More
4) How Foreign Investment Can Strengthen Canada’s Economic Future
In this episode of Futureproofing Canada, Jennifer Ditchburn speaks with Laurel Broten, CEO of Invest in Canada, about how attracting global investment can strengthen Canada’s economic resilience, not...Show More
5) The Age of Misinformation: What It Means for Canada’s Future
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...Show More
6) Why the Arts Matter to Canada’s Future
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 refle...Show More
7) Why Leadership and Trust Matter for Democracy
How do leaders earn and keep the public’s trust in an era of polarization, misinformation, and political fatigue? In this episode, we share with you the recording of an Acadia University event where ...Show More
8) Why Canada’s Workforce Strategy Must Include Colleges
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...Show More
9) Strengthening Canada’s Trading Relationships: Is Diversifying Away From the U.S. Realistic?
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 Scien...Show More
10) The Future of Canada’s North: Critical Minerals and the Arctic Security Corridor
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...Show More
The Future of Canada’s North: Critical Minerals and the Arctic Security Corridor
30:46 | Sep 24th, 2025