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Opinion: Ottawa should get out of the school lunch business financialpost.com/opinion/ottawa…

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We invite you to join us for an important virtual discussion on August 14, looking at the impact of euthanasia and assisted suicide, or medical assistance in dying (MAiD), on Canadians. The webinar features a forthcoming Cardus report by @AlexanderRaikin. Register here ➡️…

“It’s troubling to observe just how poorly the federal child care program is serving families in the Northwest Territories." —Peter Jon Mitchell, family program director at Cardus. Cardus is publishing a series of reports analyzing data on the implementation of the federal child…

"Early data more and more children are discovering AI at a young age—and figuring out how to hack the system and get ChatGPT to do their work for them. Already, a quarter of kids surveyed by the U.K.-based nonprofit Internet Matters admitted to using AI tools for homework help.…

"Antisemitism is not a Jewish problem. It is a Christian problem. It is a Canadian problem." —Father Deacon Andrew Bennett, Cardus's director of faith community engagement "Jews and Christians together can restore the promise of Canada." —@richardmarceau, vice-president and…

"How much do we really believe in the dignity of every person? The limit of that belief is the extent to which we are prepared to sacrifice ourselves to protect due process for those with whom we disagree. Case in point: the process by which the United States is deporting alleged…

For education to truly serve the common good, it cannot solely be the government's responsibility. Education belongs to the whole community. This truth is why we champion a philosophy of education called educational pluralism. It is a system of education found in many…

Editor-in-chief of Cardus's @commentmag, Anne Snyder: “There are so many embodiers of this [Christian humanist] wisdom in so many contexts— police departments, mental health wards… teachers, weavers on the neighborhood block… they're often falling on their own sword, and they…

"Despite the fact that [Ontario] does not fund independent schools, close to 7 percent of students are educated in independent schools. And the growth rate of independent schools in Ontario is staggering... it’s not just wealthy families. Of the over 1,445 independent schools in…

Having a criminal record can make it very difficult for a person to find good employment. Part of the problem is that the criminal record only tells a part of a person’s story. It can obscure the human person who is the subject of the criminal record. Join us this Thursday to…

❌ Fewer childcare spaces ❌ Fewer communities offering no-fee childcare These are the disappointing results revealed in a new Cardus report analyzing data on the second year of the Northwest Territories' child care funding agreement with the federal government. The federal…

This is the best review of I...Do? Why Marriage Still Matters yet to come out precisely because it finds problems with the book and discusses them thoughtfully. Thank you @JaniceFiamengo writing for @AristotleFdn aristotlefoundation.org/book-reviews/m…

"...the vandalism of synagogues is now commonplace, many Jewish communities require professional security services, Jewish families and children walking to school are regularly harassed, taking a taxi is calculated risk, and wearing a Jewish cultural or religious symbol is an act…

My colleague, Cardus CEO and co-founder, Michael Van Pelt, generously shares his concern about the rise in antisemitism within Canada. Read more in Cardus Insights on Saturday morning: cardus.ca/commentary/ins…

In an interview with Cardus senior fellow @eckertjon on the Just Schools podcast, Cardus’s president, U.S., @LynnSwaner1, explored key insights from the 2023 Cardus Education Survey. Together they unpack findings about the educational outcomes produced by different kinds of…

"The federal government is a lousy substitute parent," writes Peter Jon Mitchell in the @financialpost. So, why do parents accept a federal school lunch program that nudges them out of their primary parental roles and reduces their ability to raise their own children? And why is…

Grateful to chat with Josyane @oidel_edu about Cardus Education research, educational pluralism, and graduate outcomes from the Cardus Education Survey! @cardusca

Cardus senior fellow @lymanstoneky joined @ChrisWillx Modern Wisdom podcast to talk about policies for promoting fertility rates: "It's very hard to find cases of status interventions—how often does a government or something implement a policy where they announce that having…

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