Creating Healthy Opportunities for Work and Knowledge amongst Migrants in Delhi
On a blazing afternoon at a labour chowk in Delhi, we meet Phool Singh. He is the senior most worker at one of these informal labour markets found across the […]
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The Veneer of Nonprofit Transparency: Mind Your Donated Dollars as Charities Respond to Natural Disasters
It is eight months into 2017 and the world has already experienced some of the most expensive and destructive natural disasters in recent history. Crisis-response organizations and government agencies have […]
What Were MPPGA Students up to This Summer?
Between the first and second years of the MPPGA program, students have several options for how they spend the four months of summer. Of course, taking time off is certainly […]
Building Resilience in Cold Vancouver
Policy students from UBC’s MPPGA program and Sciences Po in Paris collaborated in a week long Resilient Cities Policy Challenge with the City of Vancouver to explore how social inclusion […]
Demystifying Smallholders’ Potential For “Sustainable Intensification” – The Case of Small Palm-oil Farms in Indonesia
September 10, 2015 – The raging blaze is devastating pristine hectares of tropical forests and precious peatlands, orangutans are fleeing the inferno, particulate matter are soaring to unbearable levels while […]
Optimism Prescribed at Vision 20 Summit in Washington DC
It is April of 2016. A distinguished group of former diplomats and international affairs thought leaders gather along the humid bay of Hangzhou, China to discuss the future of the […]
Canadians Aren’t “Checking In” for First Nations at Home
Following the inauguration of President Trump, millions of folks from all walks of life took to the streets around the world for Women’s March on Washington. The show of […]
Policy Round Table: Episode 1
This week features a discussion with fellow MPPGA students Laurélène and Elisha about a colloquium they attended last month in Paris addressing COP21 and the 2015 Paris climate agreement one year on. We round things out with some policy-related stories from the headlines, such as Norway’s decision to phase out FM radio and some maple syrup related delinquency here in Canada.
Sierra Leone sits on a Political Precipice in Wake of Ebola Response
Sierra Leone can’t seem to catch a break. Just as soon as the West African country emerged from a bitter eleven-year civil war in 2002, Sierra Leone entered a decade-long […]
Does Corruption Really Grease the Wheels?
Governing is hard. Public bureaucracies are unwieldy, complex machines. If only we could get them running more smoothly. For some, corruption is the key. Specifically, some corruption is necessary. It […]
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