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Toronto, Ontario
Joined August 2018
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The @SpringboardPol project on the time tax in Canada has a new publication out through the CSA Group. They have 18 actionable approaches to address the underlying sources of the time tax.
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Featured in the OPC’s Real Results: an interview with @NoahZon, a lead researcher with the CSA Group, who looked at #privacy risks for children given the scope and scale of data collected by #AI from apps and toys they use. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-an… #ContributionsProgram
ALT Real results volume 4. Growing up with AI: What are the privacy risks for children?
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This series on the time tax in #CDNpoli is a must-read. Of course policy implementation is designed with the very berry best of intentions, but (way?) too often we are overloading applicants with unnecessary administrative burdens. We can, and must do better.
First, we focus on how public supports for people with disabilities have some of the highest time tax burdens, preventing people from accessing programs they need medium.com/@springboardpolic…
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📢We're #Hiring!
🧑💻Apply for VP of Evidence Generation and lead a highly talented team of researchers with a wide range of methods expertise. Does this excite you? Learn more: bit.ly/3XD4oaM
🗓️Deadline: August 25th
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"There's no free lunch in policy but employee ownership is very close to it. There's good evidence it works, it supports multiple priorities, and the groundwork has already been laid." - @NoahZon
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As #inflation makes headlines, we're taking a deeper dive to understand the picture in 2022. Watch the livestream April 20th from 4-5pm with Senior Fellow + economist @ArmineYalnizyan, Junior Fellow @tommalba + Alum @StephBertolo. Moderator @michaelvalpy. youtu.be/6Cgx8ZQPVf8
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Defining and re-defining various ways to measure affordable housing.
Happy that @SpringboardPol could join @FCM_online’s Board to help us collectively shift and build on our understanding of housing affordability.
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New post: Rural communities are well positioned to thrive in our changing world, but not if we use the same old approaches to local development. @MattMendel, Jamie Van Ymeren, @NoahZon and Jasmine Irwin share their @Canada2020 research. policyresponse.ca/rural-comm…
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Career guidance systems should be designed with a whole-of-person lens says @TweetzfromJas and @AdrienneLipsey. As part of the @fsc_ccf_en's RCP initiative, this paper considers promising practices in breaking down barriers to career guidance for Canadians bit.ly/326kpx9
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In partnership with @fsc_ccf_en, we are leading a research program to find future-oriented, evidence-driven, systems-focused approaches to #careerguidance across 🇨🇦. Learn more about the initiative! #FutureOfWork bit.ly/326kpx9
ALT Responsive Career Pathways initiative reports were released by the Future Skills Centre and Blueprint.
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I haven't seen this many openings in non-profit/policy sectors in years. Turnover is higher than ever.
Jobseekers, these are great places to find postings:
- @CivicActionGTHA ELN Newsletter & FB group
- @SpringboardPol PolicyJobs Weekly Newsletter
- @WomxnInPolicy Newsletter
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A 🇨🇦 Covid Commission is essential. As @NoahZon @SpringboardPol and I suggest, this exercise should be inclusive, thorough, and lead towards greater resilience and healing.
At a time when we see the same mistakes repeated over again in this pandemic, I wrote with @petermacleod in @ipoliticsca about the need for a large scale People's Commission to make sure we actually learn from these mistakes - and from what has worked. ipolitics.ca/2021/04/12/we-n…
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"Smaller businesses with greater uncertainty are more likely to be left behind." @NoahZon looks back at what #CEWS got right - and wrong - in our Year-End Q&A. policyresponse.ca/year-end-q… #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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@NoahZon and @Sean_Speer discuss the newest @ontario360 paper on the vital need for clear communication in policy.
youtu.be/Pov1uOf09n4
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"Communications is not tangential to public policy: it is crucial to public policy implementation, especially in a crisis." Read the latest @Ontario360 policy paper from @NoahZon: bit.ly/3fwwkqB
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New @ontario360 paper highlights the importance of government communications in the effective implementation of policies and programs - especially in crisis. @NoahZon @Sean_Speer
on360.ca/policy-papers/commu…
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We urgently need ideas to minimize the economic harm to Canada’s families, particularly moms, write @KenBoessenkool and @NoahZon: bit.ly/2TXBTVi #cdnecon
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New from me: it's time for a plan B on the COVID economic response medium.com/@NoahZon/time-for…
Businesses that scraped through a first wave can't afford to wait. Need clear communication now about what will trigger extensions, new programs
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"We have seen massive job losses already. If we are going to reverse these, the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy needs to have greater clarity for employers and fix the gaps that leave many small and growing businesses out." bit.ly/2yqHlYV via @NoahZon
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"The #CEWS will provide employers with $73 billion over a 3- month period. It is by far the largest piece of Canada’s economic support package. For the federal government’s economic rescue plan to work, CEWS needs to work." bit.ly/3ckHjR5 via @NoahZon #CdnPoli