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  • Blue banner image with Writers' Trust of Canada logo and text reading Balsille Prize for Public Policy 2023 finalists
    Blue banner image with Writers' Trust of Canada logo and text reading Balsille Prize for Public Policy 2023 finalists
    October 04, 2023

    Michelle Good Amongst Finalists for the $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

    Today the Writers' Trust of Canada revealed the five-book shortlist for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, one of their newest awards, which recognizes comprehensive and thoroughly researched nonfiction ...

  • "We Neglect the Arts and Stress the Sciences at Our Peril" Max Wyman on Why Arts Education is Both Beneficial & Necessary
    "We Neglect the Arts and Stress the Sciences at Our Peril" Max Wyman on Why Arts Education is Both Beneficial & Necessary
    July 28, 2023

    "We Neglect the Arts and Stress the Sciences at Our Peril" Max Wyman on Why Arts Education is Both Beneficial & Necessary

    When education is viewed as simply a pipeline to creating a skilled labour force, governments often find excuses to hack and slash at anything that could be considered a "frill", including (or at times, ...

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