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MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance

Events and Programming

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Advancing Public Policy Discourse

Since its inception, the MacEachen Institute has been a hub for discussing the day's most pressing policy issues. In addition to the popular Policy Matters series, which ran from 2017 to 2021, the MacEachen Institute has sought to bring together experts from diverse backgrounds and sectors.听

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2024

Mass Evacuation Speaker Series

2023

2023

June 2, 2023

After Popular Attention Washes Away: Check-In Post Fiona

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Oct. 10, 2023

Time and Place: Understanding and Meeting the Changing Needs for Mental Health in Our Communities

2022

2022

November 16. 2022

Smooth Sailing or Stormy Seas: Tourism Makes a Comeback

November 1. 2022

Come Hell or High Water: Improving Emergency Response for People with Disabilities

October 19, 2022

No Easy Answers: The complicated and involved practice of ethics in health care during crises

September 20, 2022

All For One, or One For All: Can universal health care meet the needs of a diverse population?

June 14, 2022

One Chance To Be A Child: Child Rights and Well-being in Nova Scotia

January 28, 2022

Taxing the Unvaccinated: Evidence, Ethics and Policy Implications

January 19, 2022

An African Nova Scotian Community Calling In: Agency, Accountability, Representation & Self-Determination

2021

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November 4, 2021

Transparency, Power and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry

December 3, 2021

Solutions to Workforce Issues in the Seasonal Tourism Sector

October 28, 2021

Calls to Justice of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry

October 20, 2021

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

October 14, 2021

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action

Tuesday July 6, 2021

The Future of Long-Term Care in Canada: An Event Held in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Late Honourable Allan J. MacEachen's Birth

Thursday June 17, 2021

Launching C.A.R.P. Nova Scotia's Position Paper:听Working Together to Bring Home Care Home

Thursday April 1, 2021

Just the Facts or Fool's Gold: Trust and Uncertainty at the Science-Policy Interface

Thursday March 11, 2021

Race and Party Platforms in the Coming Nova Scotia Elections

Thursday March 4, 2021

Climate Adaptation in Nova Scotia: Overblown or Under Water?

Thursday February 25, 2021

The Road to Recovery for Atlantic Tourism

Thursday February 18, 2021

Falling Through the Cracks: Long-Term Care & COVID-19

2020

2020

Tuesday October 20, 2020

Coastal Risk Governance: Lessons From COVID-19

Wednesday October 14, 2020

U.S. Presidential Election 2020: What's at Stake for Canada?

Thursday October 1, 2020

First Wave: Atlantic Canada's Chief Medical Officers Discuss Lessons From COVID-19

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

The Challenges for Tourism in Atlantic Canada

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Inside/Out: How Covid-19 is shifting our sense of places and spaces

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

The Impact on Atlantic Canadian Fisheries

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Housing on the Brink

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Leadership in a Crisis

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Addressing COVID-19 Globally and Locally

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Transformative Politics of the Wild

Monday, February 3, 2020

Making it Count: Assessing the impact of the Decade for People of African Descent on policy in NS

Monday, January 27, 2020

Strategies for Dismantling Racial Fragility within Public Institutions

2019

2019

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Not All Fun and Games: Difficult Decisions and Trade-offs in Cultural and Recreational Infrastructure 听

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

The Art of the Deal: Public-Private Partnerships听听

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

When the Dust Settles: How Do We Hold People to Account After Disasters?

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

A key Determinant of Health: Meeting the Housing Needs of Older LGBTQ2S+ Canadians

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Resilience or Reluctance: Climate Change Adaptation Policy in Atlantic Canada

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Human Rights and Reconciliation: Indigenous Child Welfare

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Canada鈥檚 Energy Future: Boom or Bust?

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

The Future of Work: Where Demographics, Technology and Urbanization collide

Monday, September 23, 2019

The Road Ahead: A Political Conversation about the Future of Atlantic Canada

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Food System Failure: Why Food is a Forgotten Policy Option

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Election 2019: Democracy and Manipulation in the Internet Age

The Canadian Climate Policy and the Turnover Problem

(Grad Student Round Table)

March 27, 2019

The SNC-Lavalin Affair:听Implications for Canadian Democracy

2018

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2018

November 6, 2018

Provincial Perspectives on Federal Pharmacare

October 30, 2018

Ports Modernization: Balancing Economic Prosperity and Environmental Sustainability

October 23, 2018

Hosted in collaboration with the听Dalhousie Faculty of Health:

Youth Mental Health Care in Nova Scotia: What Needs to Change and How Do We Make That Happen?

October 16, 2018

Hosted in collaboration with the听:

Faking It: The Impact of Fake News on Today鈥檚 Political Landscape

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October 9, 2018

Hosted in collaboration with the听:

Science and Policy: Should Scientific Information Have Pre-eminence in Public Decision-Making?

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October 2, 2018

Whose Nation? Navigating a New Era in Crown-Indigenous Relations

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September 27, 2018

Hosted in collaboration with the听:

Doing the Right Things at Home and Abroad - Why Ethics Matter: Some Ethical Reflections with Bob Rae

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September 25, 2018

Hosted in collaboration with the听:

Sink or Swim: Decisions in Emergency Management

September 18, 2018

Policy Issues in Housing an Aging Population

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September 11, 2018

Hosted in collaboration with the听Centre for the Study of Security and Development:

Echoes of 9/11 in the Trump Era: Did 9/11 Really 鈥淐hange Everything鈥�?

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June 29, 2018

Hosted by the听The Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence:

Innovation in Housing Models and Policies for Older听LGBTQi2S Populations

March 16, 2018

Hosted by the听The Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence:

CANADA鈥慐U RELATIONS: Perspectives from Berlin, Brussels & Rome

The Honourable Stephane Dion, Daniel J. Costello, and Alexandra Bugailiskis spoke.

March 8, 2018

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Leaders in Health Research: Where to Next?

March 8, 2018

Nowhere to Go: A Public Dialogue on Youth and Sexual Exploitation (Full Audio)


In partnership with the听Healthy Populations Institute (HPI),听,听, and听the School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie Faculty of Health.

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Dalhousie Professors Kim Brooks, Graham Steele, and Shirley Tillotson spoke on the panel:

Tax and Public Opinion: Can we do better tax talk? (Full Video)

Hosted by the Dalhousie Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Concordia Professor Dr. Chedly Belkhodja gave a public lecture:

Does Place Matter? Debates and Burial Decisions of Muslims in Canada

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2017

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2017

Policy Matters Speaker Series 2017

(Full Videos)

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist听Sheri Fink spoke at the November 27, 2017 event:

The Ethics of Evacuation (Full Video)

March 24, 2017听

Policy Forum on Youth Outmigration in Atlantic Canada

February 16, 2017

Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

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2016

2016

November 15, 2016

Transformative Infrastructure: A Local and Regional Perspective听|听Watch the video

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September 21, 2016

The Daily News: What鈥檚 Right? What鈥檚 Wrong? What鈥檚 Happening?|听Watch the video
September 20, 2016

MacEachen Institute Brings Together Students and Former Parliamentarians
June 6, 2016

Oceans of Information: Charting Courses between Science and Policy|听
June 1, 2016

Panel discussion: Social Responses to the 'Big Lift'
May 9, 2016

MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance Grand Opening
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