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Two weeks ago, I had a conversation I never thought I'd have with my brother: should we start learning to shoot in anticipation of a...

I have written another Energy Innovation Brief. This month is about strange and unusual energy innovations, such as harnessing energy...

I have published my first article with the Canada West Foundation! It's about exciting innovations in bacteria technologies. You can read...

At first, I was going to only post this on my literary website, but I am cross-posting it on my policy website because I believe that it...

You may have heard that Canada is in the midst of an opioid crisis. In 2021 there were over 7,500 overdose deaths in Canada[i], giving us...

The report I have been working on for the Stanford Network on Addiction Policy, "Canada's Health Crisis: Profiling Opioid Addiction in...

I worked with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute as an external consultant and analyst on their recently published article "After COVID,...

Political discussions often focus on moral topics. Parties primarily distinguish themselves along ideological lines, and it is usually...

A key philosophical/sociological issue that governments must grapple with is the creation, utilization and impact of social kinds.

The Doomsday Clock The Doomsday Clock is a metaphorical analysis of how close humanity is to destroying ourselves with dangerous...

Introduction As climate change and environmental degradation accelerate, so does the amount of economic and social disruption they cause....

The book was better. A common saying. Though the sentiment that books are better than movies is inherently unverifiable, it does seem...

Preamble When you make changes in a complex system, the consequences are unpredictable. In this post, I will be exploring the idea that...

I have, at this point, a masters degree in public policy and over a year of work experience. Yet I realized recently that I still found...

The team at Pure&Applied (https://www.pureandapplied.group/) and I have collaborated on an article on the importance of problem...

Rising gun violence in Toronto has become a topic of national discussion in recent months. The conversation is of particular interest to...

Police error can have dire consequences. Consider the Hillsborough Disaster in the UK in 1989, where errors in police crowd management...

In the previous post, I explored the role of the police in society. One of my main conclusions was that policing is an inherently...

Making good public-policy can be highly counter-intuitive, for a number of reasons. In this post I will propose four principles which I...

In part 1 of this series, I explored the use of crime statistics to hold the police to account. I examined various issues with crime...