Data Check: The arithmetic behind Ontario’s declining university quality
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
September 21, 2010
More than half the Ontario faculty and librarians surveyed this year reported the quality of education at their institutions had declined in the last year. As many reported teaching larger classes than the previous year, and half reported that courses and programs had been eliminated. Here’s the math behind the survey results.
Tags: budget, standard of living
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First-of-its-kind study shows supervised injection facilities can help people quit drugs
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Sep. 13, 2010
A study led by researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE)… has found that supervised injection facilities such as Vancouver’s Insite connect clients with addiction treatment, which in turn resulted in greater likelihood of stopping injection drug use for at least six months. The study, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, is the first ever to examine the link between a supervised injection facility and injection cessation.
Tags: Health, mental Health
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Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole [eliminating provincial trade barriers]
Monday, July 19th, 2010
July 19, 2010
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a new independent public policy think tank based in Ottawa, has emerged with the mission to enhance the public policy discussion in Canada through non-partisan research. A recent article from the Institute analyzes the benefits of eliminating provincial trade barriers and the implementation of an Economic Charter of Rights for Canadians.
Tags: economy, rights, standard of living
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