La médaille Symons, l’un des plus prestigieux honneurs du Canada, est décernée annuellement à une personne qui a fait une contribution exceptionnelle à la vie canadienne.La soirée de remise de prix aux récipiendaires une occasion de réfléchir à l’état actuel et aux perspectives d’avenir de la Confédération canadienne.Cette distinction a été attribuée, en 2020, à l’honorable Bob Rae, pour souligner son remarquable attachement de longue date à l’avancement de...

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures for Ideas: Brilliant Thinker Speak Their Minds. Featuring some the best thinkers from North America and around the world that have appeared on the program since its beginnings in 1965, Ideas: Bri...

At the end of the twentieth century, as social democratic parties around the world struggled to produce a coherent response to the deindustrialization crisis, many pivoted towards progressive neoliberalism and Third Way social democracy. Almost everywhere, they turned their backs on the weakened trade union movement and embraced neoliberal assumptions about labour force flexibility and global competition. Shamefully, Third Way social democrats emphasized the moral dimension of poverty rath...

Safe to Receive is a grounded, compassionate guide for anyone who feels emotionally unsafe with money, earning, charging, or wanting more. It explores the hidden ways money becomes linked to the nervous system, self-worth, and survival, especially when you have lived through instability, control, or shame.This book looks at the money stories you inherited and the programming you absorbed, often without realising it. It explores why "more" can trigger anxiety rather than re...

Youth have the answers, and we need to involve them in finding solutions.Canada’s patriarchal political system needs a revolution. And youth need allies, those who are willing to leverage their political capital to include youth in developing better policies and programs.In our legislatures, the House of Commons, the Senate, and the Prime Minister’s Office, leaders are standing up to say that we need to reclaim our democratic processes. Canada’s twenty-fift...

**Do you relish the thought of serving in public life, but don’t know where to start? With the honesty of experience, distinguished politician Sergio Marchi clearly spells out all the practical steps that you need to follow.“A call to action for those ready to serve Canada with courage, compassion, and vision.” —Hon. Melanie Joly**Our politics are currently suffering formidable challenges. Our national discourse has become more polarized, increasingly divisive, and notably ...

Advance Praise for Doing the Continental: "Everyone has opinions about the state of Canada-U.S. relations, but few have the knowledge to provide informed judgments. Professor Dyment happily falls into the latter category. While some of the prescriptions are controversial, this concise book has been carefully thought out and provides excellent grist for the Canadian policy mill. Doing the Continental is a must read for those interested in Canadian-American relations." Mich...

Witold Lutosławski is widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the post-war era and one of the truly great musicians of the 20th century. Charles Bodman Rae's examination of Lutosławski 's life and work draws on wide-ranging and meticulous research, including hours of recorded conversation with the composer himself. Now expanded for this third edition to include an additional chapter and many more photographs, The Music Of Lutosławski is an absorbing study of the man and his mus...