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The economy of the province of Alberta is seemingly entering a period of transition away from a high growth, high employment economy heavily reliant on the development of fossil fuel resources…
The initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic generated large labour market disparities between men and women; however, in Alberta these differences did not persist beyond summer 2020…
The number of people living alone in Canada more than doubled between 1981 and 2016, from 1.7 million to 4.0 million. By 2016, one-person households had become the most common household type…
There is something glorious about Alberta. This province has a special culture and character that doesn’t exist in quite the same way in the rest of the country…
Alberta’s economy experienced two interrelated shocks in 2020, as the pandemic sweeping the world also led to plummeting prices for crude oil and natural gas. Alberta has regularly experienced downturns in its oil and gas sector, although few with 2020’s speed and severity…
Peter MacKinnon has been appointed interim director of The School of Public Policy (SPP) from Sept. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.