Canada
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Employers’ lessons learned in hiring, retaining and advancing employees with disabilities
This report synthesises findings from research and roundtables about organisational inclusion of employees with disabilities. The findings reflect lessons learned by employers, by practitioners supporting employers, and by employees working to identify possible directions for improvement.
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The shattered mirror: 5 years on
This report discusses how to save local news in Canada, and how to best adapt the Australian model of negotiated compensation between Google/Meta and the news industry.
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Social media responsibility and free speech: a new approach for dealing with ‘Internet harms'
There are increasing demands from the public, media and politicians for some imposition of order on the Internet, much of which focuses on the management of speech. This paper outlines some of the primary pressures Canadians are facing in terms of censorship, algorithms, data collection and transparency. It then outlines a legislative solution for policy-makers.
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Eyes on evidence II: an assessment of the transparency of evidence usage in the Government of Canada
Policy-making is a complex and nuanced process, where policy actors must make sense of constantly evolving information in order to deliver policies that best serve the needs of the people. In this study, the authors apply a framework to assess the transparency of evidence use in a total of 100 policies from 10 departments and...
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Scoping AI governance: a smarter tool kit for beneficial applications
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be used to promote equality and non-discrimination, but without the right AI governance strategies, they can have the opposite effect. This paper aims to provide policy-makers with the tools, interventions and regulations that promote AI fairness.