Updates
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APPLY NOW: 2025 Emerging Leaders Program
Applications are now open for the Broadbent Institute's 2025 Emerging Leaders Program! The nine-month program equips Emerging Leaders with the skills, mentorship, and networks needed to prepare for Director-level responsibilities.
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Remembering Ed Broadbent: One Year Later
Today marks one year since the passing of our friend, mentor and founder Ed Broadbent. Ed was a champion for justice, equality, and democracy whose remarkable legacy continues to inspire…
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A 2024 Holiday Message from Jen Hassum
Carrying forward Ed’s mission to the next generation is about more than just envisioning change—it is about making it happen. Ed’s life-long work will continue through us all. Together, let’s…
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Broadbent Bulletin – December 2024
Welcome to the December edition of the Broadbent Bulletin! Last month we were thrilled to celebrate Seeking Social Democracy, which was awarded the Rik Davidson – Studies in Political Economy Book…
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‘Activists Make History’ – A New Perspectives Journal Podcast Series
A new podcast series from Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy called Activists Make History demystifies Canadian democracy for political outsiders, demonstrating how we can overcome…
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PressProgress Editor Luke LeBrun Receives 2024 CJFE Investigative Journalism Award
Luke LeBrun, the Editor of PressProgress, is the recipient of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’s 2024 Arnold Amber Award for Investigative journalism.
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A free NDP is party’s best chance to win back Canada’s working class
This article was published in the National Observer on Friday, September 6th, 2024. Read the full article in the National Observer. The NDP can more credibly present itself as that alternative.…
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Broadbent Bulletin | September 2024
Happy Labour Day and welcome to the September edition of the Broadbent Bulletin! We’re here to keep you updated with all that’s new from the Broadbent Institute, PressProgress and the…
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Broadbent Institute Employees Achieve a New Contract with UFCW 1006A
The Broadbent Institute has ratified a new union contract with significant gains for its employees! The new agreement covers 15 members and will remain valid until July 1, 2027. “We are proud to…
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Corporate price gouging. That’s the real problem
It seems almost too obvious to say aloud: to solve our affordability challenges, prices, which have steadily increased since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, need to stabilize so…
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Champions of Change: The Broadbent Institute’s 2024 Awards
Each year, in partnership with the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, and Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow, the Broadbent Institute has the honour of awarding the Jack Layton Progress Prize and…
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To solve the housing crisis, we must get government building housing again
In Canada, the rent is too damn high — and it’s shaking political parties and coalitions to their core. Roaring rents and prices are destroying lives, shattering dreams and scattering…