Category: Policy Connections for Canada
A Reading Week Trip to Michigan State University

A Reading Week Trip to Michigan State University

Laurier students pose by a mural in Flint, Michigan during a city tour, part of their visit to Michigan State University's East Lansing and Flint campuses. The mural depicts (from left) the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, James Forman, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev....

Table of Contents

[Click here for printable PDF]   Introduction Debora L. VanNijnatten     Part 1: Setting the Context   Chapter 1. What do we mean by a ‘just transition’? Tamara Krawchenko, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, tamarakrawchenko@uvic.ca Kara...

Project Overview

[Click here for printable PDF]   Canada has reached an inflection point in its political, economic and social evolution as a nation – will its future be ‘green’ or ‘brown’? Since 2016, the Trudeau Liberal government has committed to ambitious climate and...

Canada and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Canada and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

A Policy History By Chris Anderson A Rohingya family wades through water crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh. © UNHCR/Roger Arnold, [Collected from UNHCR Joint Statement on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis] The arrival in Canada of thousands of Syrian refugees...

Introducing the Copp Scholars Program!

Introducing the Copp Scholars Program!

One of the flagship initiatives of the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada is the Copp Scholars Program. Named after one of its founding directors—Terry Copp—and in the spirit of his commitment to cultivating research and learning opportunities for his students,...