Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada
The following article about the Canadian government’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) appeared in the Globe and Mail on June 9, 2025 and is republished here with permission. By Marie Woolf (Globe and Mail) In the Ontario village of Schomberg, the local stone masonry shop is known for holding the Guinness world record for the …
Note: An earlier version of this story stated the CBC Ideas episode would air Monday, June 9. It was later rescheduled to Friday, June 13. The Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada conference, held May 22-23 at Carleton University, will be featured in a June 13 episode of CBC Radio’s Ideas program examining the …
Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations, had some blunt messages for conference participants when he delivered a special address via video link from New York to the Scholars at Risk gathering at Carleton University on May 22. “Governments fear academic freedom,” said Rae, the former Ontario NDP premier and former interim federal Liberal …