March 29, 2019
How to ensure that social policy decisions are consistently and effectively guided by the best possible evidence? Mowat NFP’s latest report crystalizes the lessons learned from the Innovation in Evidence conference and related research and convening activities to tackle this challenge. Read More
March 29, 2019
Today’s major social policy issues – from homelessness to early childhood development – rely on evidence-informed policies and practices to maximize impact. This much is already accepted by policymakers, practitioners and funders. Read More
March 20, 2019
Andrew Parkin is on the Agenda discussing our findings about regional differences in Ontario, from Mowat report Portraits 2017: Regional Differences in Ontario. Read More
February 21, 2019
Most Ontarians believe that urban and rural Canadians have different values. Our new analysis of data from an Ontario-wide survey conducted in November 2017 shows that, on most issues in Ontario, such an urban-rural divide is not evident.
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November 20, 2018
Thank you to all attendees of the conference. Conference presentations (where available) are below: Read More
November 15, 2018
Canadian governments and their service-provider partners are tackling increasingly complex social problems. Effective solutions will depend on how well they can identify what initiatives are and are not working, and how well the most promising ones can be adapted and scaled up. Read More
November 14, 2018
In advance of our Innovation in Evidence conference, Mowat NFP reached out to six Canadian and International conference speakers — Dr. David Halpern, James Turner, Jon Baron, Diane Roussin, Hanna Azemati and Jonathan Breckon to garner their expertise on a wide-range of topics relating to the role of evidence: Read More
October 25, 2018
The landscape for evidence-informed policymaking is changing rapidly. While important social issues are becoming more complex and entrenched, there exist challenges which impede the generation and adoption of evidence to inform impactful social policy in Canada. Read More
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