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University of Toronto Policython is a student- led initiative based at the University of Toronto St. George Campus. UTP Impact Reports...
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MORE MONEY MORE PROBLEMS: HOW THE RiCH DRiVE GLOBAL WARMiNG
Introduction: The top 1% of wealthy people in the world emit about 70 times more carbon than the bottom 50% of the rest of the global...
THE GREAT CANADiAN HOUSiNG CRiSiS
Introduction: In the last few years, Canada’s housing market has consistently been the highlight of discussion as prices rise and...
ONE ViRUS, TWO WORLDS: WEALTH DiSPARiTiES iN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19
Introduction: Low-income Torontonians account for disproportionately higher rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations than higher-income...
THE RESOURCE CURSE: EXPLORiNG THE EXPLOiTATiON OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Introduction: There are many hurdles to consider when discussing a country’s development, but one major frustration in its...
DiPLOMA DiSPARiTiES: AN ANALYSiS OF THE UNEQUAL RELATiONSHiP BETWEEN iNCOME AND EDUCATiON
Introduction: Many countries in the West– including Canada–are purported meritocracies, where anyone should have the opportunity to...
U of t Policython Annual Journal
Preface: Throughout the past year, we have aimed to take some of the issues most important to us—whether it is revisiting past events, or...
FOREiGN POLiCY BRiEF: CANADA’S RESPONSE TO UKRAiNE-RUSSiA CONFLiCT
Introduction: This policy brief offers two approaches that the Canadian government can consider supporting the Ukrainian government’s war...
MOViNG TOWARDS TRUTH AND RECONCiLiATiON THROUGH ACCOUNTABiLiTY FOR REPARATiONSOF CRiMES AGAiNST IND
Introduction: The importance of addressing reparations of the crimes against Indigenous children within Residential Schools is imperative...
POLiCY MEMORANDUM: RUSSiAN INVASiON OF UKRAiNE
Introduction: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is President Vlamdir Putin’s most aggressive action to redraw borders of the former Soviet...
THE ABORiGiNAL CHiLDREN'S HEALTH AND WELL- BEiNG MEASURE APP
Introduction: Youth mental health and addiction has been a pertinent problem that current policies fail to fully address, especially...
THE SCAPEGOATiNG OF FOREiGN INVESTORS —AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO HOUSiNGUNAFFORDABiLiTY
Introduction: On January 1st 2022, the federal government implemented first-ever national-tax on non-resident owners of vacant and...
THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CANADA’S PROPOSED PLASTiC PROHiBiTiON REGULATiONS
Introduction: Justin Trudeau’s government had introduced a single use plastic ban in 2021 to effectively manage waste in Canada. This ban...
BECAUSE A SYSTEM THAT EXPLOiTS, FAVOURSiNDiViDUALS WHO DO TOO: HUMAN RiGHTS iNSOUTH AFRiCAN HEALTH
Introduction: Since 1994, the South African government has been molding a neoliberal system that prioritises increasing government...
BOLSONARO’S ENViRONMENTAL POLiCY AND UNCONTACTED INDiGENOUS PEOPLE iNTHE AMAZON
Introduction: This paper explores how policies implemented by President Jair Bolsonaro's government in Brazil systemically and critically...
DEFERRED INTERVENTION: THE iNTERNATiONALCOMMUNiTY iN THE YUGOSLAV WARS
Introduction: This essay assesses the actions of the international community in the Balkans Conflict through the lens of international...
GENDER INEQUALiTY REARiNG iTS HEAD iN THE MiDST OF A “SHE-CESSiON”
Introduction: This report examines the experiences of women in the workforce. Importantly, the connection between healthcare, childcare...
LOW LEVELS OF CORRUPTiON iN CHiLE: A CASE STUDY OF SEBASTiÁN PiÑERA
Introduction: While international rankings classify Chile as a country with low levels of corruption, it was rampant during Sebastián...
MEMORANDUM FOR PRESiDENT bolsonaro
Introduction: This paper provides an improved energy policy to achieve Brazil's pledge to reduce 37% of its greenhouse gas (GHG)...
RACE AS A TOOL FOR POLiTiCAL POWER iNCOLOMBiA AND MEXiCO
Introduction: This essay examines how elites in Colombia and Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries used race to garner support...
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