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...
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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...
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...
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...
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THE ONGOiNG CONFLiCT WiTHiN IRAN
Introduction: Like most major protest movements, all it takes is one symbolic tragedy to spark a widespread reckoning. In Iran, on 16...
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HOW MUCH MORE STRAiN CAN CANADA’S HEALTH CARE SECTOR TAKE?
Introduction: The so-called “fourth wave” of COVID- 19 is tearing its way through Canada. However, this new iteration of the pandemic...
CANADA’S EARLY LEARNiNG AND CHiLD CARE CRiSiS
Introduction: Ontario was the most recent province to sign on to the national average $10/day early learning and child care deal - a...
REGiONALiSM VS CLiMATE CHANGE: TWO FORCES THAT PLAGUE CANADiAN POLiTiCS
Introduction: Canada is currently undergoing a tightrope act, balancing between leading by example as a developed democratic climate...
SECRETS AND EMPTY PROMiSES: HOW CANADA iS FAiLiNG iTS INDiGENOUS POPULATiON
Introduction: Americans often joke that Canada is this safe haven, free of the -isims so prominent in the United States. To...
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...
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