by admin | Apr 6, 2022 | Analysis, Insights
In the spirit of this year’s International Women’s Day, we partnered with Axis Connects to assess the state of gender equity in Alberta and to determine what is needed to further progress. In Part One of our commentary, we looked at three key areas to gain a better...
by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Analysis, Insights
2022 Federal Budget The upcoming federal budget is coming at a time of significant global uncertainty and disruption—from lingering pandemic uncertainty, to geopolitical instability, to supply chain disruptions, rising inflation, and rising global temperatures. Amidst...
by admin | Mar 23, 2022 | Analysis, Insights
Recent data show that Canada and Alberta have continued their decades-long trend of declining fertility rates. In fact, Canada set a new record-low total fertility rate (TFR) in 2020—the statistical average number of children that a woman will give birth to over her...
by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Analysis, Insights
It is well-established that most businesses in Alberta and across Canada are small. Companies with fewer than five employees make up a full 87% of all businesses operating in the province, and the figures are almost identical nation-wide. However, just because the...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Analysis, Insights
Nearly two years ago, many began sounding the alarm on the she-cession—a term coined to describe the disproportionate impact of COVID on women—and warning that the pandemic threatened decades of women’s labour force gains in Canada. Though a national phenomenon, the...
