Listen: What’s Up with Education in the HRM?
Education consultant Paul Bennett joined the Rick Howe Show in studio to talk about education in the province. Listen here: http://pmd.news957.com/podcasts/atlantic_talk_shows/RHshow/2018.11.27-1000.mp3
By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2018-12-20T18:25:42+00:00 November 28th, 2018|Radio Project|
Education consultant Paul Bennett joined the Rick Howe Show in studio to talk about education in the province. Listen here: http://pmd.news957.com/podcasts/atlantic_talk_shows/RHshow/2018.11.27-1000.mp3
By Paul Bennett| 2018-11-28T18:58:28+00:00 November 24th, 2018|Op-ed|
By Paul Bennett (AIMS Author) The Chronicle Herald, 23 November 2018 This is part of a series on education in the Halifax Regional Municipality: Talking with Halifax principal Gord McKelvie restores your faith in the potential for schools to make a difference in the lives of teens in challenging circumstances. In his 41st year [...]
By Paul Bennett| 2018-11-28T19:03:16+00:00 November 24th, 2018|Op-ed|
By Paul Bennett (AIMS Author) The Chronicle Herald, 22 November 2018 This is part of a series on education in the Halifax Regional Municipality: Improving metropolitan school systems can be a Herculean challenge and it has defeated wave after wave of school reform initiatives. School leadership, teacher effectiveness and program excellence can make a [...]
By Paul Bennett| 2018-11-28T19:02:52+00:00 November 23rd, 2018|Op-ed|
By Paul Bennett (AIMS Author) The Chronicle Herald, 22 November 2018 This is part of a series on education in the Halifax Regional Municipality: When it comes to finding out how public schools are performing, it is difficult to get straight answers. Senior district staff publish individual school results, but avoid comparing schools, claiming [...]
By Paul Bennett| 2018-11-28T18:59:18+00:00 November 23rd, 2018|Op-ed|
By Paul Bennett (AIMS Author) The Chronicle Herald, 20 November 2018 This is part of a series on education in the Halifax Regional Municipality: Where you live can influence greatly the educational outcomes of your children. Some education observers go so far as to say: “The quality of education is determined by your postal [...]
By Sylvain Charlebois| 2019-01-17T19:10:47+00:00 November 21st, 2018|Op-ed|
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Calgary Business, 21 November 2018 Some Canadians detest going to the grocery store. It’s repetitive, tiring, and quite unpleasant at times, especially when the store is busy. Picking up groceries and lugging them back home is work, something most would rather avoid. On the other hand, many of us [...]
By Sylvain Charlebois| 2018-11-04T15:01:21+00:00 November 4th, 2018|Op-ed|
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Apparently, Canada is going meatless, unless you are a white older male, that is. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, as many Canadians still need a regular meat fix. In fact, many see meat consumption as one of the pleasures in life, as well as a necessary part [...]
By macpherson.person| 2018-11-06T14:06:07+00:00 November 1st, 2018|
On November 1st, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, the Canadian Constitutional Foundation, and the Montreal Economic Institute joined together to organize a one day conference in Ottawa on interprovincial trade in Canada. The first of it's kind, this event filled the otherwise absent void regarding significant dialogue on the issue of interprovincial trade. [...]
By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2018-10-26T17:46:50+00:00 October 22nd, 2018|
RECAP: We are very grateful to all our patrons, sponsors and supporters for helping make our 2018 Chairman’s Dinner on October 22nd a bonafide success! Nearly every chair was filled at this premiere event. On behalf of the entire AIMS Team, thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. See pictures from the evening below: [...]
By Sylvain Charlebois| 2019-01-17T19:07:14+00:00 October 15th, 2018|Op-ed|
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) The Lakeside Leader, 19 November 2018 Within a year, single-use plastics and excess packaging have become public enemy number 1. Everyone is talking about how our lives are overrun by too much plastic. Just recently, a Greenpeace-led audit looked at waterways waste and companies involved. Much of the plastic [...]