Nov 28, 2018 | Policy Pod
By DAVID LEPOFSKY Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Toronto Visiting Professor of Legal Ethics and Public Interest Advocacy, Osgoode Hall Law School Canadian experience with accessibility legislation – what has Ontario done right or wrong on accessibility?...
Nov 26, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Justin Alsleben – Many people who are terminally ill, or otherwise suffer from serious and irremediable medical conditions, face prolonged and acute suffering at the end of their lives. These medical patients may experience a deteriorated quality of life...
Nov 23, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Susan St John – ‘Let’s not mindlessly raise the age, argues Susan St John, but try to solve actual problems ordinary people face’ Recently a prominent New Zealand weekly magazine ran the story “Fresh moves to raise the age of super to 67”. Yet the...
Nov 1, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Esme Hall – In this blog post I draw on insights from scholarship on political participation and analysis of the New Zealand Election Study from 2008 to 2017 to suggest ways of increasing youth engagement in the policy process. At every election there is a...