Equity, Diversity and Public Policy Initiative

With discussion surrounding the impacts of COVID-19 and calls for criminal justice reform, read our Sr. Equity Analyst's, Danielle Foppiano, topical piece on decarceration in Canada's federal prisons system. Excellent piece!

AND THAT'S A WRAP! The Equity, Diversity and Public Policy Initiative hosted our final event for the 2020 academic semesterThe Human Library Event: Social Policy Difference Makers. Munk graduate students had the opportunity to connect with policy experts across the public-, private- and not-for-profit sector and learned more about how we can build capacity as burgeoning policy professionals. Thank you to everyone who came out! The event was a complete success and it could no...t have been done without our amazing Equity Analyst Team, our policy expertsand of course, our Munk students. We look forward to hosting future events in 2021, so keep your eyes out!

What an amazing first term it has been! Shoutout to our analysts Jude Asare, Tabitha Oni, Jenny Zhang, and Gillian Monckton for leading us in our first roundtable discussion of the academic year last week Wednesday! Special shoutout to Chantal Phillips for joining us and providing such excellent insight on the social factors exacerbating health inequalities during the pandemic.... It was a a great opportunity to discuss COVID 19, the Social Determinants of Health, and brainstorm policy solutions. Thanks to everyone who came out! #healthequity #covid19 #socialdeterminantsofhealth #publichealth #publicpolicy

EDPP's annual Human Library Event has officially SOLD OUT! Thank you to everyone for securing your tickets on Eventbrite. We look forward to connecting our Munk graduate students with esteemed policy professionals across the private-, public- and not-for-profit sector! ... If you have any questions, please email us at: [email protected]

Did you know that EDPP has a special collaboration with Public Policy and Governance Review through our "Unpacking Equity" series? Our EDPP Analyst's have the opportunity to publish a piece on a topical policy issue! Read our Co-Director, Karishma Firdausi's piece, titled "Liberty, Freedom and the Pursuit of Mass-Surveillance: An Analysis of the 2013 Snowden Revelations."