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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Nation-building for Canadian Democracy
At the 2026 Progress Summit, we'll hear an alternative vision to the federal government's nation-building initiative, and learn how to build a robust economic foundation for Canadian democracy.
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At the 2026 Progress Summit, we'll hear an alternative vision to the federal government's nation-building initiative, and learn how to build a robust economic foundation for Canadian democracy.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Nation-building for Canadian Democracy
At the 2026 Progress Summit, we'll hear an alternative vision to the federal government's nation-building initiative, and learn how to build a robust economic foundation for Canadian democracy.
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At the 2026 Progress Summit, we'll hear an alternative vision to the federal government's nation-building initiative, and learn how to build a robust economic foundation for Canadian democracy.
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Ellen Meiksins Wood: "Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature."
Join us for the 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture @arts-tmu.bsky.social w Rosa Luxemburg NYC on Wed. Apr. 22. — Lecturer TBA at 2026 Progress Summit. Stay tuned!
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Join us for the 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture @arts-tmu.bsky.social w Rosa Luxemburg NYC on Wed. Apr. 22. — Lecturer TBA at 2026 Progress Summit. Stay tuned!
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February 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Ellen Meiksins Wood: "Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature."
Join us for the 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture @arts-tmu.bsky.social w Rosa Luxemburg NYC on Wed. Apr. 22. — Lecturer TBA at 2026 Progress Summit. Stay tuned!
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Join us for the 2026 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture @arts-tmu.bsky.social w Rosa Luxemburg NYC on Wed. Apr. 22. — Lecturer TBA at 2026 Progress Summit. Stay tuned!
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The Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research is awarded annually to a researcher whose work has made an important contribution to policy debates relevant to building a more socially just Canada.
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research is awarded annually to a researcher whose work has made an important contribution to policy debates relevant to building a more socially just Canada.
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
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Across the Americas, progressives are on the frontline of defending democracy across borders.
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Across the Americas, progressives are on the frontline of defending democracy across borders.
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
"The problem is not too much public spending. It is too little."
Broadbent fellow Danyaal Raza debunks the myth that "health-care costs are unsustainable, and the government cannot afford more."
Health-care sustains us, and the Carney government can afford to pay more.
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Broadbent fellow Danyaal Raza debunks the myth that "health-care costs are unsustainable, and the government cannot afford more."
Health-care sustains us, and the Carney government can afford to pay more.
www.hilltimes.com/st...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"The problem is not too much public spending. It is too little."
Broadbent fellow Danyaal Raza debunks the myth that "health-care costs are unsustainable, and the government cannot afford more."
Health-care sustains us, and the Carney government can afford to pay more.
www.hilltimes.com/st...
Broadbent fellow Danyaal Raza debunks the myth that "health-care costs are unsustainable, and the government cannot afford more."
Health-care sustains us, and the Carney government can afford to pay more.
www.hilltimes.com/st...
Sharlene Henry leads the York South-Weston Tenant Union & connects the labour movement to tenant organizing to defend the right to housing.
Join grassroots organizers like Sharlene at the 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar 4-6 in Ottawa.
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Join grassroots organizers like Sharlene at the 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar 4-6 in Ottawa.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Sharlene Henry leads the York South-Weston Tenant Union & connects the labour movement to tenant organizing to defend the right to housing.
Join grassroots organizers like Sharlene at the 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar 4-6 in Ottawa.
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Join grassroots organizers like Sharlene at the 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar 4-6 in Ottawa.
🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/summit
The Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research is awarded annually to a researcher whose work has made an important contribution to policy debates relevant to building a more socially just Canada.
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research is awarded annually to a researcher whose work has made an important contribution to policy debates relevant to building a more socially just Canada.
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
Meet the 2026 Taylor Prize shortlist: broadbentinstitute.c...
New on Activists Make History: Winning for Working People with @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Rob Ashton about his vision for Canada's NDP as the party of workers and everyday people.
Listen to the full episode at perspectivesjournal.ca/rob-ashton
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Rob Ashton about his vision for Canada's NDP as the party of workers and everyday people.
Listen to the full episode at perspectivesjournal.ca/rob-ashton
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
New on Activists Make History: Winning for Working People with @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Rob Ashton about his vision for Canada's NDP as the party of workers and everyday people.
Listen to the full episode at perspectivesjournal.ca/rob-ashton
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Rob Ashton about his vision for Canada's NDP as the party of workers and everyday people.
Listen to the full episode at perspectivesjournal.ca/rob-ashton
Across the Americas, progressives are on the frontline of defending democracy across borders.
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Across the Americas, progressives are on the frontline of defending democracy across borders.
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
Read Clement Nocos's dispatch from the 2025 Panamerican Congress, where the Global South showed us how to build a vision for a good society.
🔗➡️ perspectivesjournal....
"Everybody canvasses."
@socialists.nyc organizer Arielle Swernoff shares how door knocking and field strategy powered @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's historic campaign.
🔗 full video: broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons/
@socialists.nyc organizer Arielle Swernoff shares how door knocking and field strategy powered @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's historic campaign.
🔗 full video: broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons/
February 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"Everybody canvasses."
@socialists.nyc organizer Arielle Swernoff shares how door knocking and field strategy powered @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's historic campaign.
🔗 full video: broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons/
@socialists.nyc organizer Arielle Swernoff shares how door knocking and field strategy powered @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's historic campaign.
🔗 full video: broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons/
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PRESS RELEASE - MPs Join Panamerican Leaders Defending International Law Against US Aggression
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February 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
PRESS RELEASE - MPs Join Panamerican Leaders Defending International Law Against US Aggression
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Canadians deserve to know what people seeking power say and do. We can't allow powerful interests to use enormous lawsuits to punish journalists and make future reporting riskier for everyone.
That is why we launched the Journalism Defence Fund.
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That is why we launched the Journalism Defence Fund.
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Defend Canadian Journalism - Broadbent Institute
PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in Canadian history, brought forward against us and other trusted news organizations like CB...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Canadians deserve to know what people seeking power say and do. We can't allow powerful interests to use enormous lawsuits to punish journalists and make future reporting riskier for everyone.
That is why we launched the Journalism Defence Fund.
broadbentinstitute.ca/defend-canad...
That is why we launched the Journalism Defence Fund.
broadbentinstitute.ca/defend-canad...
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"Why aren't we thinking, working, organizing, researching & doing all across this world?" — @ctulocal1.bsky.social President Stacy Davis Gates
Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
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Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
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February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
"Why aren't we thinking, working, organizing, researching & doing all across this world?" — @ctulocal1.bsky.social President Stacy Davis Gates
Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
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Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
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New on Activists Make History: A New Era for the Federal NDP with @votetanille.bsky.social
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
New on Activists Make History: A New Era for the Federal NDP with @votetanille.bsky.social
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
"Why aren't we thinking, working, organizing, researching & doing all across this world?" — @ctulocal1.bsky.social President Stacy Davis Gates
Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
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Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
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February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
"Why aren't we thinking, working, organizing, researching & doing all across this world?" — @ctulocal1.bsky.social President Stacy Davis Gates
Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
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Join us for 2026 Progress Summit: Defending Democracy Across Borders, Mar. 4 – 6
🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/summit
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On a new episode of 🌅ACTIVISTS MAKE HISTORY🌅 from the @broadbent.bsky.social PERSPECTIVES journal host @peggynash.bsky.social welcomes @votetanille.bsky.social for a conversation exploring her roots in student organizing and her run for the @ndp.ca leadership.
perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-john...
perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-john...
Activists Make History: A New Era for the NDP with Tanille Johnston | Perspectives Journal
The NDP leadership hopeful reflects on her roots in student organizing to usher in a new era for progressive organizing in the federal NDP.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
On a new episode of 🌅ACTIVISTS MAKE HISTORY🌅 from the @broadbent.bsky.social PERSPECTIVES journal host @peggynash.bsky.social welcomes @votetanille.bsky.social for a conversation exploring her roots in student organizing and her run for the @ndp.ca leadership.
perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-john...
perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-john...
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Was an honour to spend time chatting with Peggy!
New on Activists Make History: A New Era for the Federal NDP with @votetanille.bsky.social
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
February 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Was an honour to spend time chatting with Peggy!
New on Activists Make History: A New Era for the Federal NDP with @votetanille.bsky.social
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
New on Activists Make History: A New Era for the Federal NDP with @votetanille.bsky.social
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
@peggynash.bsky.social spoke with Johnston about her political roots in student organizing and broad policy platform in the NDP leadership race.
🎙️🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/tanille-johnston
Agnes Macphail was a committed social democrat and Canada’s first woman elected to Parliament.
Rather than treating feminism and social democracy as separate projects, she understood both as essential to building a more democratic and equal society.
🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/agnes-macphail
Rather than treating feminism and social democracy as separate projects, she understood both as essential to building a more democratic and equal society.
🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/agnes-macphail
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Agnes Macphail was a committed social democrat and Canada’s first woman elected to Parliament.
Rather than treating feminism and social democracy as separate projects, she understood both as essential to building a more democratic and equal society.
🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/agnes-macphail
Rather than treating feminism and social democracy as separate projects, she understood both as essential to building a more democratic and equal society.
🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/agnes-macphail
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Before he was elected as @mayor.nyc.gov, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was a grassroots organizer.
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Before he was elected as @mayor.nyc.gov, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was a grassroots organizer.
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
PRESS RELEASE - MPs Join Panamerican Leaders Defending International Law Against US Aggression
🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/mps-sign-panam-declaration/
🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/mps-sign-panam-declaration/
February 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
PRESS RELEASE - MPs Join Panamerican Leaders Defending International Law Against US Aggression
🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/mps-sign-panam-declaration/
🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/mps-sign-panam-declaration/
Before he was elected as @mayor.nyc.gov, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was a grassroots organizer.
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Before he was elected as @mayor.nyc.gov, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was a grassroots organizer.
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
Hear from @socialists.nyc's Arielle Swernoff on how grassroots organizing was at the heart of Zohran Mamdani's historic campaign.
Full video🔗 broadbentinstitute.ca/against-the-odds-grassroots-lessons
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"Sovereignty resides in the peoples of the Americas, not in any single State or man above the rest."
Panamerican Parliamentary Leaders United Against Return of Monroe Doctrine - Broadbent Institute
35 legislators from nine countries, including government officials from Canada, Brazil, and Chile, sign a historic declaration in defense of sovereignty and against the “hemispheric coercion” of the D...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"Sovereignty resides in the peoples of the Americas, not in any single State or man above the rest."
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Canada has an opportunity to build digital infrastructure that serves the public interest rather than private monopolies.
Without this shift, cost-of-living pressures will persist while corporate concentration deepens and profits remain concentrated among the rich and powerful.
Without this shift, cost-of-living pressures will persist while corporate concentration deepens and profits remain concentrated among the rich and powerful.
Canada is Betting on AI for National Economic Growth: Here’s Why Working-Class Canadians Lose | Perspectives Journal
The impact of novel technologies are shaped by social and economic conditions, and AI designed around profit-driven commercialization will prioritize corporations over workers.
perspectivesjournal.ca
January 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Canada has an opportunity to build digital infrastructure that serves the public interest rather than private monopolies.
Without this shift, cost-of-living pressures will persist while corporate concentration deepens and profits remain concentrated among the rich and powerful.
Without this shift, cost-of-living pressures will persist while corporate concentration deepens and profits remain concentrated among the rich and powerful.