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Shifting Risk
Work Bonds for People with Criminal Records and Other Labour-Market Challenges
Mar 4, 2025

Child Care Funding Update: Prince Edward Island—Years One and Two (2021–22 and 2022–23)
Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
Feb 6, 2025

Diverse Outcomes for a Diverse Population
Findings About Homeschooled Adults from the Cardus Education Survey
Feb 3, 2025

Memo: Alberta’s Budget 2025 Consultation
Our recommendations address the following areas: supporting more families with child care costs, expanding support for independent education, reviewing post-secondary education funding to better serve working-class Albertans, redirecting gambling revenues to addiction relief programs, limiting the expansion of online gambling, increasing investments in palliative care for adults and children, and promoting employment for people with criminal records.
Jan 11, 2025
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Education
Cardus Education studies excellence in education, graduate outcomes, and the development and accessibility of diverse schooling options to meet student and family needs.

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Cardus Work & Economics studies policies related to organized labour, work, gambling and saving, and charities in order to support the common good.

Family
Cardus Family studies the family, child care, and marriage, as well as the ways they can help strengthen civil society.

Spirited Citizenship
Cardus Spirited Citizenship supports the ongoing development of the common good at a city scale, exploring social structures, relational networks, and emerging ideas and practices.

Health
Cardus Health encourages the development of social systems that support the desire for a natural death, improve the quality and availability of palliative care, and equip patients and caregivers in end-of-life situations.

Faith Communities
Cardus Faith Communities studies Canadians’ freedom of religion and conscience, the place and role of religion in society, and the ways in which religious congregations contribute to the common good.

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We use standard social-scientific methods and put our reports through a peer review process, using outside experts to evaluate and strengthen the quality of our work before publishing it.

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I…Do? Why Marriage Still Matters
Andrea Mrozek joined host Brock Tozer on CHRI Radio in Ottawa to discuss the ground-breaking book, "I...Do? Why Marriage Still Matters."
Mar 19, 2025

Mark Carney’s Faith and Politics
How does Prime Minister Mark Carney's faith affect his politics?
Mar 14, 2025

GTA Casinos Surrounded by Self-Identified Problem Gamblers
"All over Ontario, casinos are associated with concentrations of self-identified problem gamblers," writes Patrick Cain in TorontoToday.ca.
Mar 13, 2025

STATEMENT Federal Child Care Promise: Good Money After Bad
The federal government is promising to spend another $37 billion without accounting for the effectiveness of its previous spending.
Mar 6, 2025