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Canadian Children at Home
Living Arrangements in the 2021 Census
Feb 28, 2023

Collective Leadership
A Catalyst for Improving in Christian Schools
Jan 25, 2023

Indigenous Voices of Faith: Melissa Mbarki
Melissa Mbarki speaks with Fr. Dcn. Andrew Bennett about her gradual embrace of Indigenous spirituality and the variety of religious views among Indigenous Canadians.
Feb 10, 2023

“Big Society” and Social Responsibility
Nov 14, 2011
Research & Policy

Education
Cardus Education studies excellence in education, graduate outcomes, and the development and accessibility of diverse schooling options to meet student and family needs.

Work & Economics
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.

Research Approach
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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PENNINGS: More than meets the eye in Smith’s victory
Significant parts of the story of Danielle Smith's Alberta victory are being misunderstood on the national stage according to Cardus Executive Vice President Ray Pennings.
Jun 7, 2023

Strong Families (Help) Keep Big Government at Bay
"Here in Canada, the risk is...creeping statism that gradually erodes the family’s role in political and social life," writes Daniel Zekveld in C2C Journal.
Jun 6, 2023

Canada Needs a Family-Formation Policy Framework
"The promotion of $10-a-day child care as economic policy illustrates the problem with Canadian family policy, which is that we don’t have one," writes Peter Jon Mitchell, Family Program Director at Cardus and author of the report Envisioning a Federal Family-Formation Policy Framework for Canada.
Jun 6, 2023

Does Adding Bureaucracy Reduce Costs?
Adding bureaucracy just makes things more expensive for Canadians, argues Matthew Lau in the Financial Post. To support his argument, he cites Cardus Senior Fellow Andrea Mrozek's work in The Hub detailing the bureaucratic bloat that comes with child care spending in Ontario.
May 30, 2023