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The latest from the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group:

 

Is the increasing cost of prescription drugs bankrupting the health care system?

In this Research Paper, authors Julia Witt and Brian Ferguson examine the question and conclude that better access to prescription drugs actually saves money on hospital and emergency department budgets.

To learn more about the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group, click here.

Ideas Matter:

 

Who Should Own the Sea?

 

 

The fifth edition of Ideas Matter brings together AIMS' work on the fishery. Ten years after publishing "Taking Ownership", AIMS suggests the answer to the question of whether it matters who owns our fish is just as important as ever.

Produced in association with the Canadian Aquaculture Institute (CAI) this Ideas Matter includes a special section on aquaculture.

Click here to read more.  

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News & Events

AIMS in Australia: Public education to be key election issue and commentators turn to AIMS Fellow in Public Education Reform.

Taking direction from AIMS on the need to recruit for post-secondary institutions: Fredericton's Daily Gleaner editorial.

One on one with AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill on the need for universities to take a business approach to marketing and more.

AIMS secures public release of some student performance data for Halifax high schools, but school board still fails to see value.

Stay east, young entrepreneur! AIMS incoming Director of Research suggests PEI should look to Ireland to solve some of its economic woes.

Brian Lee Crowley seconded to Ottawa: Charles Cirtwill appointed Acting President of AIMS.

NB educators say AIMS Fellow in Public Education Reform provides the inspiration and tools to improve public schools.

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