The 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize is awarded to economics and politics commentator Grace Blakeley for critical analysis of economic systems and neoliberalism capitalism that helps movements take back ...

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is the oldest political foundation in Germany with a rich tradition in social democracy dating back to its foundation in 1925. The foundation owes its formation and ...

It is becoming increasingly clear that race has an impact on food insecurity. In Canada, more than 4 million people struggle with the burden of food insecurity, with a disproportionate number of Black ...

Social democracy is the full extension of democratic principles to both society and the economy, to strengthen social and economic equality, and empower the working-class against the inequalities ...

In January 2016, the Broadbent Institute lost our dear friend and inspiration, Professor Ellen Meiksins Wood. Ellen Meiksins Wood was one of the left’s foremost theorists on democracy and history, and ...

Bridging the Transition: Labour Mobility and Workforce Adaptation in Canada’s Just Transition is a research project delivered through the University of Ottawa Graduate School of Public and ...

Broadbent's campaign swings through Montrose School on Montrose Ave. in an effort to influence a new generation of potential NDP voters. (Photo: Toronto Public Library/Toronto Star Photograph Archive) ...

Photo by Ying Ge on Unsplash. In the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 was said to be “the great equalizer”, impacting people across all walks of life. Now, well-documented racial health inequities ...

Ed Broadbent (1936 – 2024) was the Founder of the Broadbent Institute and was Chair Emeritus of the Institute’s Board of Directors. A champion for ordinary Canadians and tireless advocate for ...

Photo by yyzvic on Unsplash. In July 2021, the Broadbent Institute and the Professional Institute for the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada commissioned Abacus Data to conduct a ...

Brian Topp is Chair of the Broadbent Institute’s Board of Directors and he is a partner at GT & Company. He is a member of the board of the Broadbent Institute; a fellow at the Public Policy Forum; ...

Clement Nocos is the Broadbent Institute’s Director of Policy and Engagement, working with the Broadbent Fellows network to build policy agendas that support progressive change. He is also the ...