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Energy Innovation Brief - Spooky Energy Innovations
I have written another Energy Innovation Brief. This month is about strange and unusual energy innovations, such as harnessing energy...
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Ryan Workman
Nov 7, 20231 min read
Energy Innovation Brief - Send in the Microbes!
I have published my first article with the Canada West Foundation! It's about exciting innovations in bacteria technologies. You can read...
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Ryan Workman
Sep 4, 20232 min read
Climate Anxiety
At first, I was going to only post this on my literary website, but I am cross-posting it on my policy website because I believe that it...
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Ryan Workman
Jun 7, 20235 min read
Questions regarding Alberta's Compassionate Intervention Act
You may have heard that Canada is in the midst of an opioid crisis. In 2021 there were over 7,500 overdose deaths in Canada[i], giving us...
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Ryan Workman
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Report Published: "Canada's Health Crisis: Profiling Opioid Addiction in Alberta and BC".
The report I have been working on for the Stanford Network on Addiction Policy, "Canada's Health Crisis: Profiling Opioid Addiction in...
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Ryan Workman
Sep 13, 20221 min read
"After COVID, young Canadians are pessimistic – for good reason" - Article Link
I worked with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute as an external consultant and analyst on their recently published article "After COVID,...
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Ryan Workman
Apr 8, 20223 min read
Canadian taxation is too damn complicated
Political discussions often focus on moral topics. Parties primarily distinguish themselves along ideological lines, and it is usually...
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Ryan Workman
Feb 2, 20224 min read
Social Kinds in Public Policy
A key philosophical/sociological issue that governments must grapple with is the creation, utilization and impact of social kinds.
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Ryan Workman
Mar 14, 20205 min read
Climate Change and the Doomsday Clock: 100 Seconds to Midnight
The Doomsday Clock The Doomsday Clock is a metaphorical analysis of how close humanity is to destroying ourselves with dangerous...
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Ryan Workman
Oct 26, 20195 min read
Climate Change and the 2019 Canadian Federal Election
Introduction As climate change and environmental degradation accelerate, so does the amount of economic and social disruption they cause....
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Ryan Workman
Aug 18, 20193 min read
Blockbuster Movies and Public Policy: The Influence of Interest on Collaborative Projects
The book was better. A common saying. Though the sentiment that books are better than movies is inherently unverifiable, it does seem...
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Ryan Workman
May 8, 20195 min read
Politics in Practice
Preamble When you make changes in a complex system, the consequences are unpredictable. In this post, I will be exploring the idea that...
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Ryan Workman
Feb 18, 20194 min read
What is Public Policy?
I have, at this point, a masters degree in public policy and over a year of work experience. Yet I realized recently that I still found...
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Ryan Workman
Oct 30, 20181 min read
A problem worth your company’s attention - article link
The team at Pure&Applied (https://www.pureandapplied.group/) and I have collaborated on an article on the importance of problem...
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Ryan Workman
Sep 24, 20188 min read
How alarming is the gun violence in Toronto?
Rising gun violence in Toronto has become a topic of national discussion in recent months. The conversation is of particular interest to...
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Ryan Workman
Jul 3, 20185 min read
Who is responsible for police error?
Police error can have dire consequences. Consider the Hillsborough Disaster in the UK in 1989, where errors in police crowd management...
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Ryan Workman
May 26, 20186 min read
Exploring Police Accountability Part 3: In the Spotlight
In the previous post, I explored the role of the police in society. One of my main conclusions was that policing is an inherently...
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Ryan Workman
Apr 20, 20185 min read
Four Principles to Improve Public Policy
Making good public-policy can be highly counter-intuitive, for a number of reasons. In this post I will propose four principles which I...
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Ryan Workman
Apr 7, 20187 min read
Exploring Police Accountability Part 2: A (very brief) history of violence
In part 1 of this series, I explored the use of crime statistics to hold the police to account. I examined various issues with crime...
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Ryan Workman
Mar 16, 20186 min read
Should we all be equal before the law?
"All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law." Article 7 of the Universal...
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