Five Good Ideas on surviving and thriving in social policy

Anyone working in social policy knows that it is a challenging field. It seems like we need to make the case time and again as to why it is essential to pay attention to issues such as poverty, affordable housing, and investment in early childhood. We face so many roadblocks as we try to advance constructive change in social policies and programs.

How do we keep at it, and how do we make an impact? Join Sherri Torjman, Social Policy Consultant and former Vice-President of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, to discuss these issues. As the editor of the forthcoming Caledon Reader, she has been revisiting the wide-ranging work Caledon engaged in over a 25-year period. It has led her to several important lessons she and her colleagues learned along the way: They sought personal sources of inspiration; they developed various concepts and rigorous methods to guide the formulation of their policy proposals; and they tried many different ways to tell their story.

In this Five Good Ideas webinar, Sherri will share these lessons in the hope that, despite the challenges we invariably will face, social policy remains both a respected and relevant field in Canada.