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This week, MacEachen Institute unveiled the lineup for the third annual Policy Matters speaker series on our website, Twitter account, and Facebook page.  The series will feature ten panel discussions with one running each Tuesday from noon to 1:30 in Dalhousie’s Rowe Building, room 1020. Each talk will focus on an important policy issue, and all talks will be free, open to the public and live-streamed on the MacEachen Institute's Facebook page.​​

The schedule for the series is as follows:

• Election 2019: Democracy and Manipulation in the Internet Age (September 10, 2019)
• Food System Failure: Why Food is a Forgotten Policy Option (September 17, 2019)
• The Future of Work: Where Demographics, Technology and Urbanization Collide (September 24, 2019)
• Canada’s Energy Future: Boom or Bust? (October 1, 2019)
• Human Rights and Reconciliation: Indigenous Child Welfare (October 8, 2019)
• Resilience or Reluctance: Climate Change Policy in Atlantic Canada (October 15, 2019)
• A Key Determinant of Health: Meeting the Housing Needs of older LGBTQ2S+ Canadians (October 22, 2019)               
• When the Dust Settles: How Do We Hold People to Account After Disasters? (October 29, 2019)
• The Art of the Deal: Public-Private Partnerships (November 5, 2019)
• Not All Fun and Games: Tough Choices and Trade Offs in Cultural and Recreational Infrastructure (November 19, 2019)

More information on the Policy Matters speaker series can be found at dal.ca/mipp or follow the MacEachen Institute on Facebook and Twitter: @DalMIPP​