Join us for the Broadbent Institute’s 2025 Progress Summit, taking place in Ottawa at the City Centre Delta Hotel from April 9th to 11th. The Progress Summit brings together thought leaders, movement ...

Join us for the Broadbent Institute’s 2025 Progress Summit, taking place in Ottawa at the City Centre Delta Hotel from April 9th to 11th. Early Bird Registration is now open until January 31st.

We believe in building a Canada that is just and equitable. In this, egalitarian social democratic values serve as our guide. All people have equal worth and equal rights – and all benefit from living ...

The Broadbent Institute is Canada’s preeminent social democratic think-tank. Founded in 2011 by Ed Broadbent, and guided by the Broadbent Principles for Canadian Social Democracy, the Institute ...

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Patti Tamara Lenard is an Assistant Professor of Ethics at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. She is the author of Trust, Democracy and Multicultural ...

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The late Jack Layton served as leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada from 2003 to 2011, when he became the Leader of the Official Opposition. During his long career in public service, Layton ...

Broadbent Research Fellows are a diverse, multidisciplinary group of distinguished scholars, policy experts, and leaders that inform the Institute’s research and training agenda. The contribution of ...

Alumni of the Emerging Leaders Program reflect on the program and Ed Broadbent’s vision of the “Good Society” at the 2024 Progress Summit.

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 ...