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With careful planning, a basic income system could be designed to be simple, adaptable, reliable and fair. (Shutterstock)

May 12, 2022

A guaranteed basic income could end poverty, so why isn’t it happening?

Jiaying Zhao, University of British Columbia and Lorne Whitehead, University of British Columbia

Basic income should form part of a practical comprehensive plan for eliminating poverty in Canada.

Former astronaut Julie Payette urges Canada to use science, knowledge, and innovation as paths to better future for all, during her installation ceremony as Canada’s 29th Governor General in the Senate chamber of Parliament on Oct. 2. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)

October 3, 2017

Co‑operative research revolution could answer call to transform science and society

Lorne Whitehead, University of British Columbia; Creso Sá, University of Toronto; Daniel Sarewitz, Arizona State University; Marc-David L. Seidel, University of British Columbia, and Michele Mossman, University of British Columbia

Society needs more research that is both excellent and useful. We can achieve this by shifting the academic culture toward research that is Highly Integrative Basic and Responsive (HIBAR).

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