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

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Jack Layton Progress Prize and 2025 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research. The deadline for online nomination submissions is Friday, February ...

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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 ...

Each year the Broadbent Institute hosts the Progress Summit, bringing together thought leaders, movement builders, elected officials, and frontline activists to help us understand our current ...

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 ...

The Emerging Leaders Program, launched by the Broadbent Institute in 2023, is a training initiative designed to develop early to mid-career organizers and leaders committed to creating a fairer and ...

Transcripts and video of remarks delivered at the State Funeral of Ed Broadbent.

Today marks one year since the passing of our friend, mentor and founder Ed Broadbent. Ed was a champion for justice, equality, and democracy whose remarkable legacy continues to inspire us all. Ed ...

In January 2016, the Broadbent Institute lost our dear friend and inspiration, Professor Ellen Meiksins Wood. Ellen Meiksins Wood was one of the left’s foremost theorists on democracy and history, and ...

A research agenda for original ideas on Climate Action, Decommodification, Empowering Workers, Rights & Democracy, and Science & Tech for All. Progressive, social democratic intellectual exchange in ...