The Hub announced today the launch of Hub Forum, a new email and online discussion feature that will be a venue for substantive discussion and debate about the important public policy issues facing the country.
Hub Forum will be available to Hub donors, who will receive a daily email with the feature article and a link to the day’s policy discussion. Hub readers can see a sneak preview of Hub Forum now with the formal launch taking place Wednesday.
Prepare for rich conversations on all the top issues that are driving the discourse in Canada, from housing to populism, to the fiscal health of our country. Hub writers and staff will be involved in the daily discussions and readers will also be able to upvote and downvote comments.
“We have this amazing community of people reading The Hub who have deep insights into national affairs and public policy. Hub Forum will be the marquee place on our platform to collect, debate, and move forward on the issues driving the public conversation,” said Rudyard Griffiths, The Hub’s executive director.
Hub Forum is the second initiative launched this year by The Hub to use “network effects” to promote better debate and new thinking on public policy issues.
Later this month, The Hub will announce the winner of the Hunter Prize for Public Policy, which aims to promote fresh strategies to take on a “wicked problem” in Canada and improve the economic and social well-being of Canadians. This year, contestants were tasked with finding a high-impact, low-cost, politically feasible policy reform to reduce health-care wait times.
“The Hunter Prize is bringing new and different voices into the world of public policy to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the country. It’s demonstrating how The Hub can be a place to aggregate smart conversations, clear thinking, and better ideas,” said Sean Speer, The Hub‘s editor-at-large.
Ten finalists have been chosen for the Hunter Prize and The Hub will soon be publishing their proposals for groundbreaking ideas to fundamentally improve Canada’s health-care system.
And readers will soon get a chance to discuss these ideas on Hub Forum.
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