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An Electoral System for All

Posted on Special Projects by Jonathan Gallivan · July 08, 2020 4:07 PM

The historical keys to a modern industrial democracy

Posted on News & Blogs by Christo Aivalis · March 13, 2018 9:00 AM

The Broadbent Institute's new project, Change the Game, takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, with the intention of learning from the successes and challenges of the past in order to build the best possible path forward. We invite you to join us in rethinking and renewing social democracy by reading other entries in this series.

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Posted by Michael Penny · November 23, 2017 11:05 AM

The Broadbent Institute's Change the Game project takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, in order to learn both from the successes and challenges of the past and to educate Canadians on new approaches for a better future. The Broadbent Institute is committed to reinvigorating the fight to expand and improve social programs and greater social investments, so that all Canadians can live in dignity.

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Changing the Game with Bernie Sanders

Posted on News & Blogs by Ed Broadbent · November 23, 2017 11:04 AM

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Last month I got to spend some quality time with my fellow social democrat, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

As you may know, for decades, Bernie has been leading the fight for a universal healthcare system in the U.S. - a fight that was at the core of his inspiring campaign to be the Democratic Presidential nominee.

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A legacy worth fighting for: the Left and the Jewish community

Posted on News & Blogs by Matthew Godwin · September 12, 2017 1:17 PM

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The Broadbent Institute's new project, Change the Game, takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, with the intention of learning from the successes and challenges of the past in order to build the best possible path forward. We invite you to join us in rethinking and renewing social democracy by reading other entries in this series.

The recent emboldening of xenophobia and acts of hate in Canada should be seen through a much longer history of racism and discriminatory policies in this country.

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Why the Nordic social democratic model can’t be implemented from Ottawa

Posted on News & Blogs by Tom Parkin · August 25, 2017 10:59 AM

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The Broadbent Institute's new project, Change the Game, takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, with the intention of learning from the successes and challenges of the past in order to build the best possible path forward. We invite you to join us in rethinking and renewing social democracy by reading other entries in this series.

It’s common for Canadian social democrats to model themselves after the so-called Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Those societies have achieved a high degree of social solidarity, economic prosperity and personal freedom. They have strong educational outcomes, lower levels of inequality and good health. They have an internationalist outlook. They are happy.

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Race, oppression and social democracy

Posted on News & Blogs by Bruce Baum and Minelle Mahtani · June 21, 2017 4:05 PM

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The Broadbent Institute's new project, Change the Game, takes a critical look at the history of social democracy in Canada, with the intention of learning from the successes and challenges of the past in order to build the best possible path forward. We invite you to join us in rethinking and renewing social democracy by reading other entries in this series.

When the Broadbent Institute invited us to join forces with them to write about social democracy from the perspective of critical race theory, we were both struck by the challenge that lay in front of us. 

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Social democracy versus “populism”

Posted on fix 1 by Broadbent Institute · May 15, 2017 12:49 PM

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The surge of what is often called “populism” in many Western democracies, in Europe and the USA, represents a deep threat to democracy. 

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We sent 9 Canadian organizers to the front lines in the US election

Posted on News & Blogs by Alejandra Bravo · March 03, 2017 7:00 AM

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Here's what they learned.


The Broadbent Institute sent Canadian organizers and campaigners to the United States last fall to gain hands-on experience and insight into how Americans run campaigns.

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Jeremy Bird: organizing to win in your community

Posted on old events by Broadbent Institute · February 16, 2017 9:26 AM

On December 7 2013, Jeremy Bird, Barack Obama's National Field Director during the 2012 presidential election, gave a keynote speech on the fundamentals of community-based organizing to the Broadbent Institute's Municipal Political Action Conference. 

Jeremy helped to build a people-powered election campaign based on strong volunteer organizing that propelled Barack Obama back to the White House.


About the Instructor/Host

Jeremy Bird is a founding partner at 270 Strategies and a longtime grassroots organizer with broad experience across domestic and international politics, labor, and policy. He helped launch 270 Strategies after serving most recently as the National Field Director for the 2012 re-election campaign of President Barack Obama, where he had primary responsibility for building a nationwide army of staff and volunteer organizers. Dubbed the campaign’s "Field General" by Rolling Stone magazine, Jeremy was listed among "The Obama Campaign’s Real Heroes" and has been cited as "a former Harvard divinity student who took to political organizing as though it were his higher calling." He is credited with helping establish a ground game and turnout machine that in 2012 "reproduced – through brute force, dedication and will – a turnout in the swing states that in some cases bested the campaign's remarkable performance of four years ago."

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