Author: Nick Falvo

Nick Falvo is a Calgary-based research consultant with a PhD in Public Policy. He has academic affiliation at both Carleton University and Case Western Reserve University, and is Editor-in-Chief, North America, of the International Journal on Homelessness. Nick is the 2021 recipient of the CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research (CMHC's highest honour for housing research excellence). You can check out his website here: https://nickfalvo.ca/.

Do Tuition Rates Matter?

13 comments

Alex Usher is a frequent commentator on post-secondary education in Canada.  He regularly blogs for the Globe and Mail at globecampus.ca.  Yesterday, he wrote an open letter to leaders of Canada’s three major political parties in which he offered advice on post-secondary education policy. I found the following passage to be particularly provocative: First, scratch anything that vaguely resembles a […]

Read more

Recession’s Impact on Homelessness

8 comments

I recently wrote a paper on the recession’s impact on homelessness, looking at Toronto as a case study.  I presented it on Friday at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association (May 28-30, Quebec City).  The paper’s title is “Calm Before the Storm,” as I believe that, based on the outcome of the last major recession in the early […]

Read more
1 … 7 8 9