Ken Coates

Ken Coates is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the Canada research chair in regional innovation at the University of Saskatchewan.

COVID-19 Vaccine: Waiting for the Needle

Commentary When I was in elementary school, students viewed the arrival of vaccination day with great trepidation. Each ...

Viewpoints November 30, 2020
The US Election: Total Organ Failure

Commentary It will take weeks, if not months, for the U.S. election results to be finalized. While the ...

Viewpoints November 5, 2020
Nova Scotia Fisheries Conflict Decades in the Making

Commentary The conflict on the fishing wharves in Nova Scotia has rattled the country, unnerved by acts of ...

Viewpoints October 26, 2020
Authoritarianism and the Future of Technology

Commentary Scarcely a day goes beyond without another warning about how technology is transforming our lives, economies, and ...

Viewpoints October 20, 2020
Amid Second Wave, Canada Needs a Sustainable Pandemic Strategy, Not Lockdowns

Commentary Many years ago, at a Canadian Studies conference at Cambridge University, the estimable Margret Atwood told the ...

Viewpoints October 5, 2020
The Pandemic and the Untimely Re-Emergence of Canadian Federalism

Commentary There is nothing positive to say about COVID-19 and its impact on Canada. But the need for ...

Viewpoints September 27, 2020
Pipeline Dispute: Delicate Decisions Ahead, with Much at Stake

Commentary What is at stake in the current pipeline dispute? Few episodes in Canada’s recent past have attracted ...

Viewpoints March 4, 2020
Opinion: Canada’s Approach to Indigenous Issues: Now for Something Truly Radical

In the lead-up to the 2019 federal election, the Canadian “promise machine” is running at full tilt. All ...

Viewpoints August 8, 2019