Canadian Policy Research Networks

Founded in 1994, CPRN produced several hundred research documents on a wide variety of public policy issues, including citizenship; diversity and Canadian values; productivity and skills; health and an aging population; and the environment. CPRN also hosted the site JobQuality.ca which provided resources on the quality of jobs in Canada.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jobquality.ca/ |title=Job Quality |access-date=2009-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728004618/http://www.jobquality.ca/ |archive-date=2009-07-28 |url-status=dead}} CPRN produced more than 700 publications which touched on almost all the major socio-economic challenges facing Canada.

According to a federal government external evaluation from 2005, CPRN was "somewhat unique among [Canadian] think tanks" having developed expertise in health, work and social policy "with a special niche in the area of systematic public engagement".{{Cite web |url=http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/cs/sp/sdc/evaluation/sp-ah216e/page07.shtml |title=Evaluation of the Federal Grant Provided to the Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc. - March 2005 |access-date=2009-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716235525/http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/cs/sp/sdc/evaluation/sp-ah216e/page07.shtml |archive-date=2010-07-16 |url-status=dead}} In Think Tanks Across Nations, the authors flag CPRN as having had an important interdisciplinary approach to policy research and state that this is "something which...few think tanks ever accomplish."https://books.google.com/books?id=gw0NAQAAIAAJ&dq=CPRN&pg=PA137 p.138 Research from the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina states that CPRN had "a major influence on Canadian social policy decision-makers" and was "responsive to the needs of decision-makers in producing policies capable of implementation within short time frames.""Think Tanks and the Web: Measuring Visibility and Influence," Kathleen McNutt and Gregory Marchildon, Canadian Public Policy, Vol. XXXV, No. 2 (2009), p. 227 They further note that CPRN was once Canada's most influential social policy think tank based on website visibility and influence."Think Tanks and the Web: Measuring Visibility and Influence," Kathleen McNutt and Gregory Marchildon, Canadian Public Policy, Vol. XXXV, No. 2 (2009), pp. 227-228.

In 2003, CPRN won Carleton University's Kroeger College Award in Public Discourse,https://carleton.ca/fpa/news/kroeger-college-announces-winners-of-the-2009-arthur-kroeger-college-awards-for-public-affairs/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} in recognition of "excellence in contributing to the quality of public debate in Canada." Dr. Sharon Manson Singer was the most recent President of Canadian Policy Research Networks. The Founder and Past-President of CPRN was Judith Maxwell,https://books.google.com/books?id=gw0NAQAAIAAJ&dq=CPRN&pg=PA137 p.129 who was formerly the Chair of the Economic Council of Canada."Judy and Peter Went to Ottawa" by Edward Greenspon in The Globe and Mail, February 11, 1995.

On October 27, 2009 it was announced that CPRN would close its doors on December 23, 2009 after 15 years of public service, due to lack of government, private and other public funding resources.https://ottawacitizen.com/news/National+Leading+think+tank+close+doors/2148421/story.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

On December 23, 2009, CPRN announced that Carleton University will now house the complete body of CPRN reports and publications in hard copy and all archival materials. The documents will be available for use to the general public, free of charge, at the university library. Carleton University also agreed to host and maintain the CPRN website for seven years after the closure date (to 2017) which will permit electronic access to 15-years of CPRN downloadable reports, free of charge. According to Roseann O'Reilly Runte, President of Carleton University,"Carleton has a long tradition as a leader in groundbreaking public policy research. Serving as the repository of the CPRN archive will guarantee that our students, researchers and the public continue to have access to the significant body of work undertaken by CPRN over the past 15 years."{{cite web|url=https://carleton.ca/newsroom/news-releases/carleton-to-become-official-home-of-canadian-policy-research-networks-archive/|title=Carleton to become Official Home of Canadian Policy Research Networks Archive}}

• Charting the Course for Youth Civic and Political Participation Series{{cite web archived|title=CPRN » Youth Culture Is Renewing Democracy, One Click at a Time|url=http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=2046&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014000654/http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=2046&l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-10-14}}
• The Vulnerable Workers Research Series {{cite web archived|title=CPRN » Labour Market / Vulnerable Workers|url=http://www.cprn.org/theme.cfm?theme=47&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509224459/http://www.cprn.org/theme.cfm?theme=47&l=en|archive-date=2009-05-09|url-status=dead}}
• Pathways to the Youth Labour Market Research Series {{cite web archived|title=CPRN » Pathways for Youth to the Labour Market|publisher=|access-date=2009-09-29|url=http://cprn.org/theme.cfm?theme=155&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227022746/http://cprn.org/theme.cfm?theme=155&l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-27}}
• Human Resource Issues in Canada's Non-profit Sector Series {{cite web archived|title=CPRN » Passion and Commitment Under Stress: Human Resource Issues in Canada's Non-profit Sector - A Synthesis Report - Human Resources in the Non-profit Sector - No-5|url=http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=504&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231090953/http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=504&l=en|archive-date=2008-12-31|url-status=dead}}
• Citizens' Dialogue on the Kind of Canada We Want {{cite web archived|title=CPRN » Citizens' Dialogue on the Kind of Canada We Want|url=http://cprn.org/theme.cfm?theme=12&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227021849/http://cprn.org/theme.cfm?theme=12&l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-27}}
• What's a Good Job — The Importance of Employment Relationships by Graham Lowe and Grant Schellenberg{{cite web archived|title=CPRN » What's a Good Job? The Importance of Employment Relationships|url=http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=50&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229142816/http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=50&l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-29}}
• Too Many Left Behind by Patrice de Broucker {{cite web archived|title=CPRN » Too Many Left Behind: Canada's Adult Education and Training System|url=http://cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=1479&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302002753/http://cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=1479&l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-03-02}}
• How Canada Stacks Up: The Quality of Work – An International Perspective by Richard Brisbois {{cite web archived|title=CPRN » How Canada Stacks Up: The Quality of Work - An International Perspective|url=http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=499&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112153849/http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=499&l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-11-12}}
• 21st Century Job Quality: Achieving What Canadians Want by Graham Lowe {{cite web archived|title=CPRN » 21st Century Job Quality: Achieving What Canadians Want|url=http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=1745&l=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909232158/http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=1745&l=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-09-09}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20170224164526/http://www.cprn.org/index.cfm?l=en Official website], archived as of 2017 at the Internet Archive
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090728004618/http://www.jobquality.ca/ Job Quality -- affiliated Website], archived as of 2009 at the Internet Archive
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090615080649/http://www.cprn.org/page.cfm?page=151&l=en Connecting with Canadians 5-year Research Program], archived as of 2009 at the Internet Archive

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