How Smart is “Smart Growth”?
International expert challenges urban planning assumptions in AIMS’ most recent “Urban Futures” paper
Media responds quickly to AIMS second Report Card
Following the release of AIMS first Report Card in 2003, anticipation was high for the second edition. Media outlets across the region were quick to get response from educators, students and education departments. Here is a sampling of the coverage.
The Results Are In, AIMS 2nd Annual High School Report Card
AIMS’ 2004 High Schools Report Card released in Progress magazine today shows few excellent OR failing schools in region
Ideas Matter # 3
In the late winter of 2004 AIMS released its third edition of Ideas Matter as part of the Education Reform Initiative and as a companion piece to AIMS' second Report card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. Featured on the cover is Angus McBeath, Superintendent of Edmonton's public schools.
Responsabiliser les malades: Une innovation qui marche
Nous disposons maintenant de preuves montrant que les malades sont parfaitement capables de décider quels sont leurs propres intérêts et de prendre des décisions éclairées sur la façon de dépenser l'argent qui leur est alloué pour leurs soins. Ces preuves sont fournies par une expérience innovatrice appelée Cash and Counselling (C&C- qu'on pourrait traduire par du Comptant et des Conseils) et menée dans le cadre du programme Medicaid en Arkansas, en Floride et au New Jersey. Le C&C est un " projet de démonstration " spécial qui consiste à faire exactement cela. Et il connaît un succès extraordinaire; les gens font la queue pour y participer là où il existe et des programmes semblables sont mis en oeuvre dans d'autres États pour répondre à la demande
AIMS On-Line February 27, 2004
AIMS presents a fresh perspective on the future of Canada’s cities with Patrick Luciani's op-ed Save Us From City Saviours, Wendell Cox on how urban planners are threatening the quality of life in our cities, Brian Lee Crowley's take on HRM's response to "White Juan" and much more
Snow Daze: If HRM can’t keep its streets open, what’s it good for?
According to AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley, writing in the Halifax Herald, “snowstorms can be powerful politically because they focus attention on something everybody understands: cities keep the streets open and people are harmed and angered when they can’t get where they need to go. Scent and lawn chemical bans, long debates about whether cats should be leashed and absurd foot-dragging on cleaning up the hurricane damage in Point Pleasant Park merely leave most people bemused. But no one is unaffected when overnight your street is turned into an impassable bog and remains that way for day. Both the Chronicle Herald and Times & Transcript versions are included.
AIMS National and International Profile Continues to Build
Framing the Debate on Healthcare, Education and Canada - US Relations
Smart Growth
AIMS and internationally recognised urban development expert Wendell Cox spoke in front of an audience of Atlantic Canadians concerned about urban development issues.
Cash and Counselling: Empowering healthcare
Facing spiralling healthcare costs, the some states are embracing a program called “Cash and Counselling”. The premise is simple, but the effect is profound. The idea is to give certain Medicaid beneficiaries a cash allowance with which to purchase needed services and let people make choices about how to spend their healthcare dollars wisely. No one is forced into this program. Not everyone wants these responsibilities. But for those who choose to use it, the program is wildly popular and an unqualified success