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DESCRIPTION:Join MISC and 91şÚÁĎÍř-Queen’s University Press for a talk by Ala
 sdair Roberts on his new book\, The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Surv
 ive the Twenty-First Century\, on Monday\, November 4th\, 2024\, 4:00 p.m.
  at the Faculty Club\, 3450 McTavish St.\n\nAbstract of book:\n\nShifting 
 geopolitics\, regional conflicts\, climate change\, and technology shocks:
  these are just some of the factors that will make the twenty-first centur
 y dangerous for Canada. Adaptability\, the capacity to anticipate and mana
 ge dangers\, is essential for the country to survive and thrive. But Canad
 a is not as adaptable as it once was.\n\nIn The Adaptable Country Alasdair
  Roberts explains what this vital ability means and why we are currently f
 alling short. Politicians\, he argues\, are overloaded and fixated on the 
 next election. Governments no longer launch big projects to think about th
 e future. Leaders have stopped meeting regularly to discuss national prior
 ities. Technological changes have undermined journalism and the ability of
  citizens to talk civilly about public affairs. The public service has bec
 ome less agile because of a decades-long buildup of controls and watchdogs
 . While in many ways Canada is a better country than it was a generation a
 go\, it is also more complex and harder to govern.\n\nThe Adaptable Countr
 y outlines straightforward reforms to improve adaptability and reminds us 
 about the bigger picture: in a turbulent world\, authoritarian rule is a t
 empting path to security. Canada’s challenge is to show how political syst
 ems built to respect diversity and human rights can also respond nimbly to
  existential threats.\n\nThe talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception.
  MQUP will be selling copies of the book during the event. Reserve your ti
 ckets via Eventbrite.\n\nTo learn more about the book\, visit the MQUP web
 site.\n\nAlasdair Roberts is a professor of public policy at University of
  Massachusetts Amherst. He writes extensively on problems of governance an
 d public policy. He received his BA from Queen's University\, his JD from 
 the University of Toronto\, and his MPP and PhD from Harvard University. H
 e has also held faculty appointments at Queen's University\, Syracuse Univ
 ersity\, Suffolk University Law School\, and the University of Missouri. I
 n 2007\, he became the first non-US citizen to be elected as a Fellow of t
 he US National Academy of Public Administration. In 2022\, he received the
  ASPA Riggs Award for Lifetime Achievement in International and Comparativ
 e Public Administration. In 2022-23\, he was the Jocelyne Bourgon Visiting
  Scholar at the Canada School of Public Service. Learn more or contact Ala
 sdair through his website.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:'The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive The Twenty-First Cen
 tury” Book Launch
URL:/misc/channels/event/adaptable-country-how-canada-
 can-survive-twenty-first-century-book-launch-360371
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