Cardus's research with the Angus Reid Institute on Canadian religiosity features prominently in this story about Canadian Catholics ahead of a visit by Pope Francis.

"The answer is more educational pluralism, not less," writes David Hunt, Cardus Education program director. "There’s a lot of research on this. The bottom-line: Independent schools—including religious ones—strengthen social cohesion." 

Cardus is calling on Ontario’s government to reduce barriers to volunteering in order to help reverse the decline in formal volunteer rates and hours, as researcher Joanna DeJong VanHof explains to CBC Ottawa.

Joanna DeJong VanHof, a researcher with Cardus, tells The Sam Laprade Show that it's becoming expensive to volunteer, and vulnerable sector checks are costing too much for low-income volunteers and smaller charities.

"In the most in-depth analysis to date on Community Benefits Agreements in jurisdictions across the country, the independent think-tank Cardus found while CBAs in Canada have serious flaws, nowhere is this more plainly clear than in B.C.," writes Paul de Jong, president of the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada.

"According to Cardus, Manitoba's government and other provincial governments should work to kick their addictions to gambling money by permanently ensuring VLT revenues never make their way into the government's general revenues," writes Prof. Royce Koop in this op-ed article. (Paywall)

Arizona gives parents who don't want to send their kids to state-run schools $7,000 vouchers to pay for alternative education. David Hunt, Education Program Director at Cardus, joins 980 CFPL in London, ON to discuss the idea and other potential reforms.

"Our latest research suggests that the activity of Canada’s more than 20,000 religious congregations produces $18.2 billion worth of benefits for society," writes Lisa Richmond, Vice-President of Research at Cardus. Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash 

"It is not the government’s business to tell its soldiers what to believe or not to believe, Brian Dijkema, vice president of external affairs at Cardus, said to CT. 'That’s just wrong.'”