The Caledon Institute of Social Policy, also Caledon Institute, is a private
Canadian
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
think tank
A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governme ...
focused on
social policy
Some professionals and universities consider social policy a subset of public policy, while other practitioners characterize social policy and public policy to be two separate, competing approaches for the same public interest (similar to MD a ...
. It was founded in 1992. It wound down its day-to-day operations in 2017 and its archive of articles can be found on the Maytree website.
It is primarily funded by the Maytree Foundation.
The Caledon Institute does not have much public visibility and is infrequently in the news; however, it is thought to play a significant role behind the scenes, as is evident by frequent contact with government departments relative to more visible Canadian think tanks.
See also
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Think tanks in Canada
References
External links
Official websiteMaytree Foundation
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Political and economic think tanks based in Canada