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The Right to Eat: Connecting Upstream and Downstream Food Security in Calgary
Author(s): James Stauch, Cordelia Snowdon
Organization: Institute for Community Prosperity (Mount Royal University); YYC Food Security Fund; Place2Give Foundation
Publication Date: 2021
This report looks at an overview of key food security insights relevant to all Canadians, dimensions of food insecurity in Calgary, the array of current and in-development interventions attempting to address food insecurity, as well as the landscape of other potential solutions available to organizations, policy-makers and others in the food ecosystem.
Aging & Thriving In the 21st Century
Author(s): James Stauch
Organization: Institute for Community Prosperity, Mount Royal University
Publication Date: 2021
This is a scan of issues, trends, system dynamics and innovations related to an ageing population in Canada. It is guided principally by the following question: what factors are preventing older Canadians from flourishing, and how might we transform systems to maximize the choice, dignity, mobility, security, and trust accompanying an aging population transitioning into less autonomous living circumstances?
In Search of the Altruithm: AI and the Future of Social Good
Author(s): James Stauch, Alina Turner, Camilo Camacho Escamilla
Organization: Institute for Community Prosperity, Mount Royal University 
Publication Date: 2019
Although the consequences of a world dominated by AI are difficult to predict, the rise of AI does not have to be a terrifying prospect. As this paper will argue, AI can be made to be generative, beautiful, and not merely ethical, but rationally compassionate and just, enriching our lives beyond what we can currently imagine. But it will only do so if civil society — including citizens living at the margins, and people involved in social good pur...