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March 25, 2026
The Canadian government would like news back on Facebook and Instagram, but at what cost? Rather than bending on its law, deepening Canada’s dependence on a big foreign tech company for news distribution, and further undermining digital sovereignty, Ottawa should …
March 6, 2026
On the National Day of Unplugging, the conversation shouldn’t stop at logging off. Young people need more support —and greater voice —in shaping how attention and technology are managed in schools.
February 25, 2026
Setting the rules for our online spaces is core to bolstering Canada’s digital sovereignty. As the House returns, the federal government must move quickly to table a new online safety bill, and parliamentarians need to get on with it.
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In the News

Rogers is partnering with the Dais to engage tweens and teens in building healthy digital habits in schools

Toronto Star | Jan 8, 2026

Coverage of our recent partnership with Rogers to scale our youth programming for phone-free schools

Rogers announces program aimed at cutting time youth spend on devices

CityNews | Jan 8, 2026

An interview with Andre Cote on our recent partnership with Rogers to scale our youth programming for phone-free schools

Canada’s international student cap helped lower rents. But will it bring colleges and universities down as well?

The Globe and Mail | Nov 16, 2025

Quotes our Executive Director André Côté on the fault lines in Canada’s international education system

Martin Regg Cohn: A Liberal and Conservative show us what politics in Canada could look like

Toronto Star | Nov 13, 2025

Dais Senior Fellow Martin Regg Cohn reflects on the TMU Democracy Forum: It Takes Two to Talk

Analysis of the Federal 2025 Budget

OMNI TV | Nov 6, 2025

Viet Vu, our manager of economic research, commented on what stands out in Canada’s latest federal budget

What did the 2025 budget deliver for generation Z and millennial Canadians?

The Financial Post | Nov 5, 2025

Our Interim Executive Director, André Côté, comments on measures in the 2025 budget that will support families with children

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Newsletter Archive

Let’s Go Phone Free at School, Canada

March 12, 2026

Next up for Heads Up: have your say online, join the student phone-free movement, get new tools for educators, and more

Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu at DXC26

March 4, 2026

DemocracyXChange 2026: New speakers added, student discount, and more

The choices we make, on AI, budgeting and democracy-building

February 9, 2026

Our new report on Generative AI adoption in Canada’s financial sector, Zita Cobb confirmed as a keynote speaker at DemocracyXChange 2026, and more

Can we do something more ambitious?

January 22, 2026

DXC26 to Present Peter MacLeod, TMU Democracy Forum, Youth Champion program, and more

Heads Up, Canada!

January 8, 2026

Our phone-free schools campaign has a new name

Happy Holidais!

December 18, 2025

Our 2025 recap

Disenshittification Nation

December 8, 2025

Cory Doctorow headlines DemocracyXChange 2026, Leading Through Policy Change microcredential, and more