News and Announcements

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
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