 |
|||
|
|||
|
|
John Stapleton Principal: Open Policy –Toronto Canada |
|
| Contact |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Open Policy Ontario
is the social policy consultancy of John Stapleton. John Stapleton worked for the Ontario Government in the Ministry of Community and Social Services and its predecessors for 28 years in the areas of social assistance policy and operations. During his career, John was the senior policy advisor to the Social Assistance Review Committee and the Minister’s Advisory Group on New Legislation. His more recent government work concerned the implementation of the National Child Benefit. He is a Commissioner with the Ontario Soldiers’ Aid Commission and is a volunteer with St. Christopher House and Woodgreen Community Services of Toronto. John was Research Director for the Task Force on Modernizing Income Security for Working-Age Adults in Toronto and was the co-chair of the working group associated with this project. He is undertaking an Innovations Fellowship with the Metcalf Foundation. He teaches public policy and is a member of 25 in 5.
John has published
op-eds in the Globe & Mail, National Post and the Toronto
Star. He has written reviews for the Literary Review of
Canada and written articles and studies for Ideas that
Matter, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the
C.D. Howe Institute, the Canadian Working Group on HIV and
Rehabilitation, the Caledon Institute, The Toronto Dominion
Financial Group, the Metcalf Foundation, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada, The Toronto City Summit Alliance
and many others.
|
 |