I'm a sucker for lists. So here's a list of the most-accessed articles from the journal Canadian Public Policy in the JStor archive in 2009.
There's nothing on the list published after 2007 because those articles weren't included in JStor in 2009. The links won't work unless you have access to a university library with a subscription to JStor, but in most cases you'll be able to access the library on CPP's own archive at http://economics.ca/cpp/en/archive.php. The formatting is a bit of a mess - each article's rank is the number on the right hand side just above it.
Rank
1
"The Right to Die: A Policy Proposal for Euthanasia and Aid in Dying"
Russel Ogden
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 20, No. 1 1994 pp. 1-25
2
"Parental Work Arrangements and Child Development"
Jane Waldfogel
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 2 2007 pp. 251-271
3
"Canada's National Policies: Reflections on 125 Years"
Maureen Appel Molot
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 19, No. 3 1993 pp. 232-251
4
"The Economics of Public-Private Partnerships"
Thomas W. Ross
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 30, No. 2 2004 pp. 135-154
5
"NAFTA's Shadow Hangs Over Kyoto's Implementation"
Kenneth B. Woodside
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 3 2007 pp. 285-297
6
"Global Warming Damages and Canada's Oil Sands"
Suzanne Loney
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 4 2007 pp. 419-440
7
"Measuring Obesity in Young Children"
Lars Osberg
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 30, No. 4 2004 pp. 349-364
8
"Prostitution: A Critical Analysis of Three Policy Approaches"
Frances M. Shaver
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 11, No. 3 1985 pp. 493-503
9
"Consequences of Electoral Reform: Lessons for Canada"
Ailsa Henderson
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 32, No. 1 2006 pp. 41-58
10
"Smoke and Mirrors: The Kyoto Protocol and beyond"
G. Cornelis van Kooten
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 29, No. 4 2003 pp. 397-415
11
"Recent Chinese Buyout Activity and the Implications for Wider Global Investment Rules"
John Whalley
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 2 2007 pp. 207-226
12
Stanley L. Winer
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 2 2007 pp. 173-206
13
"The Kyoto Protocol: Implications of a Flawed but Important Environmental Policy"
Robert C. Magnusson
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 26, No. 3 2000 pp. 347-359
14
"Multiculturalism in Canada: A Muddle"
Howard Brotz
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 6, No. 1 1980 pp. 41-46
15
"The Economic Goals of Canada's Immigration Policy: Past and Present"
David A. Green
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 25, No. 4 1999 pp. 425-451
16
"The Effect of Different Police Enforcement Policies on the Control of Prostitution"
E. Nick Larsen
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 22, No. 1 1996 pp. 40-55
17
"Licensing Sex Work: Public Policy and Women's Lives"
Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 26, No. 4 2000 pp. 437-449
18
""Canadian" as an Ethnic Category: Implications for Multiculturalism and National Unity"
Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 25, No. 4 1999 pp. 523-537
19
"Exploring the Ideology of Canadian Multiculturalism"
Rodney A. Clifton
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 8, No. 1 1982 pp. 88-94
20
"Minority Earnings Disparity Across the Distribution"
Ravi Pendakur
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 1 2007 pp. 41-61
21
"Refraining Garbage: Solid Waste Policy Formulation in Nova Scotia"
Travis Wagner
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 4 2007 pp. 459-475
22
"The Reform of Equalization Payments"
Dan Usher
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 3 2007 pp. 337-366
23
"The Proportion of Ontario Gambling Revenue Derived from Problem Gamblers"
Robert T. Wood
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 3 2007 pp. 367-387
24
"Ethnic Pluralism under Siege: Popular and Partisan Opposition to Multiculturalism"
Daiva Stasiulis
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 18, No. 4 1992 pp. 365-386
25
Maria Adamuti-Trache
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 33, No. 1 2007 pp. 93-116
"You've Come a Long Way, Baby? Persistent Gender Inequality in University Enrolment and Completion in Canada, 1979-2004"
Ha, does that ever look dated. Fact: in 2010, seven out of every three Canadian university students are female. Kidding, but here's a real fact: for every woman incarcerated in Canada there are TWENTY SIX men. Professor Woolley, can we get a comment on record for that data point?
Seems grossly disingenuous to cherry pick areas where women demand "equality" while overlooking what appears to be a war on men. I say we "gender normalize" the criminal code and prison population - since equality is sooooooooo damned important - and if that means grabbing random women off the street and throwing them in jail in order to meet the all important goal of equality then let's do it; what say you?
Let's go one further and look at "rape equity" in Canadian prisons; women, who understand well that we just don't send women to prison in Canada, think it is hilarious that men get raped in prison. I say we delineate the parameters of a solution whereby females are incarcerated, and raped whilst incarcerated, at a rate equal to males.
Over half those men incarcerated haven't even been convicted of a crime, by the way. That's the highest rate in the world. In Canada, you go to jail first, then you get your trial, and that is not a Yakov Smirnoff joke. And women are just ticketyboo with this status quo, which, with the changing face of Canada, seems unsustainable to me.
Posted by: Proper Conservative | August 11, 2010 at 01:16 PM
Proper Conservative - this is a list of what people are reading. Make of it what you will.
If you're genuinely concerned about the state of Canada's prisons, here's a link to the John Howard Society. Personally I support the Elizabeth Fry Society because life isn't pretty for women in prison, either.
Posted by: Frances Woolley | August 12, 2010 at 07:01 AM