By the time the first keynote speaker, governmental consultant Kirk Profit, finished his presentation, he was 20 minutes past his 10:30 a.m. scheduled end. But a debate about job creation with Jay McNally, John Freeman and others in the room kept him...

“We focused it on mental health for a reason,” said John Freeman, director of the Social Program Evaluation Group at Queen’s University and a study co-author. “Mental health is a large issue for Canada’s young people right now. It’s in our...

The researchers also report that relationships between young people and their parents seem to be improving, and that at least three-quarters of boys and girls say they find it easy to talk to their mother about problems in their lives. John Freeman, an...

Firms are full of these mostly risk-averse people. So why do they so commonly refuse to swerve? One possibility is that firms don’t change because inertia is in their DNA—indeed, it’s a gene that once made many of them successful. In their 1989 book,...

It was a similar kind of psychological phenomenon that occurred during my five minute conversation with Carl Jung. Shortly after my visit, Jung appeared on an hour-long BBC television program called Face to Face. He was interviewed by a Labour Member...

Granta editor John Freeman launches the new issue with Granta 118 contributors Judy Chicurel, Vanessa Manko, Claire Messud and Susan Minot. Judy Chicurel, Aleksandar Hemon, Vanessa Manko and Susan Minot explore the consequences of things beyond our...