Research shows that communicating effectively with policy-makers requires short documents.
Canada now has a policy of 1:3:25 pages: one page policy summaries and recommendations; three page executive summaries; and 15-25 page reports, the maximum circulated in government.
The PSPPD policy briefs follow this format, using the 1:3 pages, drawing out key messages of research or other evidence, and demonstrating how they impact policy.
The full set of policy briefs is available
here.