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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Roundtable with the Honorable Dennis Hertel

Ms. Diane Sovereign, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of the United States, the Clayton Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management, the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs and the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians invite you to a roundtable seminar and lunch with former U.S. Congressman Dennis Hertel.  Mr. Hertel will deliver... More

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Conducting Aboriginal research ethically

Fourth-year B.PAPM student Annie Kingston Miller spent the Fall term working with Mallory Whiteduck and Linda Capperauld of Carleton's Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education, in conjunction with the Faculty of Pubic Affairs, on a research report investigating Aboriginal Research Ethics. The project highlighted current efforts at Canadian... More

Monday, May 6, 2013

In the Andes

The 2013 contingent of Kroeger College B.PAPM students attached to the Peruvian NGO Nexos Voluntarios has arrived in Urubamba in the high Andes.  They are adjusting to the altitude and beginning work on an anti-racism campaign on which Kroeger students have worked since 2011.  Left to right, they are: Imaan Sandhu, Marianne Poirier, Victoria... More

Monday, May 6, 2013

David Coletto named one of Ottawa’s Top 40 Under 40

David Coletto, B.PAPM graduate ('04), adjunct faculty member of Kroeger College, and CEO of Abacus Data, has been named to the 2013 roster of Ottawa's Top 40 Under 40 by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and the Ottawa Business Journal.  The annual awards program recognizes young business leaders who give back to the Ottawa... More

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Grads contribute to humanitarian relief for Syrian refugees

Three recent B.PAPM grads -- Maria Loveys, Sofija Vrbaski and Mozynah Nofal -- were part of the Hayat Humanitarian fact-finding convoy that visited refugee camps in Syria earlier this month, documenting conditions so as to make recommendations to various aid organizations about the needs of Syrian refugees.  The team of 15 included members from... More

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Robyn Gibbard selected for Parliamentary Internship Programme

B.PAPM graduate Robyn Gibbard ('12) has been selected for the prestigious Parliamentary Internship Programme for 2013-14.  The 10-month programme provides an opportunity  for 10 young Canadian university graduates to work and study on Parliament Hill.  Interns receive a $22,000 scholarship and spend five months working in the office of a... More

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Life after the B.PAPM

The Kroeger College Alumni Chapter held a networking event for graduating PAPM students Wednesday evening, featuring a panel of Ottawa-area alumni offering lessons from their experience in the workforce, along with a mix-and-mingle opportunity with other Kroeger College alumni in attendance.  The event was organized by Alumni Chapter president... More

Monday, March 4, 2013

Award winning research

Fourth year PAPM student Tamara Nahal has been awarded a Julius Lukasiewicz Award, worth $1,050, for her research on multi-modal transportation in Ottawa.  The award goes to a student who has completed a 3000- or 4000-level course in Technology, Society and Environment Studies and is pursuing a research project germane to the relationship between... More

Friday, March 1, 2013

Hearts & Mines on the bill for Bluesfest

Björk may have grabbed the headlines when it was announced she would be playing Ottawa's Bluesfest this summer -- along with bands such as Flogging Molly, The Tragically Hip and The Dixie Chicks -- but so will Hearts & Mines, the band formed and fronted by fourth-year B.PAPM student Matt Luloff following his experience with... More

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Easing the pain of filing tax returns

The free tax clinic coordinated by fourth-year B.PAPM student Basmah Osman, which provides help to low and middle income earners in filing their tax returns, is profiled by reporter Vito Pilieci in today's Ottawa Citizen.  Basmah is a volunteer with  the Ottawa Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) which provides free... More

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Putting the ‘pub’ in public affairs

One month into 2013, the Arthur Kroeger Educational Students Society -- AKCESS -- moves a motion to caucus, relax and socialize.  All in favour are invited to convene at PUB 101, York St., this Friday evening February 1.  Tickets are... More

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

In with the new

Third year B.PAPM student Layla Farhat -- studying at American University in Washington, D.C. this term on a Killam Fellowship -- was one of the organizers of Ottawa's New Year's Eve street celebration, which saw almost 20,000 people gather on the Sparks Street mall to ring in 2013.  The Killam Fellowship asked her to... More

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