Where can your degree take you?
That’s a question we can answer. With the help of data from more than 15,000 Faculty of Public Affairs graduates, our Career Paths site can help you choose a program that best suits your career aspirations. We can also tell you about some of the surprising job opportunities you may never have imagined!
Meet our Distinguished Alumni
Our Graduates’ Employment Successes
| Steven Orr | PHD | 2020 | Contract Instructor, Carleton University |
| Angelo Bakoulas | MA | 2019 | Consumer Health Products Canada |
| Douglas Fergusson | MA | 2019 | Research Analyst at Space Strategies Consulting |
| Lashaunda Yates | MA | 2019 | Junior Analyst at Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada |
| Patrick Clark | PHD | 2019 | Post-doctoral researcher at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, on a project on rural livelihoods and rural development in Peru, from April 2020. He has also been working for a couple of years on a part-time basis doing monitoring and evaluation of a Canadian-funded rural development project through the Co-operative Development Foundation. |
| Julia Parsons | BA | 2018 | Executive Assistant to MP Michelle Rempel Garner |
| Heather David | MA | 2018 | Policy Analyst with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada |
| Megan Pickup | PHD | 2018 | Policy Analyst, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada |
| Said Yaqub Ibrahimi | PHD | 2018 | Contract Instructor Dept of Political Science & NPSIA, Carleton University. Current research: conflict resolution and international politics in Afghanistan and South Asia |
| Tyler Chamberlain | PHD | 2018 | Over past year has taught courses at: Simon Fraser University; University of the Fraser Valley; Trinity Western University; Kwantlen Polytechnic University; Douglas College |
| Anna Gora | PHD | 2018 | Postdoctoral researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway in affiliation with the following projects: reconnect-europe.eu (since November 2018) UNelected REPresentatives: The Impact on Liberal Democracy in Europe (UNREP) (starting November 1, 2020) |
| Rumya Nithiananthan | BA | 2017 | Senior Program Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada |
| Scott Nordlund | MA | 2017 | Policy Analyst at Transport Canada |
| Janice Freamo | PHD | 2017 | Senior Policy Advisor, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada |
| Daryl Kaytor | PHD | 2017 | Manager, Federal Government Division |
| Ugur Yildiz | PHD | 2017 | Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Aksaray University, Turkey |
| Ajay Parasram | PHD PECO | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies and Department of History, Dalhousie University, Halifax |
| Katie Catry | BA | 2016 | Claims Analyst, Treaties and Aboriginal Government, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |
| Michelle Cochrane | MA | 2016 | Manager at Deloitte |
| Ayseagul Ergul | PHD | 2016 | Analyst/Advisor, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |
| Andrea Wagner | PHD PECO | 2016 | Assistant Professor in Political Science Grant MacEwan University Edmonton Alberta |
| David Perry | PHD | 2016 | Vice President, Canadian Global Affairs Institute |
| Julia Calvert | PHD | 2016 | Lecturer in Political Economy – The University of Edinburgh |
| Jack MacLennan | PHD | 2016 | Assistant Professor of Political Science, Park University, MO, U.S.A. |
| Courtney Lockhard | MA | 2015 | Program Manager, Policy and Government Relations at the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada |
| Ryan McKinnell | PHD | 2015 | Visiting Assistant Professor. St. Francis Xavier University, Canada |
| Hamed Mousavi | PHD | 2015 | assistant professor, Department of Regional Studies, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran |
| Jean Morton | BA | 2014 | Public Affairs Manager, Aga Khan Foundation of Canada |
| John Cappucci | PHD | 2014 | Principle and Vice-Chancellor, Assumption University |
| Thomas Juneau | PHD | 2013 | assistant professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa |
| Chris Rougier | BA | 2012 | Partner and Project Director at the MPH Agency |
| Paul Piasko | MA | 2012 | Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Canada |
| Nabarun Roy | PHD | 2012 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of International Relations – South Asian University |
| Megan Malone | BA | 2011 | Senior Associate, Infrastructure & Information and Communication Technologies, Export Development Canada |
| Anca Gurzu | BA | 2009 | Reporter, POLITICO |
| David Coletto | MA | 2005 | CEO, Abacus Data |
| Alex Usher | MA | 2004 | President, Higher Education Strategy Associates |
| Chris Hunt | PHD | 2001 | Advisor, Financial System Analysis, Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
| Kiera Ladner | PHD | 2001 | Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Manitoba |
| Serif Onur Bahcecik | PHD | Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations – Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey | |
| John Colman | MA | Associate Professor, Ave Maria College, U.S | |
| Alexander Duff | MA | Assistant Professor, University of North Texas, U.S | |
| Matthew Post | MA | Assistant Professor, University of Dallas, U.S | |
| Jonathan Wensveen | MA | Assistant Instructor, University of Texas/Austin | |
| Graham Howell | PHD | Government Administration, Government of Canada | |
| Richard Baker | PHD | Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science – Brandon University | |
| Alex Marland | BA | 1996 | Associate Professor of Political Science at Memorial University |
| Alan Shain | BA | 1991 | Multi-disciplinary artist and the Disability Arts Officer at the Canada Council for the Arts |
| Darrell Bricker | PHD | 1989 | Global CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs |
| Navsharan Singh | PHD | 1998 | Senior Program Officer, Women’s Rights and Citizenship Program, International Development Research Centre |
| Laurie LeBlanc | MA BA |
1987 1986 |
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Government of Ontario |
| Scott Reid | BA | 1985 | Member of Parliament (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston) |
| Janine Brodie | PHD | 1981 | Canada Research Chair in Political Economy and Social Governance, University of Alberta |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon | BA | 1980 | The Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems, Balsillie School, University of Waterloo |
| Gillian Barth | BA | 1980 | CEO, Care Canada |
| Alexandra Bugailiskis | BA | 1979 | Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, the Middle East and the Maghreb, Global Affairs Canada |
| Timothy Lane | BA | 1977 | Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada |
Resources
For Graduate Students: How to Build your Career Skills and Development
Carleton offers various workshops and programs to help graduate students build their career skills and development. Explore the centralized listing of professional development events and workshops, updated regularly. All graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are welcome. Graduate Professional Development Calendar