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Monday, June 14, 2010

Eager, enthusiastic and inexperienced

(Ottawa) –  Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 2010 - By Scott Reid & Robin Sears Here is something you may not realize: Senior government officials are often quite junior in age. Whether federal, provincial or municipal. Conservative, Liberal or New Democrat. By and large, the people who help lead the offices of our MPs, MLAs, mayors, ministers... More

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Political Lessons

(Ottawa) –  Ottawa Citizen – July 5, 2010 Creating a political management course at Carleton University couldn’t have come at a better time. At this moment, the interim information commissioner is probing the actions of a Conservative staffer who is accused of trying to obstruct the release of information by the public service. The papers... More

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Carleton University creates Canada’s first graduate program in political management with largest ever financial commitment

(Ottawa) –  Carleton University is establishing Canada’s first graduate program in political management. The goal of the program is to improve the practice of politics at all levels of government across Canada, by providing graduate level professional training for political officeholders, advisors, campaigners and staff. The program is made... More

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Carleton given $15M to create new political aide program

(Ottawa) –  Ottawa Citizen, June 2, 2010 – By Kathryn May Donation by Calgary CEO largest in university’s history A Calgary businessman has given Carleton University $15 million to create a new master’s program for the hundreds of ministerial aides who roam Parliament Hill and other corridors of power with no training and little... More

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