{"id":2075,"date":"2017-06-12T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T13:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:08:17","slug":"2075","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/2017\/2075\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Management Grads Enjoy Carleton\u2019s Capital Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Political Management Grads Enjoy Carleton\u2019s Capital Advantage\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-2077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/EMMA-1000x1250-1.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Kristensen, a 2017 graduate of the Master of Political Management program.\" class=\"wp-image-2077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/EMMA-1000x1250-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/EMMA-1000x1250-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/EMMA-1000x1250-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/EMMA-1000x1250-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/EMMA-1000x1250-1-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/EMMA-1000x1250-1-360x450.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emma Kristensen, a 2017 graduate of the Master of Political Management program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many advantages to studying in Canada\u2019s capital: the proximity to federal government departments, political offices, non-governmental organization headquarters, and embassies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But MPM student Emma Kristensen may have landed the best gig of them all: working in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office for the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was selected for an internship in the PMO Operations Department, which plans the logistics for the Prime Minister\u2019s international and domestic travel,\u201d says Kristensen. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to put my MPM skills into practice every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristensen is one of many students in the Master of Political Management program who are working at the highest levels of Canada\u2019s government. You can read more about them&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/our-stories\/story\/political-management-grads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post-meta\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many advantages to studying in Canada\u2019s capital: the proximity to federal government departments, political offices, non-governmental organization headquarters, and embassies. 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