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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Jerald Sabin Publishes Article about Occupation of Ottawa in the Canadian Journal of Political Science

Canadian Federalism, Multilevel Politics and the Occupation of Ottawa Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2022 Jerald Sabin Abstract For three weeks in early 2022, the streets of downtown Ottawa were occupied by protestors associated with the so-called Freedom Convoy. The inability of Ottawa's municipal police to end the... More

Thursday, June 9, 2022

2022 Gold Winning Case Competition Team Publishes Analysis In Policy Options

Carleton University’s SPPA team won the gold medal for their presentation on the case study “A Wicked Problem? Rough Sleeping in Cities” at the National Public Administration Student Case Competition on February 26, 2022. The Carleton team consisted of students in SPPA's Master of Public Policy and Administration program: Nick Harrison,... More

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Phil Ryan: Is climate justice a matter of taste?

By Phil Ryan 7th June 2022 Transforming Society, Policy Press While there is near-universal agreement concerning the essential facts of the climate emergency, many believe that the question of climate justice is a matter of merely personal opinion. But the intricate interweaving of fact and value beliefs suggests otherwise. “Fairness is always... More

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Graeme Auld: Bird Friendly Coffee – Le Droit

Votre café protège-t-il les oiseaux? CHARLES FONTAINE Initiative de journalisme local — Le Droit 15 avril 2022 Graeme Auld est professeur à l’école de politique publique et d’administration à l’Université Carleton. Il a rédigé le livre Constructing Private Governance: The Rise and Evolution of Forest, Coffee, and Fisheries... More

Monday, April 25, 2022

Robert Shepherd Speaks to CP24

Advocates want a feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts Erika Ibrahim, The Canadian Press Published Saturday, April 23, 2022 6:16AM EDT The Liberal government is insisting that the goal of an upcoming federal spending review is not to slash social programs, while gender-equality advocates want to make sure it is done... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

Policy Options: New approach needed for reviewing government spending post-pandemic

The question is not whether expenditure reduction will be required, but when it will be carried out and how it might be designed. by SPPA Prof. Robert Shepherd, Evert Lindquist, and PhD in Public Policy candidate and graduate diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation instructor Diane Simsovic March 21, 2022 Unprecedented spending by the... More

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Alexandra Mallett: Policy Brief on Decarbonizing Steel Production in India

SPPA Prof. Alexandra Mallett have been working with Prosanto Pal from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India on decarbonizing and making the production of steel more sustainable in India. This is part of an initiative (funded by the UK government), Climate Compatible Growth (CCG). The Policy Brief, Climate Compatible Growth... More

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Amanda Clarke Co-Authors Op-Ed in the Globe and Mail on Expert Advice

It’s time to protect expert advice WENDY HUI KYONG CHUN, AMANDA CLARKE, MATTHEW HERDER, HOWARD RAMOS AND JULIA M. WRIGHT CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Like many other countries, Canada has been wrestling with a chaotic information ecosystem that amplifies misinformation and disinformation for some time. This chaos contributes to the... More

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Paloma Raggo: How For-Profit Crowdfunding Sites Trade on Our Goodwill

By Karen Kelly The company GoFundMe is probably best known for personal campaigns to raise money for medical and funeral expenses. But recently, it’s in the news for a much bigger campaign: a fund to support the “Freedom Convoy 2022” protest that raised $10 million dollars (USD) on behalf of anti-mandate protests in Ottawa... More

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Prof. Allan Maslove and PhD Candidate Lisa Halpern Published in The Hill Times

Investing in long-term care will alleviate pressures on the hospital system By Allan Maslove and Lisa Halpern As it has in other countries, COVID has exposed weaknesses in Canadian health care, especially relating to staffing and capacity issues. The experience of the last two years has prompted calls for more money to be spent... More

Monday, January 31, 2022

Explaining the Mixed Success of Ecosystem Services in Global Biodiversity Governance

In a newly published article in Global Policy, Professor Graeme Auld teamed up with colleagues to examine the uptake of the ecosystem services as a governance concept informing efforts to conserve global biodiversity. Ecosystem services is an idea that offered a way to think about valuing nature in terms of the “services” provided to... More

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Saul Schwartz and Anil Varughese Publish Article in The Conversation

The pandemic exposed the vulnerability of international students in Canada January 24, 2022 1.25pm EST By Saul Schwartz and Anil Varughese When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, students in Canadian universities and colleges faced many challenges. Classes moved online, students were asked to leave campus residences and many... More

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