Archives: Awards

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

SPPA Professors Rank Among Top Researchers in Canada

Two SPPA professors have ranked in the top 40 of political science researchers in Canada out of a pool of more than 3,000 academics assembled by Research.com. The company ranks researchers based on the h-index, publications, and citation values. The data is gathered through Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Graph. Graeme Auld studies the rise... More

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

DPPE Student Malka Elkin Recipient of CESEF Scholarship for Evaluation Education

Malka Elkin (she/her), a student in the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation (DPPE) is one of the two recipients of the 2021-2022 Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund (CESEF) scholarship for evaluation education. "I'm motivated by a desire to use data to improve the impact of social services on vulnerable populations,"... More

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Mehdi Ammi is Looking into How Patients with Chronic Diseases were Affected by Health Resources Diverted to COVID-19 Care Instead

By Ellen Tsaprailis The multiple waves of COVID-19 has diverted considerable health-care resources away from patients who are dealing with chronic diseases since the spring of 2020. Canadians who are trying to overcome or manage diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes use a fair amount of health-care resources. The past two years... More

Friday, April 29, 2022

SPPA PhD Student Alex MacLellan wins Outstanding TA Award

Congratulations to PhD in Public Policy student Alex MacLellan, who is a recipient of a Teaching and Learning Services 2021-2022 Outstanding TA Award for his work in PADM 5126 (Quantitative Methods for Public Policy) with Professor Saul Schwartz. The selection committee received nearly 300 nominations for 139 individual TAs. Five recipients and... More

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Knowledge Infrastructure Project to Create New Understanding About Canada’s Charitable Sector

From the Carleton Newsroom... *** La version française suit. Carleton University’s Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) faculty team is launching a major five-year research project that will change our knowledge about the charitable sector in Canada. Through weekly surveys, the Charity Insights Canada Project—Project Canada... More

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Carleton Team Places First in National Public Administration Student Case Competition

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. The Carleton team consisted of students in SPPA's Master of Public Policy and Administration program: Nick Harrison, Kelsey... More

Monday, February 28, 2022

Carleton Team Wins Gold at National Case Competition

Congratulations to the Carleton SPPA team who won the gold medal for their presentation at the National Public Administration Student Case Competition on Saturday, February 26. The event is jointly presented by the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA) and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). The... More

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Watch the 2022 Case Competition Team Presentations

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Amanda Clarke: Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential Academics in Government

SPPA Professor Amanda Clarke was named one of Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential Academics in Government: Policymaking Process & Approaches Amanda Clarke CANADA Associate Professor Amanda Clarke is Associate Professor and Public Affairs Research Excellence Chair at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. Her... More

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Paloma Raggo: 2021 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant

SPPA Professor Paloma Raggo was awarded a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant in partnership with SPPA School Fellow Cathy Barr (Imagine Canada) and Susanna Kislenko (University of Oxford) for the project, “The Governance Perspective on Founder’s Syndrome: Assessing the Role of the Board.” The recent events surrounding WE Charity has brought into... More

Monday, December 20, 2021

2021 Highlights in SPPA

From new research funding to teaching awards to timely events, there are many reasons to celebrate the outstanding efforts of everyone in the Faculty of Public Affairs (FPA) this year. While we faced many challenges, 2021 also presented new opportunities, which were embraced by the faculty, staff and students within FPA. What follows is... More

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Dr. Glen Toner Scholarship 2021: Samantha Jarvis

The School is proud to announce the second winner of the Dr. Glen Toner Scholarship – Samantha Jarvis. Samantha is a graduate of the Master of Arts in Sustainable Energy program. "I really loved the program," she says. "It is what allowed me to steer my future career towards working in the environment and continue... More

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