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Friday, October 22, 2021

PhD Candidate Toni Joe Lebbos has Policy Note Published by the World Bank

The Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development, endorsed by 30 organizations, provides a framework for how to design identification (ID) systems that fulfill the promise of inclusive, sustainable development. The first principle on inclusion seeks to ensure universal access to identification, free from discrimination. To realize this... More

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Bringing Indigenous Perspectives to the Classroom

By Karen Kelly In 2016, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on Canadians to “redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation.” At the same time, it called on universities to increase the “integration of Indigenous knowledge” into the classroom. The Faculty of Public Affairs has sought... More

Friday, October 8, 2021

MPPA Alum Megan Linton’s Mission to Create a Safer, More Accessible World

By Brenna Mackay At a time when many people felt like their lives had come to a halt, Megan Linton was the busiest she had ever been. Over the past year, the recent Carleton Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) graduate was juggling research, writing and community activism, seeking to inform policy changes that impact people... More

Friday, October 1, 2021

Sustainable Energy Alumnus Emerging Leader of the 2022 Clean50 List for Canadian Sustainability

Master of Arts in Sustainable Energy alumnus John McNally was included as an Emerging Leader and Member of the 2022 Clean50 list for Canadian Sustainability. The Clean50 is Canada's top sustainability award. McNally is currently a senior researcher of Clean Growth Policy at the Smart Prosperity Institute in Ottawa. In 2020, he was also... More

Friday, September 24, 2021

Paloma Raggo Quoted in the Washington Post about the General Assembly

Philanthropies pledge billions during UN meeting Philanthropies choose to announce big initiatives during the General Assembly to get more attention on their commitments and influence the public agenda, experts say. “This is the time where you have a global audience, otherwise the audience is more fragmented by countries,” said Paloma Raggo, a... More

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Finding the Right Measurement to Quantify Impact of Public Health

By Tyrone Burke An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, or at least that’s how the saying goes. When it comes to preventive health care, there is no precise measure of the return on investment. Public health makes up a relatively small percentage of overall health-care spending, but how much money... More

Monday, September 13, 2021

Welcome to our New SPPA Postdoc Fellow: Antoine Dedewanou

Finagnon Antoine Dedewanou recently started as a postdoctoral research fellow working with Associate Professor Mehdi Ammi. His postdoctoral research will focus on understanding Canadian policymakers’ preferences for future changes in public health systems, primarily using discrete choice experiments. Antoine’s research interests are in applied... More

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Federal election: Which party has the best climate plan? Here’s where they stand

Written by Cameron Roberts for The Conversation. The coronavirus crisis gives us a golden opportunity to make our society more sustainable, as politicians and organizations around the world have already noted. Just like how the oil crises of the 1970s led many countries to revolutionize their energy systems, the pandemic has given us a... More

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Alternative Forms of Innovation for a More Sustainable Society

As Canada works towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, capturing carbon or sustainable energy technology is often the focus. The role of public policy and the cooperation of governments, industry and local communities is also critical to accomplish the goal. The media also has a role to play in public acceptance of new technologies.... More

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

SPPA Researchers Establish Lab to Study Decentred Governance in the Digital Era

Processes like seafood sustainability labelling programs or efforts to improve working conditions in the transnational supply chains for apparel and electronics are being devised and driven by non-governmental actors. Digital era tools are interwoven in these efforts. Block chain technologies, for example, are increasingly used for secure... More

Monday, August 9, 2021

Moving Fast and Breaking Public Trust: How Digital Reforms in Government Must be More Accountable to Citizens

Amanda Clarke is a recipient of the 2021 Early Researcher Award. By Joseph Mathieu Even as the Ontarian and Canadian governments are boldly considering digital reforms to meet their citizens’ needs, there is a risk that this work is undermining citizen trust, not bolstering it. “We know very little about what Canadians actually want, and... More

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Incoming Post-Doctoral Fellow Leads Paper on Advocacy and International Tuna Fisheries Governance

Laurenne Schiller, who will join the School as a Liber Ero Fellow in the fall of 2021, has just published a paper examining non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the agendas they are advocating within the international management of tuna fisheries through the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. The paper documents the changes in... More

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