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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

SPPA Prof Stephan Schott and Postdoc Jacqueline Chapman Publish an Article in Artic Science

Associate Professor Stephan Schott and Postdoctoral Fellow Jacqueline Chapman recently published a peer-reviewed journal article titled, “Operationalizing knowledge coevolution: towards a sustainable fishery for Nunavummiut” in Arctic Science, with James Qitsualik, Peter Van Coeverden de Groot, Simon Okpakok, Stephen Lougheed, and Virginia K.... More

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Welcome to our New SPPA Postdoc Fellow: Dr. Antoine Dedewanou

Dr. Finagnon Antoine Dedewanou has 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... More

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Prof. Jose Galdo Publishes two Academic Studies in the World Bank Economic Review

Professor Jose Galdo has co-authored two studies accepted for publication in the World Bank Economic Review, a leading peer-reviewed journal in the field of development economics. Abstracts: “Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia” This study uses a randomized controlled trial to analyze the effectiveness of... More

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Insight Development Grant 2020: Political campaigning and vote choice in digital India

Election campaigns and election results have long been dissected and examined by scholars—at least in western nations. But consider India, where the 2014 election victory of Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party marked a significant swing to the right—cemented by further gains in 2019—among India’s 910 million eligible... More

Monday, August 31, 2020

Students as Partners Program Pairs Students and Instructors to Design Courses

By Tyrone Burke Integrating anti-racist pedagogy in to public policy “Public policy has a real impact on inequality in society, and on the lives of racialized people,” says School of Public Policy and Administration Prof. Lisa Mills. “We are making a new course for first-year students that gives an introduction to the various stages of... More

Monday, August 31, 2020

SPPA Students Launch Academic Journal in Digital Format

In July, faculty, alumni and students met virtually to celebrate the launch of the first digitized version of the Carleton Perspective on Public Policy (CPoPP) journal, now in its sixth edition. The current edition, sponsored by SPPA and the Faculty of Public Affairs, is the culmination of efforts that began last year to modernize the journal.... More

Friday, August 28, 2020

PhD Student Antoine Genest-Grégoire Publishes Article in Canadian Public Policy

La pandémie immunise-t-elle les Québécois contre l’impôt ? by Luc Godbout, Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Jean-Herman Guay, Anthony Pham Cette étude vise, à l’aide de données de sondage, à observer si des changements sont à l’œuvre quant à ces questions au sein du public. Les données ont été colligées au Québec au plus fort de la... More

Monday, August 24, 2020

Barbara Grantham: Recipient of 2020 Bissett Alumni Award for Distinctive Contributions to the Public Sector

The recipient of the 2020 Bissett Alumni Award for Distinctive Contributions to the Public Sector is Barbara Grantham (Master of Arts in Public Administration, 1987). Barbara Grantham has 30 years of experience as a successful senior executive and consultant in the philanthropic, non-profit and public sectors, across BC and nationally. She is... More

Monday, August 24, 2020

Frances Abele Receives SSHRC Funding to Investigate Transforming the Indian Act

From the Carleton Newsroom... Carleton University researcher Frances Abele in the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) will receive $2.5 million over six years from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to support an investigation into transforming Indian Act governance, further bolstering Carleton’s... More

Monday, August 24, 2020

The Power of Education: SPPA Alum Creates Scholarships to Help Students with Disabilities Kickstart Careers

By Dan Rubinstein Photos by Chris Roussakis When Daryl Rock was growing up in Dartmouth, N.S., he played hooky from high school one day — the only time he ever skipped school — and visited a Canadian Armed Forces recruitment centre across the harbour in Halifax. “I’d like to join the navy,” he announced, “and... More

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

SPPA Prof Mehdi Ammi and Alumnus Ian Allan publish article in Health Economics, Policy and Law.

Associate Professor Mehdi Ammi and MA Public Administration alumnus Ian Allan recently published a peer-reviewed journal article titled, “Evolution of the determinants of unmet health care needs in a universal health care system: Canada, 2001–2014” in Health Economics, Policy and Law. Abstract: While ensuring adequate access to care is a... More

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Lloyd Stanford: Seven Decades of Giving

From FutureFunder News... By: Jenna Hobin Lloyd Stanford (DPE '60 and MAPA '61) took a brief pause from his morning routine as he lowered the volume on CBC News. The clinking sound of a teaspoon was interrupted by jovial chuckling as he thought back to his first donation to Carleton-a gift of $3.00 in... More

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