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Thursday, December 7, 2023
As part of our celebration of 80 years of Public Administration, we will be sharing Research Summaries each month highlighting some of SPPA's broad-ranging research. Here is this month's Research Summary: Understanding the directions ethical AI governance will require assessing the dynamic relationship between private actors and public... More
Friday, June 23, 2023
While we all agree on the serious problems that exist, no government – Conservative or Liberal – has ever done much to address them. by Amanda Clarke Originally published by Policy Options magazine, June 12, 2023 also published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 20, 2023 In Canada, we are exceptionally good at identifying what... More
Friday, May 19, 2023
FPA Excellence Award Winners 2023 The Faculty of Public Affairs announced its annual excellence awards on May 16, 2023 . “These awards recognize the outstanding contributions of FPA faculty members, staff and instructors in the areas of education, research and outreach,” said Brenda O’Neill, Dean of the Faculty of Public Affairs. “We are... More
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
By Graeme Auld, Amanda Clarke, Benjamin Faveri Private auditors provide third-party conformity assessments against principles, practices, standards, and legislation. Big names in this field include accounting firms like EY and Deloitte and technical inspection firms like Bureau Veritas and Intertek. These firms already play a significant role in... More
Monday, February 6, 2023
In sea of consulting contract problems, the Conservatives only dream of their whale CAMPBELL CLARK PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 3, 2023 The Conservatives had so much there in front of them. All the opposition did. They were reviewing the growing mountain of government contracts issued to consultants, including $116-million and counting to the high-priced... More
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
McKinsey a ‘distraction’ from problem of consulting contracts, researcher tells MPs By Nojoud Al Mallees The Canadian Press Mon., Jan. 30, 2023 OTTAWA - A researcher testifying before a parliamentary committee on the rise in government contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company said the focus on that one consulting firm is a distraction.... More
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The lead-up to tenure is a stressful, frantic period of writing, teaching, and research. But once you’ve been promoted, then what? Professors Irena Knezvic and Amanda Clarke share how they navigated that transition and what they are doing now. Learn more on the Research Shop Talk podcast with FPA’s Kyla Reid… Join us for... More
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Federal contract outsourcing increased by 24 per cent to $14.6-billion last year BILL CURRY AND MAHIMA SINGH The $14.6-billion figure for federal outsourcing is based on an entry in the public accounts for professional and special services. A research group at Carleton University that has been studying outsourcing trends recently reported a... More
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Major efforts are afoot to govern the ethics of artificial intelligence. In a recent paper, Graeme Auld, Amanda Clarke, Ashley Casovan, and Benjamin Faveri offer a dynamic look at pathways along which private governance is engaged to shape future AI governance. Taking lessons from other private governance cases for sustainability, the pathways... More
Thursday, March 3, 2022
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
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
How much paperwork does it take to approve a (small) government website? 39,230 words A federal public servant revealed that when his team wanted to launch a simple website with 4,305 words, he had to submit internal documents almost 10 times as long OTTAWA – The internet age has brought us an app for... More
Thursday, December 23, 2021
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
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