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Friday, July 22, 2022
The School of Public Policy and Administration welcomes Anna Kopec as Assistant Professor as of July 1, 2022. Professor Kopec’s scholarly agenda examines the relationship between political participation and public policy among marginalized populations in Western welfare states. How do policy designs influence the political agency of vulnerable... More
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
The School of Public Policy and Administration is happy to announce that Adegboyega Ojo joined the School's faculty July 1, 2022. Prof. Ojo's research is primarily in the area of digital government. He studies how digital and data technologies can be used to support innovation in government institutions and address societal challenges. He is... More
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Tyrone Burke, July 12, 2022 Photo credit: Lindsay Ralph The Mackenzie River delta is rich in natural gas, and in the early 1970s, the federal government and fossil fuel companies proposed a pipeline to bring that resource south to North American energy markets. The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline would have traversed lands that have sustained... More
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Nine researchers in the Faculty of Public Affairs have been awarded SSHRC Insight Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Their projects cover issues of sustainability, health, gender, finance, politics, the military and the law. In addition, two researchers received Partnership Development Grants and four FPA faculty... More
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
SPPA Professor Robert Shepherd has received a SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant for the project, "Canadian and International Experience in Spending Reviews." It is a one-year grant to explore ways to work with the federal public service, and with five international jurisdictions with our key partner Performance and Planning Exchange (PPX).... More
Friday, June 17, 2022
SPPA Professor Alexandra Mallett been selected as an alternative member for the Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). The IAI is a regional intergovernmental body that focuses on coordination around research underway regarding global change in the Americas and the SAC provides... More
Thursday, June 16, 2022
It was the end of April. Carleton students were winding down from another term, finishing exams and finalizing any outstanding final papers. Well not so for a cohort of 60 students in the Master of Public Policy and Administration. They were just ramping up to take part in a 4-day intensive simulation exercise as... More
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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, June 7, 2022
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
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Power utilities grapple with latest climate threat: catastrophic winds Saturday's storm toppled transmission towers and left thousands in the dark Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: May 25, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 25 Toward the end of a virtual news conference Monday afternoon, Hydro Ottawa's Bryce Conrad made two... More
Monday, May 9, 2022
SPPA welcomes Elisabeth Gilmore, an associate professor in environmental engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University, who has started a cross-appointed faculty position in the School. "We are delighted to have Prof. Gilmore cross-appointed to SPPA," says School director Jennifer Stewart. "Her... More
Thursday, May 5, 2022
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
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