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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Learning from positive deviants in fisheries

SPPA's Dr. Laurenne Schiller and Professor Graeme Auld, along with co-authors Gregory Britten and Boris Worm use "bright spot" analysis to better understand successful governance of fish populations in their newly published paper  "Learning from positive deviants in fisheries". The authors suggest that a positive deviant approach, already used in... More

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Robert Shepherd co-authors “Smarter Government for Turbulent Times”

SPPA Professor Robert Shepherd co-authors report with Evert Lindquist "Smarter Government for Turbulent Times", calling for strategic spending reviews by Federal Government.  Published by the C.D. Howe Institute, February 2024. ISBN 978-1-77881-016-9; ISSN 0824-8001 (print); ISSN 1703-0765 (online) C.D. Howe Press Release (February 6, 2024): Six... More

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Mehdi Ammi examines the impact of doctors personalities on patient care

As part of our celebration of 80 years of Public Administration, we are sharing Research Summaries each month highlighting some of SPPA’s broad-ranging research. Here is this month’s Research Summary: Personality differences between doctors and patients can affect treatment outcomes. Through an observational study using two nationally... More

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Anna Kopec examines policy feedback & research methods with marginalized populations

Anna Kopec raises vital questions of theory development and research designs involving marginalized populations in her recent paper Policy Feedback & Research Methods: How Qualitative Research Designs With Marginalized Groups Inform Theory.  Published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol 22, Nov 2023... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Devon Saulis leads project to offer healing programs for Wolastoqew day school survivors in New Brunswick

SPPA's Indigenous Policy and Administration Community Coordinator and Administrator Devon Saulis will lead the Wolastoqey Tribal Council Inc. (WTCI) project  Sankewitahasuwakon (Peaceful Thoughts) to help support intergenerational healing of Indian day school survivors and their families in Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick. Devon's project... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Academic Job Posting : Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions

The School of Public Policy and Administration invites applications from qualified candidates for a Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning 1 July 2024. The Chair’s focus is the governance of sustainability transitions and is intended to support the work of an outstanding early career researcher.... More

Friday, January 19, 2024

SPPA welcomes Jessica Parish!

We are delighted to announce Dr. Jessica Parish  has joined the School's faculty as of January 1, 2024 as SPPA Assistant Professor, and will be teaching courses on local and urban governance and sustainability. Prior to joining the SPPA Faculty, Jessica was a Marie Curie International Fellow at the Center for Urban Research on... More

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Antoine Dedewanou examines rational expectations in the modern economy

Edda Claus (Wilfrid Laurier University) and SPPA Adjunct Research Professor F. Antoine Dedewanou examine the importance of perceptions and beliefs on decision-making in their paper Expectations, Beliefs, and Perceptions in the Modern Economy: An Overview, published as a Special Issue Article in the Journal of Economic Surveys, January 2024.... More

Monday, January 15, 2024

Antoine Dedewanou: Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth, UNICEF Report Card

SPPA Adjunct Research Professor Antoine Dedewanou is co-author on UNICEF's “Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth: Innocenti Report Card 18" published December 2023. Abstract :  In a time of general prosperity, more than 69 million children live in poverty in some of the world’s richest countries. Poverty is often defined by income. But... More

Monday, January 15, 2024

Remembering Ed Broadbent

The School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ed Broadbent. A Visiting Fellow with our undergraduate counterpart the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs from 1999 to 2004, Ed was also an instructor during this time with SPPA. Over the years, he has continued to... More

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Innovative Solar-Powered Heating Technology Holds Promise for Remote Northern Communities

SPPA Professor Stephan Schott is part of an interdisciplinary group of researchers at Carleton University who are working to harness the power of chemistry to make northern heating more practical. Excerpts from Carleton Newsroom article by Ty Burke ___ Heating buildings in the far north is a major challenge, and it isn’t just because... More

Monday, January 8, 2024

Environmental Impact Assessments in Global South: Lessons from a Brazilian Mining Case

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:   How effective are environmental impact assessment processes in the Global South? Pedro Bigolin Neto and SPPA Associate Professor... More

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