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Thursday, September 15, 2022
For several decades, American private philanthropic foundations have invested extensively in organizations and projects supporting nature conservation and sustainable resource management. In a recently published piece in Conservation Science and Practice, Laurenne Schiller — a Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow at SPPA — and co-authors examine the... 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, September 8, 2022
LE LUNDI 29 AOÛT 2022 13:00 SCIENCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT Les énergies renouvelables électrisent le Grand Nord MARINE ERNOULT FRANCOPRESSE Ces projets témoignent de l’essor récent des énergies renouvelables dans les TNO, mais aussi au Yukon et au Nunavut. Alexandra Mallett, professeure agrégée à l’École de politiques publiques et... More
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Daniel Rosenbloom (University of Toronto) and SPPA Chancellor's Professor James Meadowcroft's recent paper Accelerating Pathways to Net Zero: Governance Strategies from Transition Studies and the Transition Accelerator. was published in Current Climate Change Reports (Aug 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-022-00185-7. Abstract Purpose After... More
Monday, August 29, 2022
Congratulation to SPPA Professor Graeme Auld, recipient of the 2022 FPA Research Excellence Award (Full Professor category). The Faculty of Public Affairs annually recognizes outstanding individuals within its faculty and staff with the presentation of the FPA Excellence Awards. Professor Auld’s work has been recognized for his contributions in... More
Monday, August 15, 2022
“We Cause a Ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership by Robert P. Shepherd1,* and Treena R. Orchard2 1School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada 2School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada *Author to... 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
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
Monday, June 6, 2022
Professor Ted Jackson and Dr. Carolina Robino have co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment on Growing Gender Lens investing in Emerging Markets. Edited by Edward T. Jackson (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom) Carolina Robino (International... More
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