Archives: Research

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

SPPA Researchers Establish Lab to Study Decentred Governance in the Digital Era

Processes like seafood sustainability labelling programs or efforts to improve working conditions in the transnational supply chains for apparel and electronics are being devised and driven by non-governmental actors. Digital era tools are interwoven in these efforts. Block chain technologies, for example, are increasingly used for secure... More

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Incoming Post-Doctoral Fellow Leads Paper on Advocacy and International Tuna Fisheries Governance

Laurenne Schiller, who will join the School as a Liber Ero Fellow in the fall of 2021, has just published a paper examining non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the agendas they are advocating within the international management of tuna fisheries through the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. The paper documents the changes in... More

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Paloma Raggo: 2020 SSHRC Connection Grant

SPPA Professor Paloma Raggo was awarded a 2019-2020 SSHRC Connection Grant to host a day and a half symposium, “Enhancing Whistleblowing Practices and Research in Canada,” in partnership with Pam Forward, president and executive director of the Whistleblowing Canada Research Society. The event is planned as part of the Faculty of Public... More

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

PhD Candidate & MPNL Alumna help prepare research report: “Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy” 

Rachel Pereira, a graduate of the School’s Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, and Fahad Ahmad, a candidate in the School’s PhD Public Policy, helped to prepare the research report Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy. The report, released December 2, is the first to examine systematically the extent to... More

Friday, November 27, 2020

New National Survey: Access for all — Near universal support for a pharmacare plan covering Canadians’ prescription drug costs

From the Angus Reid Institute: The COVID-19 pandemic has put Canada’s health care system under a microscope — revealing millions of people in this country are struggling to access the prescription medicines they need. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds the situation unimproved from 2015, when a landmark ARI study... More

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

New Platform to Mobilize Knowledge in the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Sector

PANL Perspectives is a new platform that offers news and insights for philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in Canada. The editors and editorial team produce and gather evidence-based stories, original interviews and insider reflections about philanthropy and fundraising, social justice and change, leadership and governance, and much more.... More

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

SPPA Professor Graeme Auld and Stefan Renckens Publish a Paper in Regulation & Governance

Understanding the Process of Private Eco-Audits   Much has been made of the massive rise in private governance initiatives coming from nonprofits, corporations, and multi-stakeholder processes. These initiatives, which set ethical and environmental standards for global production practices, have been seen by some observes as a means to help... More

Thursday, March 5, 2020

MPNL Student’s Capstone Experience in Ireland

Students in the MPNL program are required to complete the Capstone course as one of their final program requirements for their degree. Alexandra Lamb, a student in our sixth cohort, had the unique opportunity of completing her Capstone in Dublin, Ireland.  Capstone 2019 – Trinity College, Ireland. Supervised by Professor Sheila Cannon of... More

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