Archives: DPPE

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

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Call for Evaluation Projects!

Does your team have an evaluation-related problem it’s trying to answer? Have your project examined by some of the brightest evaluation students in the country, under the supervision of our DPPE faculty.  https://carleton.ca/sppa/dppe-project-proposal/ SPPA’s Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation (DPPE) program proudly... More

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Rob Shepherd: Spending reviews and the Government of Canada: From episodic to institutionalized capabilities and repertoires

By Evert Lindquist and Robert P. Shepherd First published: 19 June 2023, in IPAC's Canadian Public Administration Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12532 Abstract Following surges of spending and staff hiring to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trudeau government announced a strategic policy review in the 2022 Budget to secure savings of $6... More

Monday, April 3, 2023

Wanted: new federal ethics commissioner. Salary: $110,000 less than the others were paid

SPPA Professor Robert Shepherd comments in this Montreal Gazette article on the new salary range for the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. Article by Christopher Nardi OTTAWA — The Liberal government is cutting the pay of the next person hired to oversee its ethical issues by more than $110,000 per year, even though... More

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Mahmoud Rahim: Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation

I come from Toronto and grew up in Halifax. I spent most of my young adult life in Calgary. While living in Calgary I obtained my BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Calgary and a BA in political science from the University of British Columbia. I also have a master’s degree in... More

Monday, November 14, 2022

DPPE Graduate: Khaled Ibrahim

Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation (DPPE) graduate Khaled Ibrahim has been working as a program manager for various international peacebuilding programs in post-conflict countries which all share the objective to improving community resilience and reintegrating tens of thousands of peoples affected by armed violence. "Looking... More

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

DPPE Alum Annabelle Ragsag First Recipient of the Stephen Lewis Fellowship

SPPA Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation (DPPE) alumna and current McMaster University PhD student Anabelle Ragsag is the inaugural recipient of the Stephen Lewis fellowship. Ragsag will spend the next year analyzing Lewis’s archive to develop a deeper understanding of the humanitarian’s work and his contribution to social... More

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Robert Shepherd Awarded SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant

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

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

DPPE Graduate: Brian Case

I enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation during a career change. Coming from an academic and professional background entirely unrelated to public policy or public programs (academic and professional music and organizational development), the instructors provided unparalleled insight into the life of public... More

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

DPPE Student Malka Elkin Recipient of CESEF Scholarship for Evaluation Education

Malka Elkin (she/her), a student in the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation (DPPE) is one of the two recipients of the 2021-2022 Canadian Evaluation Society Educational Fund (CESEF) scholarship for evaluation education. "I'm motivated by a desire to use data to improve the impact of social services on vulnerable populations,"... More

Monday, April 25, 2022

Robert Shepherd Speaks to CP24

Advocates want a feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts Erika Ibrahim, The Canadian Press Published Saturday, April 23, 2022 6:16AM EDT The Liberal government is insisting that the goal of an upcoming federal spending review is not to slash social programs, while gender-equality advocates want to make sure it is done... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

Brian Case: Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation

I enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation during a career change. Coming from an academic and professional background entirely unrelated to public policy or public programs (academic and professional music and organizational development), the instructors provided unparalleled insight into the life of public... More

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