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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Nathan Grasse elected to the NACC Board

Congratulations to SPPA Associate Professor Nathan Grasse who has been elected to the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC) 2024 Board of Directors. The NACC is an international membership association comprised of academic centers or programs at accredited colleges and universities focused on the study of nonprofit/nongovernmental... More

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Christopher Dougherty: Receives Honorable Mention in ARNOVA awards.

We are pleased to share that Christopher Dougherty, SPPA PhD student, received an Honorable Mention for ARNOVA's new Lester M. Salamon Memorial Award for Promising PhD Proposal in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research for his PhD proposal: To What Extent is the Canadian Charitable Sector a Politically Expressive Sector? Congratulations... More

Monday, July 17, 2023

CAPSI and Carleton University intensify their partnership

From Wits Business School News Post July 5, 2023 News - Wits Business School (wbs.ac.za) Through an ongoing partnership with Wits Business School (WBS) and the Canadian based Carleton University, the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) has offered a joint elective on Philanthropy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)... More

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Liban Abokor: Honorary Degree Recipient

Congratulations to SPPA School Fellow Liban Abokor who was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at Carleton University's Spring Convocation. ... More

Monday, June 12, 2023

Congratulations to all our SPPA Graduates!

Carleton University is holding Spring Convocation June 12-16. SPPA is excited to celebrate our 2023 SPPA graduates who will be crossing the stage this week! Each Convocation ceremony will be live-streamed and digital recording will be posted approximately 2-3 business days after the ceremony for viewing. Please see the Carleton Convocation... More

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Evaluating the roles and reach of philanthropic foundations in sustainability efforts for tuna

SPPA Post Doctoral Fellow Laurenne Schiller and Professor Graeme Auld along with co-authors Megan Bailey, Hekia Bodwitch and Hussain Sinan published "Evaluating the roles and reach of philanthropic foundations in sustainability efforts for tuna" in Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2023. DOI 10.1111/csp2.12751 Abstract... More

Friday, May 19, 2023

Kristen Pue & Anna Kopec examine democracy promotion by Canadian homeless shelters

Kristen Pue and Anna Kopec's paper “Do Service-providing Nonprofits Contribute to Democratic Inclusion?: Analyzing Democracy Promotion by Canadian Homeless Shelters” was published in the Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 14(1), 1-29 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.29173/cjnser615 Abstract Nonprofits are key social... More

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Congratulations to SPPA Prof. Nathan Grasse on ASPA Nonprofit Section’s Best Paper Award!

SPPA Associate Professor Nathan Grasse has won the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Section on Nonprofits Best Paper Award along with co-authors Elizabeth Searing and Daniel Neely for their work on the associations between government grants and the donations received by charities. Their findings, which suggest government support... More

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Under the influence: The celebrity factor in policy capture

By Christopher Dougherty and Susan Phillips Celebrity is a form of policy influence that can occur under distinctive circumstances. This paper draws on the regulatory/policy capture literature to develop a model of celebrity capture that explains how interest groups can affect policy in the absence of economic clout or constituency mobilization.... More

Monday, December 19, 2022

Three of the Top 30 Social Purpose Researchers of the Year in SPPA

Dec 18, 2022 Authors: Kylie Adair & Vinod Rajasekaran So much happened in 2022. New leaders have emerged, first-of-their-kind organizations have launched, and much more. It can be hard to keep up and understand what it all means — but that’s what Future of Good is here for. 2022 was a big year for... More

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

PhD Candidate Lisa Halpern and Profs. Susan Phillips and Nathan Grasse Publish in Canadian Public Policy

PhD candidate Lisa Halpern, Professor Susan Phillips and Associate Professor Nathan Grasse published an article titled “Non-Profit Long-Term Care in Ontario: How Financially Robust is the System?” in a special issue of Canadian Public Policy on Pensions, Retirement, Longevity, and Long-Term Care. Guest Editors’ Introduction “Several... More