Archives: Research Themes

Monday, April 15, 2024

Anna Kopec examines how homelessness policies interact to influence political participation

In her new paper, SPPA's Anna Kopec considers how policy characteristics interact to influence the political participation of individuals experiencing homelessness in two cases: Toronto and Melbourne. Drawing on over 100 qualitative interviews Kopec offers important theoretical contributions to policy feedback theory and our understanding of how... More

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Marc-André Gagnon’s new paper underscores institutional limitations in reporting and publication of drug trial results in Canada

SPPA Associate Professor Marc-André Gagnon is co-author, with Joel Lexchin and Carleton students Bleu Miraoran Dong and Aravind Ramanathan, on a recent paper published in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM) that underscore the existing institutional limitations in ensuring comprehensive reporting and publication of... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Marc-André Gagnon – Current Priorities in Health Research Agendas

SPPA Associate Professor Marc-André Gagnon is co-editor of a special issue of Frontiers in Medicine on research topic: Current priorities in health research agendas: tensions between public and commercial interests in prioritizing biomedical, social, and environmental aspects of health.  This thought-provoking collection of manuscripts includes... More

Monday, April 8, 2024

Sounding the Alarm : Advocating for Whistleblower Rights in Canada

“Whistleblowing is a mechanism for accountability. It tells you who is responsible for issues, and who should fix them"  - Paloma Raggo, Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration and Director of the Charity Insights Canada Project By Ty Burke Whistleblowers shed light on problems that would otherwise remain in the shadows, alerting... More

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Mehdi Ammi: Non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination during COVID-19 in Canada

New paper from SPPA Associate Professor and lead author, Mehdi Ammi looks at COVID-19 policies and outcomes such as deaths, hospitalizations and ICU admissions across Canada,  and the relationship between non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and COVID vaccine coverage. The study, which found varying experiences across provinces, suggests the... More

Friday, March 1, 2024

What is a Territory?

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:   What is a Territory? SPPA faculty member Jerald Sabin delves into this question in his recent paper by comparing Canadian and American... More

Friday, February 23, 2024

New Policy Options paper calls for greater discussion on ethics in government

A newly released article by SPPA Professor, Robert Shepherd, and ENAP & SPPA Adjunct Professor, Daniel Caron, comments on the recent Report to the Clerk on Values and Ethics in Government. It provides several explanations as to how ethics is shifting in government, and that much greater attention must be given to a substantive... More

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

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

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