Archives: Research Themes

Monday, November 13, 2023

Mary Bartram: “The Kids Aren’t All Right” is a call to action — and action is what our children deserve.

SPPA Adjunct Professor Mary Bartram  publishes an op-ed with Kwame McKenzie (University of Toronto)  “The Kids Aren’t All Right” is a call to action — and action is what our children deserve     in the Toronto Star, Nov 9, 2023. Too many kids aren’t all right. If we care about their futures, and our own,... More

Friday, November 3, 2023

Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous policy?

SPPA Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor Emerita   Frances Abele, and SPPA Research Fellow Catherine MacQuarrie published an opinion piece in The Hill Times discussing Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s comments on Indigenous issues, titled Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous... More

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Community Perspectives on Inuit Country Food Insecurity in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut

As part of our celebration of 80 years of Public Administration, we will be sharing Research Summaries highlighting some of SPPA's broad-ranging research.  Below is this month's Research summary. Community Perspectives on Inuit Country Food Insecurity in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Country food - referring to traditional Inuit food - is deeply enrooted... More

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Graeme Auld: published new term “Path Dependence” in Dictionary of Ecological Economics

SPPA Professor Graeme Auld and his colleague Professor Stefan Renckens (University of Toronto) published an entry in the Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium. Their entry discusses the term path dependence, which captures situations where early chance or choice events constrain future options.... More

Friday, August 18, 2023

SPPA Adjunct Research Professor Mary Bartram co-authors new paper on suicidal ideation, cannabis, and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic

"Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal ideation, cannabis, and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan: findings from a joint-effect modeling" by  Daniel Adeyinka, Nuelle Novik, Gabriela Novotna (University of Saskatchewan);  Mary Bartram (Carleton University & Mental Health Commission of Canada), Robert Gabrys... More

Monday, July 24, 2023

Vivian Hofmann: Self-selection versus population-based sampling for evaluation of an agronomy training program in Uganda

By Vivian Hoffmann  Miki Khan Doan, Tomoko Harigaya Published online: 16 Jul 2023 Journal of Development Effectiveness https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2023.2236080 This is a methodological piece that describes a mechanism that allowed farmers to self-select into the study sample for a randomized controlled trial of agronomic training based on... More

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Vivian Hoffmann wins Best Article in Agricultural Economics

Congratulations to Associate Professor  Vivian Hoffmann along with co-author Sarah Wairimu Kariuki who have won " Best Article in Agricultural Economics 2022"  by the International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE) for their article  "Can information drive demand for safer food? Impact of brand-specific recommendations and test... More

Monday, July 17, 2023

Susan Phillips’ recent publication is first book on Disaster Philanthropy

The first book on philanthropy in disaster contexts,  "Philanthropic Response to Disasters: Gifts, Givers and Consequences" is co-edited by SPPA Professor Susan Phillips, Alexandra Williamson (Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies) and Diana Leat (Centre for Philanthropy and Public Good, University of St Andrews). Published by... More

Monday, July 10, 2023

Alex Mallett talks to the Globe and Mail

SPPA faculty member Alexandra Mallett talks to the Globe and Mail about government approach aimed at growing the clean energy economy in the ‘Big Idea’ section of the June 2023 the Report on Business magazine, titled "Money for nothing?". Mallett finds herself thinking about whether the government’s appetite for the blockbuster deal—not... 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

Friday, June 23, 2023

Amanda Clarke: Who’s going to finally fix federal public service management?

While we all agree on the serious problems that exist, no government – Conservative or Liberal – has ever done much to address them. by Amanda Clarke Originally published by Policy Options magazine, June 12, 2023 also published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 20, 2023 In Canada, we are exceptionally good at identifying what... More

Monday, June 12, 2023

Seeking Social Democracy

SPPA Distinguished Research Professor Frances Abele collaborated with Ed Broadbent, Jonathan Sas and Luke Savage on Broadbent's new book, Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality.  ECW Press will release the book on October 10,... More

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