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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Hello, my name is David Dobrowolski. I am in my last year of the Master of Public Policy and Administration program at Carleton University. I will be graduating this winter, 2023! During my two years in the MPPA program, the School of Public Policy and Administration has given me and other students many opportunities... More
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Meet MA in Public Administration ('09) alumnus Shawn Menard, City Councillor for Capital Ward in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.... More
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Hello! I’m Dana (she/her). I’m from the GTA. I completed my undergrad in criminology at the University of Toronto before continuing my studies in the criminology field at the University of Edinburgh Law School. I choose to study at Carleton’s SPPA to expand upon my past learnings and gain practical insights on how governments... More
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Hi! I’m Brendan (he/him) and I’m a 2nd year student in the Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) program at Carleton’s SPPA. I picked the MPPA program because I knew Carleton was the place to be for an appropriate mix of theoretical and practical experience with public policy. The program does an excellent... More
Friday, November 25, 2022
My name is Hope Tuff-Berg (she/her) and before coming to SPPA, I completed a bachelor's degree in political science from Brock University. During my undergrad, I volunteered for a number of organizations and student governments and became fascinated by how advocacy groups work to affect policy. This piqued my interest for working in public... More
Thursday, November 24, 2022
I came to the Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) program at Carleton from the University of Saskatchewan following my bachelor’s degree in political studies (hons.). Much of my interest in public policy came later in my undergrad after realizing the need to bolster my BA with a more professional degree. My experience... More
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
I came to Carleton University from Egypt in 2016. I spent three years working as a visiting researcher in the department of economics at the University of Ottawa while completing my PhD in economics from Cairo University with a concentration on econometrics and macroeconomic policy. I currently work as an analyst at the Canada... More
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
I came to Carleton University from Edmonton, Alberta, after completing an undergraduate degree in honours political science at MacEwan University. I got interested in public policy in the last couple years of my degree, nurtured by a professor who specialized in the field and supervised my honours thesis. I'm passionate about social policy... More
Monday, October 31, 2022
I am originally from Australia, but I have lived in Canada since I was eight. For the last 13 years, I have lived in Montreal, QC. My undergraduate degree was in Software Engineering at McGill University. In the last semesters of my degree, I did research on how racial biases are integrated into the... More
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Prior to joining the SPPA, I enjoyed a five year career working in and around politics including time on Parliament Hill and serving several Health Ministers. This work helped solidify my overall career outlook in terms of a desire to serve Canadians. I finished this section of my career as a Senior Policy Advisor... More
Carleton has always been my first choice to study policy because it offered the right balance of academic and quantitative rigor, excellent faculty, course flexibility and institutional reputation along with a student body that is passionate about affecting change. I was also drawn to the SPPA due to its location in Ottawa at the... More
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
I’ve worked for a number of different non-profit organizations in communications, event-planning and administration on a range of issues, from civil liberties and human rights, to open access and equity in education, and most recently sustainable food systems. I am interested in applying what I’ve learned in the non-profit sector to a career... More
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