Archives: visiting scholars

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

“Seeking Social Democracy” is longlisted for the Dafoe Book Prize

"Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality" by Ed Broadbent co-authored with SPPA's Frances Abele, Jonathan Sas, and Luke Savage, was announced last week on the longlist for the 2024 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize. The prize memorializes John Wesley Dafoe, one of the most significant Canadian editors of the 20th century.... More

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

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Neurodiversity at Work: Carleton Grad Creates Network for Neurodivergent Public Servants

SPPA alumnus and instructor, Sancho Angulo, who is autistic, is the driving force behind Infinity – a network dedicated to supporting neurodivergent employees in Canada’s federal public service. By Jena Lynde-Smith Neurodivergent describes people with cognitive functions that differ from what society considers to be ‘normal,’... 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

Friday, March 15, 2024

Angela Merriam – Teaching Innovation Grant Recipient

We are proud to share that SPPA Instructor Angela Merriam has received the Contract Instructor Teaching Innovation Grant, one the 2024 CU Achievement Awards, in recognition of excellence in her teaching. This award provides support to a Contract Instructor for investigating student learning and alternative approaches to teaching and assessing... 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

Monday, March 11, 2024

Catherine Stewart 2024 Bissett Alumni Award Recipient

The School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) is delighted to announce that Catherine Stewart, Canada's Ambassador for Climate Change,  is this year's recipient of the Bissett Alumni Award for Distinctive Contributions to the Public Sector in recognition of her exemplary work around sustainability and international negotiations. Catherine... More

Monday, March 11, 2024

Catherine Stewart: 2024 Bissett Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

Catherine Stewart was appointed as Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change in 2022, having served since 2014 in various senior executive positions at Environment and Climate Change Canada including Assistant Deputy Minister of International Affairs, Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Climate Change... 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

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Mehdi Ammi and Antoine Dedewanou on the value of public health expenditures in Social Science & Medicine

Public health operates in the shadow. Surveilling and preventing disease, as well as promoting and protecting health are the missions of public health, but these missions result in outcomes mostly unobserved: diseases and deaths that are avoided. For these reasons, only a small fraction of health expenditures is allocated to public health.... More

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