{"id":186,"date":"2025-09-30T13:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:18:43","slug":"public-affairs-and-policy-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/public-affairs-and-policy-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Affairs and Policy Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                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legal processes, practices and interactions that shape public institutions and organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify and methodically analyze policy issues in a domestic or international context<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clearly communicate knowledge of public policy in verbal and written form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research, analyze and evaluate public policy to help formulate improved policy strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify relevant policy issues in order to develop and propose possible solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain the ethical dimensions of\u00a0developing public policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debate public policy in a variety of academic and non-academic contexts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage in public advocacy while integrating the interest of stakeholders and community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Careers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accounting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Administration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asset Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business 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