SPPA students compete next week in the Canadian Evaluation Society annual Case Competition
Each year the Canadian Evaluation Society holds its annual Case Competition for all schools involved in the teaching of program evaluation. This year, I am very pleased to announce that we have five teams that are entered (3 diploma teams, and two master’s teams). In total, there are more than 25 teams competing in the ... more
Christian Bordeleau, SPPA’s PhD Student Launches Unique Good Governance Tool
A Carleton PhD student in the School of Public Policy and Administration has created a new certification process that is the first of its kind in the world. It will help local municipalities improve their practice of good governance. Christian Bordeleau is launching the new certification process called IGO 9002 (mc) Sept. 29 at the ... more
Diploma students in Policy and Program Evaluation make their final presentations, and they were a great success!
On Monday, December 12th, the incoming diploma students in Policy and Program evaluation (DPE) met in 2017DT to present the first phase of their class projects to their clients and other instructors in the DPE. A key objective of the diploma program is to provide students with hands-on experience working through live projects with actual clients. ... more
The 1st official MAPA Movember event a tremendous success!
When we first set out to make Movember an official MAPA event we had ambitions to double the $795 in donations we received the previous year. With a final tally of $5522 in donations this year we were simply stunned with the level of support we received. A large number of professors and students grew ... more
Prof. Graeme Auld Part of IISD team covering a meeting of International Tropical Timber Council
Graeme Auld, just returned from covering the 47th session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) and associated Committees held in Antigua, Guatemala, as part of a team working for the Reporting Service of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. The ITTC is the governing body of the International Tropical Timber Organization, an intergovernmental organization ... more
SPPA Students and Faculty Present their Research at Northern Summit on the Social Economy
SPPA professor Frances Abele, three doctoral students from the School (Nick Falvo, Joshua Gladstone and Sheena Kennedy), along with graduate Jerald Sabin will present the results of their research at the Northern Summit on the Social Economy in Yellowknife on November 21-23, 2011. Their work was funded by SSHRC under the Social Economy and Research ... more
MAPA does MOVEMBER 2011
$3000 or Bust! Men and women of MAPA: Movember is coming, and we need your help. In 2011 alone, 177,800 men will be diagnosed with cancer, with over 75,000 deaths expected. Prostate and testicular cancer combined are some of the most common, most deadly – but also most curable diseases facing Canadian men today. That’s ... more
SPPA’s annual publication of How Ottawa Spends 2011-2011 edition is available!
Continuing its tradition of timely and exemplary scholarship, the 2011-2012 edition of How Ottawa Spends examines national politics, priorities, and policies, with an emphasis on the austerity measures and budget cutting strategy of the Harper Conservative government; it also includes an analysis of the outcome of the federal election in May 2011. Leading scholars from ... more
PhD Candidate Publishes Chapter in Book on Urban and City Competitiveness
Evren Tok, PhD candidate, publishes chapter in new book on “City Competitiveness and Improving Urban Subsystems: Technologies and Applications,” edited by M. Bulu (2012, IGI Global Publishing). His chapter, “Competitiveness and Creative Cities: Technologies of Neoliberal Urbanization in Perspective,” examines the role of technologies of neoliberal urbanization in reproducing new urban spaces that are oriented ... more