Master of Public Administration

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2024 National Case Competition Champions

2024 Health Policy Symposium & Duncan Sinclair Lectureship | Dr. Rick Glazier

April 24, 2024 | 10:00 AM ET
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Welcome to the School of Policy Studies

The School of Policy Studies offers a rich and rewarding learning experience that is unsurpassed in Canada and matched only by the best public policy programs in the world.  Through high quality interactive teaching and integrated learning, we enhance leadership in public policy by providing students the inspiration, skills, competencies and connections to become better contributors to the public good.  The MPA curriculum includes core courses in economics, policy analysis, governance, management and quantitative methods.  Through elective courses, students apply their skills to the analysis and resolution of concrete policy and management problems.

Find out more about a Master of Public Administration at Queen's University.


 

Recent News

Opinion: Advice for Mark Carney

Opinion: Advice for Mark Carney: Respect your finance minister. Don’t be like Trudeau. With the election now over, job one for Prime Minister Mark Carney will be to decide who will hold the second most powerful and difficult job in Ottawa: minister of finance.

29 April 2025

Author: Eugene Lang

Read at Globe & Mail

Opinion: Why don't parties have answers to Canada's key economic challenges?

Why don't parties have answers to Canada's key economic challenges? Platform costing documents recently released by the Liberals, the Conservatives and NDP only provide partial answers. 

24 April 2025   

Author: Don Drummond & William Robson

Read at the Globe & Mail

Professor Eugene Lang awarded Faculty Excellence Award!

Congratulations to Professor Eugene Lang on being awarded the 2024-2025 Society of Graduate and Professional Students John G. Freeman Faculty Excellence Award! The award recognizes significant contributions in the realm of teaching, supervision and/or mentorship of graduate and professional students. Professor Lang embodies the spirit of this award through innovative pedagogy, emotional labour, and tireless advocacy for MPA/PMPA students in Queen's School of Policy Studies. 

17 April 2025

SGPS Awards

Queen's Social Policy Symposium

Prescription for Change: Canada's Social Policy Future

When: Friday 25 April between 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Where: Robert Sutherland Hall - Room 202

We will explore the key challenges reshaping Canada’s public policy landscape—including growing inequality, rising health care pressures, and increasingly complex social needs. The symposium will feature the Donald Gow Memorial Lecture, delivered this year by The Honourable Dr. Rosemary Moodie, Senator, Senate of Canada, alongside panels and talks featuring academic scholars, policy practitioners, and clinician-scientists. Open to all; no fee.

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Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Vote

With Canada heading to the polls on 28 April 2025, voters across the country are weighing some big questions. Dr. Kathy Brock offers non-partisan insights to help listeners think critically as election day approaches.

Recorded on 09 April 2025 

Podcast Guest: Kathy Brock 

Listen to The Kingstonian Podcast episode

Opinion: U.S. tariffs have magnified the need for urgent economic reform.

Canada must also address the fundamental weaknesses in our economy the tariffs have exposed

07 March 2025 

Author:  Don Drummond

Read at the Financial Post

Upcoming Events

Check out our Upcoming Events below.  Missed something?  Go to our YouTube channel.  Queen's has lots of other interesting events you can find them on the Queen's Events Calendar.

Recent Lectures

2025 Donald Gow Memorial Lecturer

The Honourable Rosemary Moodie, Senator, Senate of Canada delivers the 2025 Gow Memorial Lecture for the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.

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2024 Tom Courchene Distinguished Speaker

Prominent First Nations Leader and energy executive Margaret Kenequanash, CEO, Wataynikaneyap Power speaks on Connecting Remote First Nations in the Northwestern Ontario To The Provincial Power Grid.

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2024 J. Douglas Gibson Lecturer

Omer Aziz, author of the memoir Brown Boy and Queen’s Alumnus discussed Citizenship in a Democracy: The Remaking of the World for the 21st Century.

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