Join us to welcome Queen's alumnus and author of the memoir Brown Boy, Omer Aziz to deliver the 2024 J. Douglas Gibson Lecture.   Omer will be discussing Citizenship in a Democracy: The Remaking of the World Order for the 21st Century. 

Monday March 18 | 4PM ET | Mackintosh Corry Hall, B201

The (P)MPA students along with some friends from Political Studies will be visiting Queen's Park for Question Period, alumni and hiring manager panels finished with an afternoon social.  Looking forward to a great day in the city! 

Join us to welcome Amy Baker, Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Norway and MPA Alumna back to campus as the Speaker for the 2024 Donald Gow Memorial Lecture Series.  

A light lunch will be provided for this in person event moderated by Emeritus Professor, Robert Wolfe.

Power and influence through public service:  How do you get it? Why do we need it? 

In situations of geopolitical uncertainly, the importance of relationships cannot be overstated. We are at a global inflection point, and Canadian actors must be able to influence others , both domestically and internationally, to remain relevant and to protect our interests.  

With examples from her own professional experience, Amy Baker, Canada’s Ambassador to Norway and Queen’s MPA alumna, will speak about the impact we can each have in the face of the turmoil in the world around us.

A trip to Ottawa for MPA and PMPA students

Trade Policy for a Fragmenting World Economy

International trade is in a period of upheaval. The demand shocks and supply disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the (re)emergence of geopolitical fault lines in the wake of the US-China trade war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the urgency of the climate crisis have deeply marked the way many businesses and government officials think about the global economy. Trade policy is affected in four major and closely interrelated ways.

Jonathan Malloy is a professor of Canadian parliamentary democracy at Carleton University. Prof. Malloy will speak on his new book, The Paradox of Parliament, which argues that Parliament labours under two different "logics" of its purpose and primary role: one based on governance and decision-making and one based on representation and voice.

Please join us to welcome Krishna Pendakur, Distinguished SFU Professor and Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University to be the W. Edmond Clark Lecture speaker for 2023.

Thursday October 19, 2023

4:00 PM ET

Dupuis Hall, 217

What Should We Do About Rising Inequality? 

Krishna Pendakur is Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University, Canada. From 2007 to 2013 he was Co-Director of Metropolis British Columbia (MBC), Center of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity, an interdisciplinary policy research center which connects academic researchers with policy-makers in government and NGO communities. His research focuses on consumer demand econometrics, with an emphasis on the measurement of the cost-of-living, inequality, discrimination and poverty, in a variety of international contexts. He has made major contributions in four areas: work on structural semi- and nonparametric econometric models; research on consumer demand analysis; work on unobserved heterogeneity; and papers on inequality and poverty.

In June 2022 The School of Policy Studies hosted an informal get together for Ottawa-based MPA alumni at the Lieutenant’s Pump. It was well attended and a lot of fun. We thought we would do it again this year.  

Here are the details:

When: Thursday June 22, 2023

Time:  6 – 9 PM

Location: Lieutenant’s Pump “Queen’s Room”, 361 Elgin Street, Ottawa.

There’s no official program – just fun with old friends and faculty.