11th Annual Conference

8:00-8:40am

Thursday, June 22

Registration and Breakfast

Location: Second Student Centre, 15 Library Lane, Keele Campus, York University (right outside Osgoode Hall Law School – building #102 on this map)

Welcome and Conference Opening

Elder Jimmy Dick, of the Moose Cree First Nation from the community of Moose Factory, Ontario.

Dr. Brooke Jeffrey, CAPPA/ACPAP President

Dr. Naomi Couto, Director of School of Public Policy and Administration, YorkU

Presentations: Public Service Values, Diversity and Representation

Moderator: Ian Stedman

Presenters:

1. Tracey Raney, R. Michael McGregor and Cameron D. Anderson: “Ethics and Accountability in Ontario’s Municipal Politics: A Gendered Perspective”
2. Priya Basra: “Women of Colour in the Canadian House of Commons” (slides)
3. Andrea Rounce, Isabelle Caron, Karine Levasseur: “Public servants’ attitudes on democracy and perception of their role within the system through the lens of diversity”
4. Christopher Cooper: “Public Sector Employees’ Varying Disposition to be Politically Active: The Role of Personality and Partisanship” (paper) (slides)
5. Sakeina Syed: “The Disproportionate Burden of Perceived Neutrality on the Racialized Public Servant”

Break

CAPPA Award for Excellence in Research

Introduced by Brooke Jeffrey and Sandford Borins

Presented to Dr. Michael Howlett (recorded remarks), with discussants Andrea Migone and Jonathan Craft.

11:40-12:20pm

Presentations

Introduced by Brooke Jeffrey

1. David Fulford, CEO IPAC National (slides)
2. Josianne Paul, Director of Policy and Strategic Relationships (ENG slides, FR slides)

8:30am

Location: Second Student Centre, 15 Library Lane, Keele Campus, York University (right outside Osgoode Hall Law School – building #102 on this map)

Breakfast provided starting at 8:30am

Welcome to Day 2 at 9am

Workshop: Furthering Reform Across Diverse and Evolving Contexts: Towards More Effective Reviews and Monitoring

Discussants: Evert Lindquist and Robert Shepherd (slides)

DeCelles Award for Excellence in Teaching : Public Service Values

Introduced by Brooke Jeffrey and Sandford Borins

Presented to Dr. Naomi Couto

Remarks from Judith D’Souza and Asare Kester-Akrofi (former students).

Presentations: Pedagogical Excellence

Moderator: Peter Constantinou

Presenters:

1. James Simeon: “Using Case Studies to Teach Refugee Status Determination (RSD) and Public Values and Ethics Through Globally Networked Learning (GNL)” (slides)
2. Garrett MacSweeney & Chris MacDonald: “From Codes to Situational Awareness: The use of Mini-Simulations as a Tool for Ethics and Compliance Training” (slides)
3. Martin Boucher: “Integrating Learning Theory and High-Impact Approaches in Professional Programs: Lessons from Case Study Teaching in a Master of Public Administration Degree” (slides)

Break

Presentations: Policy, Equity and Justice

Moderator: Naomi Couto

Presenters:

1. Sanaa Ali-Mohammed and Fahad Ahmad, Ryan Androsoff: “Power, politics and ideology: Understanding the construction of the Muslim terrorist in the policy process” (slides)
2. Julie Ricard: “University’s Paradoxes of Inequity” (slides)
3. Martin Boucher and Fatma Rattansi: “Public Sector Entrepreneurship for Energy Justice: Empowering Low-Income Renters in Saskatoon’s Energy Transitions” (slides)
4. Kaitlynne Lowe and Kevin Quigley: “Working across Disciplines to Understand and Improve Mass Evacuations for People with Disabilities: Examining Different Types of Risk and Contextual Pressures” (slides) (Handout)