About
CAPPA

For the past 40 years, the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA) has been the leading Canadian association for those with an interest in education and scholarship in public administration. It is an institutional membership organization with approximately 25 graduate and undergraduate program members across Canada all of which are involved in public administration teaching and research. Its membership includes schools, programs, and departments engaged in teaching public administration from the college level through to PhD. It also includes government organizations involved in teaching public administration such as the Canada School of Public Service. All of its member organizations are dedicated to continuously improving the quality of public administration education and scholarship in Canada.

President's Welcome

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA) website. Like many professional associations in Canada, the CAPPA went through a tumultuous period from 2020 to 2024, mainly due to the consequences of COVID-19 and the measures implemented to combat this pandemic. Thanks to the incredible leadership of Professor Brooke Jeffrey, who was our president for four years (only Sandford Borins has achieved the same feat), we were able to meet all the challenges we faced. It's also thanks to the hard work of our Executive Committee members and the unwavering support of our Board of Directors that we've overcome every obstacle we've faced.

As President of our Association, I arrive in a very favourable context, with a strong Executive Committee and an enthusiastic Board of Directors. I am also grateful to Professor Jeffrey, who remains on the Executive Committee as a past president and constantly supports me with her advice and words of encouragement. I couldn't wish for a better start to my term as President.

Although our association has existed for forty years, it remains as young and dynamic as ever. We're in a period where we're gradually seeing a new generation of professors take their place at CAPPA, renewing our committees, our Board and, of course, our accreditation committee. This new blood brings new ideas that make CAPPA as relevant as ever in public administration teaching and research.

This is what unites us all at CAPPA: the desire to contribute to the excellence of our Canadian public administrations. Whether it's our annual conference, our national case competition, our accreditation program or the DeCelles (teaching excellence) and Kernaghan (research excellence) awards - all these activities, which rely on an army of volunteer professors and partners from diverse backgrounds, underline the importance our association place on the pursuit of public administration that constantly aims to push back the boundaries of excellence.

You'll find information about who we are and what we do on our website. I hope this information will convince you of the importance of joining us as a member program or volunteer expert. Together, we have the power to build the public administration of tomorrow.

Jean-François Savard

President's Annual Reports

The annual general meeting is held on the second day of the conference. Agendas and minutes will be disseminated prior to the meeting, and minutes published on this site once approved by the Executive and Board.

Partners and Affiliates

Canadian Political Science Association The Hubert Project European Association for Public Administration Accreditation International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration The Institute of Public Administration of Canada Canada School of Public Service Institute for Research on Public Policy Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration