The winner of 9th National Student Paper Competition 2021-2022 has been identified! The School, in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA) and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC), is proud to announce that this…
Category: Essay Competitions
Diplomacy By Videoconference: Challenges And Potential Solutions
By Philippe Evoy of Université Laval This essay presented the challenges faced by diplomats in the forced transition to videoconference meetings that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. The difficulty of building trust at a distance, attributable in part to the lack…
Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Services
By Mathieu Geneau of Université Laval The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected Canadians’ mental health; improving access to mental health services is thus emerging as one of the main challenges today. The federal government has recognized the issue and created…
Not All Fire is Bad: Indigenous Fire Stewardship in Canada
By James Collie and Hannah E. Verrips of University of Western Ontario Wildfires have disastrous consequences for everyone, especially for Indigenous communities who often lack the resources and infrastructure needed to prevent the loss of their homes and lands to…
Climate change, globalization, and inequality: How vector-borne infectious diseases are threatening human health in Canada
By Aisha Barkhad of McMaster University Global environmental change, driven by avertible anthropogenic catalysts that amplify greenhouse gas emissions is the single most arduous threat facing humanity today. Canada is considered one of the top 10 countries most vulnerable…
Canada needs a national strategy for disaggregated race-based data to ensure equitable decision-making in health
By Dina Idriss-Wheeler and Karine Coen-Sanchez of University of Ottawa The lack of access to and reporting of disaggregated race-based data does not allow for evidence linking race to health outcomes to reveal sub-population health inequities. The current COVID-19 situation…
Launch of the 9th Edition of the National Student Paper Competition
Graduate students, do you have fresh ideas for improving the federal public service and service excellence for Canadians? Are you ready to contribute your ideas? The National Student Paper Competition held by the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) in…
2018-2019 Essay Competition
Each year Canadian students in Masters and PhD programs are invited to submit their research papers on issues that impact the Canadian Public Service and service excellence for Canadians. The National Student Paper Competition is open to all faculties. Past…
Message from Wilma Vreeswijk, President of the CSPS regarding the National Student Paper Competition
(La version française suit.) Dear Committee members, I am writing to thank you for your collaboration on the Blueprint 2020 National Student Paper Competition, both as a committee member in the organization of the Competition and for your support in its…
Fourth Annual Blueprint 2020 National Student Paper Competition Winner Announced | Résultats de la 4e édition annuelle du Concours national d’essais universitaires sur l’avenir de la fonction publique du Canada organisé dans le cadre d’Objectif 2020
(La version française suit.) The Grand Prize winner of the Fourth Annual National Student Paper Competition is Hope Caldi, for her paper, “Offering a Warmer, Wiser Welcome: Recommendations for Reforming Canada’s Immigration Loan Program”. The Public Choice Award winners of…
2016-2017 Essay Competition
Fourth Annual Blueprint 2020 National Student Paper Competition on the Future of the Public Service of Canada For 2016-17, the Competition invited Master’s and PhD students in fields such as public administration, international relations, public policy, business/management, health administration, law…
2015-2016 Essay Competition
Third Annual Blueprint 2020 National Student Paper Competition on the Future of the Public Service of Canada The annual Blueprint 2020 National Student Paper Competition tapped into the innovative thinking of Masters students from across Canada on the future of the…