National Student and Thought Leadership Awards in Public Administration

Award Winners

• 2024 Winners:
  • Gold: Roxanne Ma, York University “’Colour Me Healthy’: Considerations for Collecting Race Disaggregated Data in Ontario’s Public Health System to Address Racial Health Inequities”
  • Silver:  Chenai Wamambo, Carleton University “Are We There Yet? A Qualitative Research Study on Anti-Black Racism and Systemic Change in Lethbridge School District (LSD)”
  • Bronze:  Silvana Gomes, University of Ottawa “The Connected Federation: intergovernmental collaboration and digital government in Canada”
• 2023 Winners:
  • Gold:   Rebecca Van Massehoven, Brock University, “Navigating Environmental Governance in Canada: The Importance of Understanding Participatory Environmental Governance”
  • Silver:  Melodie De Marinis, York University, “Perspectives of Working Mothers in the Ontario Public Service on Hybrid Work Arrangements”
  • Bronze:  Julie Matthews, Western University, “The Binner’s Project: How innovative local economic development strategies can help address wicked problems”
• 2022 Winners:
  • Gold:  Jennifer Holmes Weier, York University “Bursting the Ottawa Bubble: Government dispersal and localization in the context of a diversity strategy”
  • Silver:  Wei Jiang, Western University, “Workforce Diversity Management in Ontario Police Services”
  • Bronze:  Claire Davies, Simon Fraser University, “Toward a Low-Carbon & Climate Resilient Agriculture Sector: Policies to Increase the Adoption of Cover Crops in British Columbia"
• 2021 Winners:
  • Gold:  Soma Barsen, Simon Fraser University “Our Dirty Laundry: Policy interventions & considerations to address synthetic microfiber ocean pollution in British Columbia”
  • Silver:  Michael Longeway, Western University, “Accountability: Inter-local service agreements”
  • Bronze:  Ashley Rodriques, Concordia University, “Low-skilled & Essential: Immigrant Reconstruction in Times of COVID-19”
• 2020 Winners:
  • Gold: Colin Bowbrick, Simon Fraser University “War on Drug Resistance : Policy Interventions to Tackle Antibiotic Misuse in Canada”
  • Silver:  Jennifer Lai, York University “The Accessibility of Elections to Canadians with Cognitive Disabilities”
  • Bronze:  Gonzalo Agrimbau, Universities of Manitoba and Winnipeg “Natural Infrastructure Investments: from science to implementation