{"id":1902,"date":"2019-05-02T23:54:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T03:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:48:10","slug":"workshop-public-sector-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2019\/workshop-public-sector-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"[Workshop] Public Sector Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        [Workshop] Public Sector Writing\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4061.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4061.jpg 640w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4061-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4061-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4061-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4061-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4061-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 11 April 2019 the ALiGN Media Lab held a &#8220;<strong>Public Sector Writing<\/strong>&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/\">School of Journalism and Communication Studies<\/a>, 杏吧原创 University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by&nbsp;Ghadah Alrasheed (Postdoctoral Fellow, ALIGN Media Lab, 杏吧原创 University) and&nbsp;Aden Dur-e-Aden (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto), the workshop was led by 4 presenters* who have first-hand experiences in public sector writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suzanne Waldman (Research Analyst, Defence Research and Development Canada\u2019s Centre for Security Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brianna Botchwey (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyst, Government of Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Batoul Hreiche (Policy Analyst, Public Safety Canada).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1910 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4038-e1556854776855.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4038-e1556854776855.jpg 345w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4038-e1556854776855-160x205.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4038-e1556854776855-240x308.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4038-e1556854776855-200x257.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/figure><\/td><td><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1912 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4043-e1556854852683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4043-e1556854852683.jpg 416w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4043-e1556854852683-160x151.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4043-e1556854852683-240x227.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4043-e1556854852683-400x378.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4043-e1556854852683-360x340.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4043-e1556854852683-200x189.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/figure><\/td><td><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1909 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4037-e1556855607974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4037-e1556855607974.jpg 295w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4037-e1556855607974-160x141.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4037-e1556855607974-240x212.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4037-e1556855607974-200x176.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This 3-hour workshop was attended by undergraduate and graduate students from different departments, who are interested in working for the public sector or in learning how to influence and communicate more efficiently with policy makers. During the workshop, the presenters introduced the students to different types of writing products needed for work within any government department agency: policy papers, briefing notes, slide decks, and public communications. The participants were engaged in interactive activities to help them apply the knowledge and skills they have received from the presenters and were provided with feedback by the presenters to improve their public sector writing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* All of the presenters attended in their personal capacity, not as representatives of their organizations or government departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4068.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4068.jpg 640w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4068-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4068-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4068-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4068-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/IMG_4068-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 11 April 2019 the ALiGN Media Lab held a &#8220;Public Sector Writing&#8221; at the School of Journalism and Communication Studies, 杏吧原创 University. Organized by&nbsp;Ghadah Alrasheed (Postdoctoral Fellow, ALIGN Media Lab, 杏吧原创 University) and&nbsp;Aden Dur-e-Aden (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto), the workshop was led by 4 presenters* who have first-hand experiences [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,215],"tags":[304],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-workshop","tag-public-sector-writing"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3378,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/3378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}