{"id":37877,"date":"2024-05-02T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=37877"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:00","slug":"matt-beard","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/matt-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Beard"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Matt.Beard_MAalum.page_.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Matt Beard\" class=\"wp-image-37878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Matt.Beard_MAalum.page_.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Matt.Beard_MAalum.page_-160x213.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Matt.Beard_MAalum.page_-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Matt.Beard_MAalum.page_-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Matt.Beard_MAalum.page_-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"matt-beardlegislative-assistant-to-chris-bittle-mp-chris-bittle-is-the-parliamentary-secretary-to-the-minister-of-housing-and-infrastructure\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt Beard<br>\nLegislative Assistant to Chris Bittle, MP. Chris Bittle is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MA in Political Science (2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since graduating, Matt has helped manage the Hill office of an MP in Ottawa. This includes writing briefing notes, staffing committees, advising on issues, and administrative duties related to the House of Commons.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>At ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, Matt learned to write succinctly and to effectively research a policy issue. He appreciates the department&#8217;s emphasis on seminar-based discussions, which prepare students for the live element of working in politics.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Matt","cu_people_last_name":"Beard","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[54,100],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-37877","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-ma"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/37877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/37877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37880,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/37877\/revisions\/37880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=37877"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=37877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}