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Friday, June 28, 2013

Jennifer Robson on training for the government relations sector

杏吧原创's Master of Political Management program is at the forefront of a wider trend in Canada towards formal education in practical politics and government relations skills. 聽In the latest issue of the Lobby Monitor, 杏吧原创 faculty member聽Jennifer Robson notes that GR shops and public affairs consulting agencies can't count on a steady... More

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Roundtable with the Honorable Dennis Hertel

Ms. Diane Sovereign, Cultural Attach茅, Embassy of the United States, the Clayton Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management聽and the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians invite you to a聽roundtable seminar and lunch with former U.S. Congressman Dennis Hertel.聽 Mr. Hertel will deliver a talk titled: 鈥淥ne-Way Mirror: The US... More

Friday, May 24, 2013

Becoming Brian Mulroney

Riddell faculty member Jennifer Robson examines the Mike Duffy-Prime Minister's Office imbroglio in iPolitics, peering through the lens of recent history. She notes wryly that while Stephen Harper has long been at pains to distinguish himself from -- and keep his distance from -- former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney, events of the... More

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Azzi on Conservative spin, Canadian nationalism and foreign investment policy

Professor Stephen聽Azzi has been busy. He gave interviews to Global TV News about new Conservative ads attacking Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and to Capital News Online about the Harper government's spin control (http://www.capitalnews.ca/index.php/news/on-message-the-era-of-political-communications).聽 He made a presentation on "Nationalism,... More

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Parliament in Uzbekistan and Canada

The Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) and the Riddell Program in Political Management will host a roundtable discussion on "Parliamentary Development in Uzbekistan and the Canadian Model" on Wednesday, April 17 at 2:30 in the Political Management classroom: Room 2440-R (Mezzanine level), River Building.聽 A聽delegation of... More

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Robocalls on the radio

Now that Elections Canada has laid a charge against a former political staffer in the so-called robocalls affair, Political Management students Jamie MacPhail and Emile Scheffel joined Alan Neal, host of CBC Radio Ottawa's All In A Day,聽to聽discuss ethics in election campaigning.聽 Jamie joined Alan in the studio while Emile called in from... More

Friday, March 22, 2013

Foreign investment in Canada’s resource sector

Professor Stephen聽Azzi gave a presentation at the Walter Gordon Symposium on Public Policy at Massey College, Toronto. Part of a panel on foreign investment in the resource sector, Dr.聽Azzi called for improved clarity in Investment Canada's review process. In his view, the objectives of Canadian policy are murky,聽the process lacks transparency,... More

Monday, March 11, 2013

Pierre Trudeau remembered

Jean-Jacques Blais, minister in the Cabinet of Pierre Trudeau, spoke with Riddell program students about the former prime minister鈥檚 leadership style.聽 Blais described Trudeau as the 鈥渂rightest and most able鈥� person he had ever met. Trudeau was interested in the exchange of ideas, meaning that Cabinet meetings were stimulating exercises.... More

Friday, March 8, 2013

How a bill becomes law

MP Candice Bergen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, spoke to the POLM 5013 class this week, detailing the process by which bills are drafted, debated and voted on.聽聽Ms. Bergen has represented the riding of Portage-Lisgar in Manitoba since... More

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

What makes a leader?

Stephen聽Azzi was interviewed about political leadership on聽CKNW radio in Vancouver. Professor Azzi, who teaches the Riddell program's course on prime ministerial leadership,聽told host Philip Till that successful leaders combined certain聽inherited traits with learned skills. Great leaders are intelligent, self-confident, and determined.... More

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Eddie Goldenberg on Jean Chr茅tien

Eddie Goldenberg, senior adviser to Jean Chr茅tien for thirty years, spoke to students in聽POLM 5905 about the former prime minister's approach to leadership. Mr. Chr茅tien's term as prime minister was characterized by a willingness to delegate to ministers, to senior public servants, and to staff members, while focussing on the overall direction... More

Friday, February 15, 2013

Facing the cameras

POLM 5013 students are taught how to聽conduct themselves聽in a press conference. Using the case聽study method, students are assigned roles, videotaped and given constructive feedback on their... More

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