The facts in the birth control battle are sobering, among them that women’s access to contraception and medical abortion in the United States has never been offered without restriction. More disturbing, as studies of four key, birth-control-related drugs demonstrate, is the realization that politics and profit have continually trumped medical considerations in determining the availability and use of birth control drugs.

Simultaneously examining four significant, never-before-combined case studies, this unique feminist analysis offers troubling revelations about the private-public interaction in U.S. policy affecting birth control drugs.

In Tyranny: A New Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 2013), Newell demonstrates a historical shift in emphasis from the classical thinkers’ stress on the virtuous character of rulers and the need for civic education to the modern emphasis on impersonal institutions and cold-blooded political method. The turning point is Machiavelli’s call for the conquest of nature. Newell traces the lines of influence from Machiavelli’s new science of politics to the rise of Atlanticist republicanism in England and America, as well as the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century and their effects on the present. By diagnosing the varieties of tyranny from erotic voluptuaries like Nero, the steely determination of reforming conquerors like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar and modernizing despots such as Napoleon and Ataturk to the collectivist revolutions of the Jacobins, Bolsheviks, Nazis, and Khmer Rouge, Newell shows how tyranny is every bit as dangerous to free democratic societies today as it was in the past.

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In this edition, contributors explore Canada and Africa’s rich history, taking stock of what has been accomplished. This volume offers recommendations for a more strategically beneficial Canada-Africa partnership in areas including trade and investment, democracy and nation building, development aid, governance, corporate social responsibility — especially in the natural resource sector where Canadian firms are heavily invested — and regional security.

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Amongst a group of highly-qualified applicants, Briana stood out for being a top student in finance and economics. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Economics from Carleton University and graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.

Now he’s receiving a prize named in honour of the Canadian economist for a book he co-authored entitled Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada: An Empirical Study.

This book canvases the thoughts and practices of Kenneth W. Thompson, who has contributed a “public philosophy” of multidimensional and interdisciplinary ideas and practices. Drawing on interviews with Thompson and those surrounding him, this work is organized around the three dimensions of Thompson’s public philosophy: theory, education, and politics. These three pillars show how Thompson’s ideas establish a system of thought that not only helps in understanding the human condition during the Cold War but also enlightens humanity at large to navigate and make decisions in the public sphere. Most importantly, his theories help the world, in his own words, “move civilization ahead.”

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The panel of Maxime Fougère (Assistant Director, Labour Market Research and Forecasting,  HRSDC), Annette Ryan (Chief Economist and Director General  – Economic, Research and Policy Analysis Branch, Industry Canada), and Jean-Francois Tremblay (Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Ottawa) added valuable insight in regards to the role of of employment prospects (or perceived employment prospects), tax structure and economic variations from province to province, and the role variances in all aspects of society from region to region play in the migration decision.

Join us for our next Author Meets Readers on May 23, 2013 – details here: http://events.carleton.ca/author-meets-readers/

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the Faculty of Public Affairs celebrated the best of our faculty at a reception in the River Building. This new focus of this event is to both highlight our research and to create a fun and social atmosphere so we can all enjoy the work the faculty has conducted over the previous 12 months. More than 100 members of the faculty and staff of FPA attended this event.

Awarded annualy, the Staff, Teaching and Research Excellence Awards demonstrate the faculty’s commitment to recognizing the outstanding work of all of our members and to awarding those who stand out above everyone else.

l to r: Steve Tasson, Melanie Adrian, Carole Craswell, Zhihao Yu, and Brian Schmidt

This Year’s Recipients:

Staff Excellence Award
Carole Craswell – School of Journalism and Communication.

Carole Craswell has been with the School for 26 years, since 1987 – and was the first support staff member hired specifically for what is now the Communication Studies program. In 2008, she became administrator of the entire School of Journalism and Communication, which means she is responsible for five degree programs, two separate timetables and two separate budgets and was the chief administrative officer in charge of the School’s move from St. Pat’s to the River building. Carole has been for long years at the heart of the collegiality of the School of Journalism and Communication and also organizes the annual Christmas potluck and the annual summer picnic.

Teaching Excellence Award
Prof. Melanie Adrian – Department of Law and Legal Studies
Prof. Brian Schmidt – Department of Political Science
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Steve Tasson – Department of Law and Legal Studies

Melanie Adrian has created a teaching style all her own that is exciting, innovative, and and interactive. She has consistently won the praises of her undergraduate students as an approachable and gifted mentor who utilizes everything from books to slam poetry in her pedagogical approach. It is this dynamic nature that has earned her this recognition.

Brian Schmidt has shown remarkable diversity in his approach to teaching that includes both undergraduate and graduate-level courses. Add to this his mentoring skills, the ongoing curriculum development, graduate supervising and, to top it all off, his dedication to research projects, and you have someone who has earned an excellence ward in teaching.

Steve Tasson is the very nature of academia personified. Still in the process of attaing his PhD, he lectures in all course levels and continues show great persistence in his teaching even after 10 years as a contract instructor. Steve worked for Carleton’s Centre for Initiatives in Education from 2001-2006 and has also taught courses for the Department of Law ranging from Global Governance and Human Rights to Legal Research Methods; Law and Regulation; Law in the Information Society; and Introduction to Legal Studies.

Research Excellence Award
Zhihao Yu – Department of Economics

With a passion for both research and teaching, Zhihao Yu has proven himself over the last two years by maintaining a high level of teaching while, at the same time, creating a large output of peer reviewed material and research output. With expertise in international trade with special emphasis on outsourcing and intra-industry trade, the political economy of government policy, and trade and the environment, Zhihao Yu never rests on his laurels and has several more articles close to being published. He continues to exemplify a dedication to ongoing research and publication excellence in the field of Economics and is regarded highly in his field both both by his peers and his students.