FPA in the news
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| Canada is wasting its limited trade negotiating energies on deals that don’t address key challenges, including insidious protectionism in countries such as China, argued Michael Hart, another former Canadian trade official and now the Simon Reisman chair in trade policy at Carleton University. |
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| “When the NDP has come to power, it has come at a time when the economy has not been doing well, and it has had no choice but to make cuts, and because expectations are so high among union members, disappointment tends to be very high,” Carleton University political scientist Bruce Hicks said. |
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| “These days there are so many sources of information and so many people sharing things that it’s hard to know where a story started in the first place unless it was something unbelievably dramatic,” says Chris Waddell, the director of journalism and communication at Carleton University. |
FPA in focus
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The Liberals’ rebuilding is still to come |
| “The Liberal Party of Canada, having been rudely unseated as the country’s natural governing party in 2006, has found the Moses to lead it out of the wilderness in 2015,” Says Andrew Cohen in the Ottawa citizen. “In electing Justin Trudeau — and electing him with an overwhelming 80 per cent of the vote — the giddy Liberals are no longer thinking only of their survival as a centrist political party.” More… |
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A tragedy’s aftermath; Teen suicide is never simple |
| Brian Platt writes: “The news last week that a 17-year-old Halifax girl died from a suicide attempt has again focused Canada’s attention on the problems around teen bullying. The story has even made headlines around the world.” More… |
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The peril of soft targets |
| After the Boston blasts, North Americans will have to be vigilant and resilient, writes Jeremy Littlewood. “First, the attack confirms that the threat of terrorism remains present. Zero attacks, or long-periods between attacks should never be assumed to indicate that the threat has disappeared.” More… |
Spotlight on . . .
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Carleton’s David Carment, a professor at the Norman Paterson School of International affairs and editor of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (CFPJ) announces the release of a special issue on Making Canada Relevant Again: International Mediation in a Fragile World.
The focus of this special issue, co-edited with guest editor Evan Hoffman, director of the Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation in Ottawa, is to highlight ways in which Canada can draw on successful examples of mediation and translate them into effective policy. More… |
FPA Events
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Political Science
CALACS 2013 – CALACS Congress
When: May 03, 2013 – May 05, 2013
Time: Multi-day (see link)
Email: Calacs_congress2013@carleton.ca
Website link: More information available at http://calacscongress2013.org/
SPPA
2013 ONSEP Annual Workshop
When: April 24, 2013 – April 26, 2013
Time: Multi-day (see above)
Location: Nottawasaga Inn Resort
Email: admin@onsep.org
Canadian Public Budgeting in the Age of Crisis – A book launch
When: Monday, April 29, 2013
Time: 17:00 to 19:00
Email: sppa_events@carleton.ca
Location: River Building, Room 5224 (SPPA Main Foyer)
CES
Women in Business Leadership: European and North American Perspectives
Guest: Alison Konrad
When: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Time: 17:00 to 18:30
Location: Robertson Hall, Room 608 – Senate Room
Contact: karin_abma@carleton.ca
EURUS
Parliamentary Development in Uzbekistan and the Canadian Model
When: April 17, 2013
Time: 14:30 to 16:00
Location: River Building, Room 2440-R (Mezzanine Level) |
FPA Announcements
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Got Books?
FPA is always on the lookout for books for our display case. If you have written a book or chapter of a book, or edited a book or chapter of a book, that has been published in 2012, send a copy to the Dean’s office so we can include these accomplishments in future editions of This Week@FPA.
TW@FPA is now weekly
The next issue of TW@FPA will be delivered Apr 29, 2013. |
