This Week @ FPA – July 30, 2012
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| Spotlight on … Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac | |||
FPA in the news |
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André Plourde: High stakes rest on pipeline rumble between B.C., Alberta |
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| The Dean of FPA discusses the ramifications as Alberta and British Columbia rumble in Canada’s newest energy war over the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, with echoes of pitched jurisdictional battles of the past ringing out. | |||
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Laura Nicholson: London welcomes the world |
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| Laura Nicholson is a fourth year of journalism student at Carleton University and is covering the Olympics for the Barrie Advance. In this article, she discusses how London has become a haven for athletes, volunteers and tourists from all over the world. | |||
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Martin Rudner: Alleged spy may have put allies’ secrets at risk; Britain, Australia |
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| Martin Rudner, the founding director of Carleton University’s Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies tells the National Post that though the breach happened, the security lapse is unlikely to affect Canada’s relations with its allies. | |||
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FPA in focus |
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Black Star Beacon: What Ghana Does Next Matters |
| In The Mark, SPPA Prof Ted Jackson discusses while Ghana has been consistently cited as an example of good governance and economic development, its new president faces a number of key challenges. More… | |
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Professor Lara Karaian Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant |
| Dr. Karaian is the recipient of a two year SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2012-2014) for her project titled “Managing Risky Subjects: Teenage Girls, Digital Technology and Canadian Anti-Sexting Public Education Campaigns.” Unlike in the US and Australia, Canada has yet to see a criminal law response to teenage sexting, despite the fact such a response is possible. More… |
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Why we’ll never have a prime ministers club |
| Political Science Prof Jonathan Malloy says while it’s right to applaud the work of the Public Policy Forum and others in bringing together and recognizing our former prime ministers, and there’s no doubt we could do a bit more in this regard, we should not take the ex-presidents club as our model. More… |
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Spotlight on . . . |
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 Jill Vickers, Distinguished Research Professor and Emeritus Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Political Science and Annette Isaac, a faculty lecturer in the Department of Political Science have authored a new book titled The Politics of Race. The Politics of Race is an excellent resource for students and general readers seeking to learn about race policies and legislation. Arguing that ‘states make race,’ it provides a unique comparison of the development and construction of race in three white settler societies — Canada, the United States, and Australia. More … |
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FPA Events |
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SPPAPhD Brown Bag Lecture Series: Virginity and Educational Attainment. EURUSThe EU’s Security Role in Georgia after 2008: Lessons from the EU Monitoring Mission Dr. Licinia Simão is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, and is a visiting scholar from Portugal at the Centre for European Studies, Carleton University. |
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FPA Announcements |
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FPA Reads 2012Following an exciting round of nominations, shortlisting and voting on the finalists, the FPA community of students, staff, and faculty selected Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell as the inaugural title for FPA Reads 2012. There will be a screening the movie – 1984 with John hurt and Richard Burton – September 12 at the Mayfair with a panel discussion, moderated by Evan Solomon, on September 19 – save these dates and tell your friends! Click here to follow the events coming up in the Fall of 2012 and to get your free e-book copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
CSERC Professional Certificate in Energy Programming and EvaluationFor information about the Professional Certificate in Energy Programming and Evaluation visit the CSERC webpage HERE.
Faculty of Public Affairs Celebration. A new school year. A new building. And the exchange of new ideas.On the evening of September 5, 2012, Allan Gregg, senior research professional, TVO talk show host and newly appointed adjunct professor at Carleton, will give an engaging talk entitled Nineteen Eighty-Four in 2012: The Assault on Reason. Moderator:
TW@FPA is now bi-weeklyThe next edition of TW@FPA will be delivered Aug 13, 2012. |
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