Archives: IPA

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Devon Saulis leads project to offer healing programs for Wolastoqew day school survivors in New Brunswick

SPPA's Indigenous Policy and Administration Community Coordinator and Administrator Devon Saulis will lead the Wolastoqey Tribal Council Inc. (WTCI) project  Sankewitahasuwakon (Peaceful Thoughts) to help support intergenerational healing of Indian day school survivors and their families in Wolastoqey communities in New Brunswick. Devon's project... More

Friday, November 3, 2023

Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous policy?

SPPA Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor Emerita   Frances Abele, and SPPA Research Fellow Catherine MacQuarrie published an opinion piece in The Hill Times discussing Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s comments on Indigenous issues, titled Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous... More

Friday, August 25, 2023

Katherine Minich appointed as IPA Supervisor

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine Minich as the Indigenous Policy and Administration Program Supervisor. Congratulations Katherine!  ... More

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Rekindling the Fire: Carleton Research Project hosts gathering for First Nations pursuing self-government

By Ben Sylvestre “Right now, as we talk, the babies that are being born today are the eighth generation under the Indian Act, and we need to free ourselves from that.” - Satsan (Herb George) The president of the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG) and project co-director of the $2.5 million SSHRC-funded Rebuilding... More

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Robert Shepherd and Ben Sylvestre Write in Policy Options

A more principled approach to regulation On the heels of a tumultuous few years, governments need to shift to a more holistic approach to regulation and consider all wide-ranging effects. by Robert Shepherd and Ben Sylvestre October 18, 2022 This article is based on a talk held at Carleton University that is part of a series... More

Friday, September 30, 2022

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Braiding Truth, Reconciliation and Rights

Friday, September 30, 2022 VIDEO RECORDING BELOW The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action 80 seeks to honour residential school survivors, their families and communities. On September 30, the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University invites you to join us to learn about Inuit social and economic experiences... More

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

MPPA-IPA Grad Amsey Maracle: Youth Leadership and First Nations Self-governance

Amsey Maracle (MPPA-IPA '22) is a graduate of the MPPA Indigenous Policy and Administration program. Amsey is Mohawk and Plains Cree from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Ontario and Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6, Saskatchewan. She’s a research assistant at the Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project (RFNG) where she helps carry out the... More

Monday, August 15, 2022

Robert Shepherd Publishes Paper on the Indigenous Youth Futures Partnership

“We Cause a Ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership by Robert P. Shepherd1,* and Treena R. Orchard2 1School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada 2School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada *Author to... More

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Chancellor’s Professor Frances Abele honoured with appointment to the Order of Canada

Tyrone Burke, July 12, 2022 Photo credit: Lindsay Ralph The Mackenzie River delta is rich in natural gas, and in the early 1970s, the federal government and fossil fuel companies proposed a pipeline to bring that resource south to North American energy markets. The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline would have traversed lands that have sustained... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

David Newhouse Winner of a 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award

David Newhouse, an adjunct research professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, is a recipient of the 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award. David Newhouse (Onondaga) Professor and director, Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, Trent University  Long before many Canadians were having conversations about... More

Friday, March 11, 2022

Take a Tour of Richcraft Hall

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Around a Sacred Fire: Indigenous Youth and Medicine People Connect for Change

“You are skiy’ze — young future leaders who are coming up,” said Satsan (Herb George), one of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs of the Frog Clan, at the inaugural gathering of the Inherent Rights Youth Initiative (IRYI) in October 2021. Satsan is the president of the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG) and a project... More

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