The 2025 winners of the essay contest were presented with their certificates at our annual Student, Alumni and Community Recognition Awards dinner on November 20, 2025, by School of Public Policy and Administration Director Professor Naomi Couto. The essay question was "How can Canadian public policy support youth engagement in democratic decision-making? Propose strategies that […]
The 2024 essay contest “Reimagining Education and Policy for the 21st Century” winners were presented with their certificates at our annual Student, Alumni and Community Recognition Awards dinner on November 21, 2024 by Professor Naomi Couto (SPPA Director). Presentation and comments were made by Professor Alena Kimakova (SPPA Undergraduate Program Director) and Ishvita Sharma (Vice-President) of our Public […]
The 2023 essay contest "Maintaining integrity: How influences of social media and CHAT-GPT have and will pave the path forward in your school assignments" winners were presented with their certificates at our annual Student, Alumni and Community Recognition Awards dinner on November 16, 2023 by Professor Naomi Couto (SPPA Director). Presentation and comments were made by Japneet […]
The 2022 essay contest "What do indigenous land acknowledgements mean to you?" winners were presented with their prizes at our annual Student, Alumni and Community Recognition Awards dinner on November 24, 2022 by Professor Alena Kimakova (SPPA Director) and Milena Basciano (President) and Nyarai Chidemo (Director of Student Engagement) from our Public Policy and Administration Student […]
The 2021 essay contest "What is Your Vision for Canada?" winners were presented with their certificates at our annual Student, Alumni and Community Recognition Awards dinner on November 25, 2021 in a hybrid format, with 80 in-person guests and just as many on Zoom. Professor Alena Kimakova (SPPA Director), and Milena Basciano (President) of our Public Policy and Administration Student […]
The 2020 essay contest "What is Your Vision for Canada?" winners were presented with their certificates virtually at our annual Student, Alumni and Community Recognition Awards Zoom Ceremony on November 26, 2020. This on-line event was attended by close to 100 guests from the SPPA community. Congratulatory remarks were made by Professor Joanne Magee (Undergraduate Program Director) and Khushbu Dhaliwal (President) of our Public Policy […]