IPAC News

March 10 2010 Press Release: 150!Canada Survey

March 10, 2008, OTTAWA – Eighty per cent of Canadians say it is important that
Canada begin preparing to significantly mark the milestone of the country’s 150th
birthday in 2017 through national and community celebrations, according to the
MasterCard 150!Canada Poll released today....

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February 17 2010 2010 Innovative Management Award Deadline April 30 2010

Submit your organization's/ministry or department's entry for IPAC's 2010 Innovative Management Award sponsored by IBM and KPMG which will recognize governmental/public sector organizations that have shown new and innovative ways of cutting across bureaucratic boundaries and silos to address the complex issues facing society.

February 11 2010 Calls for Nominations for Pierre De Celles Award for Teaching Excellence in Public Administration, Adjudicated Papers, Study Team Grants, National Student Thought Leadership Award, CPA Editor

February 09 2010 Announcing the Lieutenant Governor's Medal of Distinction to Patricia Walcott

The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and the Hamilton, National Capital Region and Toronto Regional Groups of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada are pleased to announce the award of the 2009 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal of Distinction in Public Administration, Ontario’s highest honour for public service, has been awarded to Patricia Walcott, Senior Executive Director, Service Canada (Ontario Region).

February 05 2010 2010 IASIA OP Dwivedi Award: Call for Nominations

in 2008 the IASIA Board of Management launched the OP Dwivedi Award in honour of Professor O P Dwivedi, Board of Management Member and former IASIA Regional Vice President for North America.

IASIA is currently seeking nominations for this year’s award to honour a distinguished international scholar or practitioner for significant contributions to public administration and public policy in the world. In 2008, the Award was given to Guido Bertucci, former Director of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, UNDESA, and in 2009 to the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Click here for the criteria and kindly note that current members of the IASIA Board of Management are not eligible for the Award. If you would like to put forward a nomination, please send to the Chair of the Award Committee and the IASIA Secretariat (bwooldri@vcu.edu ; j.irschik@iias-iisa.org), no later than 28 February 2010, a 1-2 page outline indicating why your nominee meets criteria #1 and why he or she should receive the award. The Award Committee, chaired by Prof. Blue Wooldridge, Virginia Commonwealth University and comprised of members of the IASIA Board of Management, will then review the nominations and recommend a candidate to the Board of Management. The Award will be officially presented at the IIAS-IASIA Congress in Bali, Indonesia.

December 23 2009 New publication: Ombudsman Book by Professor Stewart Hyson

How has the Ombudsman idea worked out in Canada and has it improved public service? To answer these and other questions the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) proudly announces a new publication edited by Professor Stewart Hyson, Provincial and Territorial Ombudsman Offices in Canada.

December 16 2009 IIAS-IASIA Congress Bali 12-17 JULY 2010 : Call for papers

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FACING NEW DYNAMICS: Constraints, Innovation and Sustainability

Key requirements:

Papers must directly address one or more aspects of the conference theme;

In line with the aims of the IIAS papers must have a scientific character (explicitly party political or overtly ideological papers are not suitable);

Final papers should normally be of between 4000 and 8000 words;

Papers can be accepted in English or French

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