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Green Gentrification, Environmental Injustice, and Displacement: What Policies May Help?
Come explore the complex intersection of urban sustainability, equity, and development at Green Gentrification, Environmental Injustice, and Displacem…

Exclusive Talk with Jacques Bertrand on Nationalism & Governance in Southeast Asia
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with Jacques Bertrand, a leading expert on nationalism and governance in Southeast Asia, as he presents ins…

Urban Innovation: A Look at European Metropolises
Join us for a compelling public lecture by Professor Robert Pyka, a leading sociologist from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Professor …

Results-Based Management (RBM) Professional Development Summit - 29 April 2025
Research Networks

Public management and governance
Current economic, societal, and technological transformations are changing management and governance practices in the public sector.

Cultural policy
The Centre’s researchers work on many topics such as cultural policy, culture and social cohesion, and local cultural policies.

Urban and territorial governance
Since the mid-1990s, the question of governance has been at the center of research on territories, urban and otherwise.

Social policy
Focuses on the effect of social policies and the institutions that deploy them on the direction of human lives.

Federalism and Multi-Level Governance
The decentralization of political power requires the presence of intergovernmental relations as an important component of the public policy process.

Indigenous Governance
Examines the evolving nature and place of Indigenous peoples, nations and their governments within the Canadian constitutional order.

Congratulations to the winner of the National Student Award for Leadership in Public Administration

New Issue of Culture and Local Governance Journal

Blog Post Series: Federalism and Policy
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University of Ottawa
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