
Centre on Governance
The mandate of the Centre on Governance is to work with organizations to better understand governance mechanisms in order to analyze implementation problems and provide better services.
Featured Events

Mar 29
Deconstructing the public response to the convoy
Event sponsored by the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue.

Mar 15
Between Cohesion and Silos: Governance and Risk Management of the National Shipbuilding Strategy
Join us for this hybrid event with a CoG member, Prof. Olivier Choinière.

Jan 26
Digital Dilemmas: Technology, Governance, and Canadian Municipalities
The Centre on Governance invites you to the event:
Digital Dilemmas: Technology, Governance, and Canadian Municipalities
Thursday, January 26, 2…
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.
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Congratulations to André Lecours on the new publication!
CoG Director of Research and Professor André Lecours has published a new book on federalism in collaboration with his colleague, Daniel Béland.
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CoG launches a new video series Public Governance Diaries
The Centre on Governance is pleased to present a new educational video series called The Public Governance Diaries.
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The Gilles Paquet Award
The Centre on Governance is pleased to share the announcement on the GILLES PAQUET AWARD created by ACFAS.
Contact us
Centre on Governance
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Ottawa
120 University Private
Social Sciences Building
Room 5043
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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