The National Student and Thought Leadership Awards in Public Administration, a joint initiative of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) and the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA), aims to recognize talent in Canadian schools at the regional level and at the national level. It will promote excellence in public administration and showcase the top talent emerging from Canadian programs each year.

The awards aim to recognize talent in Canadian universities at the regional and national level. Applications are due June 1, 2010. [details]

The Council of the Federation Secretariat is now accepting applications from across Canada for its youth internship program. This paid internship is located in Ottawa begins in July 2009 and continues for a period of 12 months. Applicants must be aged 25 and under, have graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program at a recognized university, and be legally able to work in Canada. Applicants must demonstrate an interest in Canadian politics and federalism, and be able to communicate in English and French. The application deadline is May 21, 2009. For more information and an application form, visit www.councilofthefederation.ca.

Graduate Students’ Exchange Program
Deadline: April 25, 2008
www.scholarships.gc.ca/GSEP-en.html

The post-secondary recruitment (PSR) fall 2008 campaign starts in early September 2008, running until the end of October 2008. Test dates will be released closer the launch of the fall campaign and candidates will have to register for the tests via http://jobs-emplois.gc.ca web site.

The Council of the Federation Secretariat is now accepting applications from across Canada for its Youth Internship Program. Located in Ottawa, this paid internship begins in July 2008 and continues for a period of 12 months. Applicants must be aged 25 and under, have graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program at a recognized university, and be legally able to work in Canada. Applicants must demonstrate an interest in Canadian politics and federalism, and be able to communicate in English and French. The application deadline is May 22, 2008. For more information and an application form, visit www.councilofthefederation.ca www.councilofthefederation.ca.

The survey is officially closed. We thank all those alumni and universities who participated in the survey for their time and results. The research findings will be available on the CAPPA Web site in both official languages shortly. Please visit this section of the CAPPA website for further updates regarding the survey. Thank you.

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) University Recruitment Campaign, Hit the Ground Running, will be launched at universities across Canada on September 4, 2007. TBS is aiming to recruit approximately 20 post-graduate students as analysts into diverse positions across the organization. [details]

"Four Ontario universities—the University of Ottawa, Ryerson, York and the University of Toronto—are the latest in the rush to create new public management or public policy programs and tap into the thousands of jobs that will open up at all levels of government over the next decade," says a November 6, 2006, article in the Ottawa Citizen. [read full article]

“The public service is facing an extreme shortage of executives in the next six years, with 41 per cent expected to retire by 2012, according to the Public Service Commission. As the baby boomers leave en masse, the door is opening wide for students in public policy and public administration programs, writes Shannon Klie in the Canadian HR Reporter on December 4, 2006. [read full article].

Prof. Fazley Siddiq, Director of the School of Public Administration of Dalhousie University, has written a comprehensive report on recruitment of graduates of master’s in public administration and public policy. The report was presented at the 2005-06 Canada School of Public Service University Seminar, and the research supported by the Canada School of Public Service. [Report (PDF - English) • Survey (PDF) - English • Le rapport (Format PDF- français) • Le sondage (Format PDF) - français]

Career prospects in the public sector are brighter than they have been for many decades. For example, the Public Service Commission of Canada forecasts that 45 percent of the federal public service and 70 percent of its executives will retire by 2011-12. The retrenchment of the early 1990s meant that there is not a large cohort of experienced younger public servants ready to replace them. As a consequence, governments are recruiting more public servants at the entry level, especially through internship programs.

More detailed information on recruitment and retention issues can be found in a recent Public Service Commission report at www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/centres/reports-rapports/ra-vf/index_e.htm

An article entitled "Bureaucrat is not a dirty word" appeared in the facts and arguments column in The Globe and Mail, May 3, 2005. Author Matt Young is an MPA student at Dalhousie. [article]