School Highlights
September 13 In partnership with GreenPAC, the School hosted a panel talk, Environmental Leadership: the importance of non-partisanship in the age of polarized politics, with MP Joyce Murray, Vancouver City Councillor Andrea Reimer and SFU Public Policy professor Nancy Olewiler.
June 28 Halena Sieferling, MPP 2016 received 2nd place honours at the national CAPPA/IPAC conference for presentation of her Capstone work titled Running in Place: Overcoming Barriers for Women in Canadian Municipal Politics
June 9 It's Convocation Day for the Class of 2016! See feature articles on Awards and Capstone Research Projects in publicpolicy@SFU magazine
April 30 Rethinking the Region is an annual day-long conference (9am to 4pm) that provides an opportunity for deep dialogue, reflection and learning about the past, present and future of regional governance in Metro Vancouver.
We are co-hosting Rethinking the Region with the SFU Urban Studies Program and partnering with the City of New Westminster. View more details
Email urban@sfu.ca for info and to RSVP Program and Discussion Guide
March 15 We hosted the final speaker in our series Being the Change: Women, Policy and Making a Difference. Anne Giardini, SFU Chancellor, lawyer, business woman and writer addressed the topic of Women, Power and Tools for Change. Listen to interview on Roundhouse Radio
March 14 Congratulations to faculty member Dr. John Richards on his re-appointment by the C.D. Howe Institute as a Fellow-in-Residence and the Roger Phillips Scholar of Social Policy.
February 27 SFU takes national title two years in a row at policy case competition in Ottawa. Congratulations to team members Eric Bing, Hope Caldi, Sarah Griffiths and Sandy Lee. See photo and article
Recent Research
Access these titles in our Working Paper Series
Economic and Public Finance Issues for BIG and GAI Proposals Presentation to the Canadian Association of Business Economists, Kingston, Ontario by J.R. Kesselman.
Improving education for indigenous children in Canada was the focus of a C.D. Howe Institute conference in April co-organized by John Richards.
A Conference Report was prepared as well as two policy reports, If we had 300 Million Dollars: Funding for Reserve Schools and First Nations Elementary-Secondary Education: a National Dilemma
Economic Growth and People’s Determination about Immigration: The Case of Switzerland by D.M. Gross.
Vancouver’s Housing Affordability Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions by J.C. Gordon Executive Summary and Full Report
What’s the matter with Sweden? Explaining radical cuts to unemployment insurance in a bastion of social democracy by J.C. Gordon.
How Can Fast Access to Temporary Foreign Workers Ensure Priority to Domestic Workers? A Canadian policy experiment by D.M. Gross.
Testing the Limits: Who's Maximizing TFSA's and Who Isn't?, published in conjunction with the Broadbent Institute, by J.R. Kesselman.
In the News
September 1, 2016
Asst. Professor Josh Gordon's op-ed Toronto, don't let Vancouver's housing crisis become yours in the Globe & Mail Read article
March 29, 2016 Asst. Professor Josh Gordon and 2nd Year MPP student Anjum Mutakabbir on Data on Canada’s housing market are fine, but we need action now in the Globe & Mail. Read article
January 25, 2016 Asst. Professor Josh Gordon's op-ed The illusion of home equity gains has weakened our will to act, appears in Globe & Mail. Read article
