Student Accomplishments

MPP student Amanda Card co-authored a Climate Justice Report from the Centre for Policy Alternatives.

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/peddling-greenhouse-gases

MPP student Amy Morris presented a case study to the Translink Board of Directors in December 2011 arguing that pets should be allowed on public buses without cages. 

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2011/12/07/19094416.html

MPP Movember Fundraising Kicks Off With Shave-Off: http://www.vancouver.sfu.ca/welcome/sfuvanblog/Fall2011/November2011/Movember.html

MPP 2011 alumnus Ian Anderson, and MPP 2012 candidates Scott Ireson and Joey Chopra presented at the inaugural Think Again! Graduate Student conference October 22nd, 2011 at the Halpern Centre on SFU’s Burnaby Campus.

2009 MPP graduate Caitlin Cooper made the front page of the local Vancouver publication The Georgia Strait recently with an article featuring her capstone research on “Creating a Transit Generation: The Effect of the U-Pass on Lifelong Transit Use” which reveals for the first time that U-Pass holders are likely to continue using public transit after their student days are over.

Please see the artiicle here:http://www.straight.com/article-248112/upass-offers-hidden-bonus

 

The Public Policy Program proudly announces Matthew Sharp (MPP 2010) as one of the winners of the 2008 Canada West Foundation Student Essay Contest.

Students enroled in western post-secondary institutions were asked to submit essays answering the question "Should Canada switch to a system of proportional representation?" The best undergraduate and graduate essays were each awarded $5000.

The winning graduate essay was: Shared Destiny: A Common Sense Approach to Strengthening Canada Through Proportional Representation by Matthew Sharp of Simon Fraser University's Public Policy Program.
  
The four winning and runner-up essays are now available for download by clicking here. 
 
 

 
 

SPP student Op-Eds

Conrad Malilay, Michelle Bailey, Meredith Haaf, Jennifer Blattler and Kaleigh Johnston were featured in an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun, December 1st, 2011 entitled: “The Growing Erosion of Urban Voting Power in B.C.”

Christine Robbins, http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/sighted+policy+visually+impaired/4035361/story.html

Lynn Perrin, http://communities.canada.com/VANCOUVERSUN/blogs/greenman/archive/2010/07/07/vancouver-to-get-two-new-farmers-markets.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage

Hartinder Nijjar, "Our Mental-Health-Care System Needs Fixing; Here's Howe" (May 27)
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/mental+health+care+system+needs+fixing/1635448/story.html

Patrick Zaph, "Bangladesh's Nurses Don't Get Enough Respect or Training" (May 27)
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Bangladesh+nurses+enough+respect+proper+training/1635445/story.html

Derek Andrew, "Income Tax Is Necessary To Finance First Nations" (May 28)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Income+necessary+finance+first+nations/1639040/story.html

Dorothy Easton, "Divorce and the Division of CPP Benefits" (June 1):
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Divorce+division+benefits/1650575/story.html

Frances Simpson, "Make Respite Care for Disabled B.C. Children a Priority" (June 1)
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Make+respite+care+disabled+children+priority/1650576/story.html