The Public Policy Program at Simon Fraser University,
created in the Fall of 2003 consists of the Master's
in Public Policy (MPP) graduate program and the Centre
for Public Policy Research (CPPR). Simon Fraser University
is one of Canada's leading universities, ranked first
among the comprehensive universities four times out of
the past seven years, see www.macleans.com. The Public
Policy Program is located in SFU's
Harbour Centre Campus in the heart of Vancouver.
The Master's in Public Policy is a two-year innovative
new graduate program that emphasizes the development
of techniques to undertake and manage public policy analysis
and planning for public, private, and non-governmental
organizations. The mandate of the program is to provide
a professional graduate education that yields public
policy analysts and managers who can scrutinize a problem,
interpret and analyze relevant data, then evaluate alternative
paths of action. We emphasize practical application of
principles and analysis from the social science disciplines.
Students will be expected to master a core set of skills
in policy analysis, politics, economics, research and
quantitative methods. Graduates will find employment
in federal, provincial, and municipal governments, non-governmental
organizations, crown corporations, and private-sector
firms. The Centre
for Public Policy Research brings together
leading experts from SFU in labour markets, environment,
social policy, trade policy, immigration, Canadian and
international political economy, policy analysis, First
Nations research, land use, communications, foreign policy,
national and international security policy, and more.
The Centre has a working paper series, holds seminars,
sponsors conferences and symposia on a wide range of
public policy topics.
