The School of Public Policy’s Centre for Public Policy Research hosts a series of lunchtime talks for students and faculty members. In this series, policy leaders speak candidly about their work, the challenges they are facing, and how they are seeking to address them.
Spring 2023 Speakers
Ruth Mojeed Ramirez
Chief Equity Officer of The Inclusion Project & curator of Employment Equity Co-Lab
Topic | Sharing the Power: People-centred leadership in democratic institutions
Dr. Christy Sutherland
Medical Director of PHS Community Services Society
Topic | Canadian Drug Policy and the Overdose Crisis
Dr. Alaz Safak Munzur
Term Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, SFU
Topic | Canadian climate policy in the context of the global low-carbon transition
Dr. Kennedy Stewart
Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Public Policy Research, School of Public Policy, SFU
Topic | Using Chaos to Manage Cities in times of Chaos
Fall 2022 Speakers
Dr Peter Singer
Special Advisor to the Director General - World Health Organization WHO
Topic | Learning the lessons of COVID-19 & Accelerating Health
Andrea Reimer
Former City Councillor, Vancouver
Topic | Power Literacy for Policy-Makers
Michael A. Pickup
Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of BC
Topic | OAG from A to Z
Julie Miville-Dechêne
Senator of Canada
Topic | Introducing laws to fight modern slavery and children’s exposure to online pornography