Fall 2023
| August 21 - 25 |
Orientation Week |
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August 28 – October 5 MODULE 1
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PPOL 603: Comparative Government Structures with Narendra Subramanian |
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Students must choose one of the following: PPOL 611: Canadian Political and Policy Landscape with Andrew Potter |
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October 6 - 14 |
October 9 - 12: Fall Reading Break and Canadian Thanksgiving October 13 - 14: Exams |
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October 16 - 20 |
1. PPOL 650: State Capacity for Policymaking with Andrew Potter |
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2. PPOL 651: Regulatory Complexity with John Stewart |
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3. PPOL 644: Stakeholder Management with Geoffrey Kelley |
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October 23 - 27 |
1. PPOL 631: School Food Programs with Debbie Field |
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2. PPOL 632: Principled Trade-offs in International Emergencies with Dirk Druet |
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| 3. PPOL 633: The Trucker "Freedom" Convoy of 2022 with Vincent Rigby | |
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4. PPOL 634: Human Trafficking with Olivia Smith |
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October 30 - November 3 (Complexity Seminars Week 2) |
1. PPOL 647: Achieving Policy Transparency with Kevin Page |
| 2. PPOL 641: Rhetoric and Communications of Public Policy with Cheryl Oates | |
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3. PPOL 648: Race and Inequalities in Public Policy with Akwasi Owusu-Bempah |
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November 6 - December 15 MODULE 2 |
PPOL 605: Analytical Methods for Policy Evaluation with Mayssun El-Attar* PPOL 608: Principles and Practice of Policy Evaluation with Leslie Fierro* *Students must select either PPOL 605 OR PPOL 606, but not both. |
| PPOL 602: Microeconomics for Public Policy with Sonia Laszlo | |
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December 18 - 21 |
Exam Week |
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December 25 - January 2 |
Winter Break (Offices closed) |
Winter 2024
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January 8 - 12 (Policy Case Studies Week 2) |
1. PPOL 631: Alberta’s Climate Change Policy with Brian Topp |
| 2. PPOL 632: Selling Canadian CRJs in Russia with Michael McAdoo | |
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3. PPOL 633: Immigration in Quebec with Yolande James |
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4. PPOL 634: Preventing Homelessness in Montreal with Pearl Eliadis |
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| January 15 - 19 | Policy Lab Kick-Off |
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January 22 - March 1 MODULE 3 |
PPOL 601: Global Macroeconomic Policy with Chris Ragan |
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PPOL 607: Information and Media Literacy with Science, Evidence with Taylor Owen |
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PPOL 606: Science, Evidence, and Experts with Nick King |
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| March 4 - 8 |
Reading Break |
| March 11 - 15 | Exam Week |
| March 18 - 22 | Policy Lab Week |
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March 25 - 28 (Complexity Seminars Week 3) |
1. PPOL 645: Partisan Politics and Public Policy with Tasha Kheiriddin |
| 2. PPOL 643: Ethical Dimensions of Policymaking with Andrew Potter | |
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3. PPOL 651: Regulatory Complexity with John Stewart |
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April 2 - 5 (Policy Case Studies Week 3) |
1. PPOL 635: Reforming the Environmental Impact Assessment with Jesse McCormick |
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2. PPOL 636: The Failure of Ontario’s Green Energy Act with John Stewart |
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| 3. PPOL 637: Canadian Peacekeeping in Mali with Andrew Ng | |
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4. PPOL 638: Bilateral Negotiations on the STCA (Roxham Road) with Laura Dawson |
Summer 2024
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April 8 - 12 (Complexity Seminars Week 4) |
1. PPOL 646: Fiscal Policy and the Budgeting Process with Louis Levesque |
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2. PPOL 642: Globalization and Policymaking with Julian Karaguesian |
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3. PPOL 652: Public Choice and Public Policy with Ken Boessenkool |
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April 15 - May 24 MODULE 4 |
PPOL 609: Reasoning in Public Policy with Daniel Weinstock | |||
| PPOL 604: Law and Rights with Pearl Eliadis | ||||
| May 27 - 31 | Exam Week | |||
| June 3 - 7 | Policy Lab Week | |||
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June 10 - 14 (Policy Case Studies Week 4) |
1. PPOL 635: Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda with Pearl Eliadis |
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2. PPOL 636: Government Procurement in Contested Industries with Pierre Pyun |
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3. PPOL 637: Modernizing Food Safety Legislation with Neil Bouwer |
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4. PPOL 638: A Case Study of Canada's Bill C-11 with Ian Scott |
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| June 17 - 21 |
Policy Lab Week |
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| June 25 - 28 | Policy Lab - Final Presentations | |||
