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Centre on Governance

Annual Report 2013

Université d’Ottawa • University of Ottawa


Centre on Governance

Annual Report 2013

Université d’Ottawa • University of Ottawa


This annual report

of the Centre on Governance

covers the activities of the Centre

from January through December 2013

It is respectfully submitted

to the Board of Directors of the Centre, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the

Dean of the Telfer School of Management, and the Vice President, Research

Additional information

about the activities of the Centre

and planned events

are available on the Centre on Governance website

www.gouvernance.uottawa.ca

Caroline Andrew

Director

March 2014

http://www.gouvernance.uottawa.ca/


Table of Contents

Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

Membership

Publications

I Journals and Invenire Books

II Publications of Members

Books

Chapters in books

Articles

Reports

Selected working, occasional and technical papers

Teaching material

Funded and Sponsored Research

I Major research projects

II Other projects

Main activities

I Public activities

Lecture Series

Other public events

Presentations

Facilitation

Missions

II Community connections

Selected community activities

Contact us


Introduction

This report highlights the activities of the Centre on Governance and its contributions to

the Faculty of Social Science and the Telfer School of Management, to the University of

Ottawa, and to the community at large in 2013.

The Centre on Governance studies governance in the private, public and social sectors

and inter-sectoral collaboration – governance defined as effective mechanisms of

coordination when power, resources and information are widely distributed. That work

echoes:

a way of thinking (approach, methodology and philosophy)

a tool box (how to work using this perspective)

mechanisms of coordination

clinical tools (to repair governance failures)

It is a hub of ideas where: work is interdisciplinary, both academics and practitioners

work in concert actively embraced, and partnerships outside as well as within the

University are sought. Our work results in the exploration, production and dissemination

of knowledge (ranging from conceptual and theoretical to practical) and the enhancement

of learning that uses governance as a manière de voir.

The Centre addresses problems or issues that are raised on governance fronts that can

vary from conceptual and theoretical reflections, to ethnographic and case studies, to

proceedings of conferences and symposia, and well as to works of a very practical nature.

Membership

The Centre’s membership consists of Senior Fellows, students and a number of faculty

members. The Centre-related work of the former varies in intensity & over time.

Senior Fellows are an essential part of the Centre and bring particular experience and

interest. They are involved in a wide variety of its work including designing and

implementing research projects, preparing and/or participating in colloquia and seminars;

and designing and delivering as well as participating professional development programs

and training courses & workshops. Their significant links to communities and governance

practices in different sectors, on different scales and in different policy areas contributes

importantly to understanding and improving governance processes generally.


Members Caroline Andrew Director, Centre on Governance

Pierre Beaudry Former General Secretary/Director of Administration ÉNAP

Lorreto Beninger Former Vice chair, Cultural Advisory Committee, City of Ottawa

Hany Besada Institute of African Studies, Carleton University

Stephen Brown School of Political Studies, Ottawa University

Nathalie Burlone School of Political Studies, Ottawa University

Meyer Burstein Senior Policy Fellow, Welcoming Communities Initiative

Linda Cardinal School of Political Studies, Ottawa University

Éric Champagne Assistant Director, Centre on Governance

Luc Chaput Co-founder UQO

Viva Dadwal Associate editor LSE-affiliated journal Globalization & Health

Jane Dawson Adult education specialist she has left – sorry OK for 2013 report

Dave Dubinski Experience-based expert in Parliament, politics & bureaucracy

Moira Hart-Poliquin Formerly with the World Bank

John-Paul Hatala Founder of Flowork International (social capital development)

Ruth Hubbard Former President, Public Service Commission of Canada

M. Sharon Jeannotte Former senior advisor to Canadian Cultural Observatory

Marc L. Johnson Leader of Socius and credentialed evaluator

Alice Kubicek CEO/President of AKP Performance Solutions

Dan Lane Telfer School of Management

Robert Legris Organizational creation and development consultant

Linda M. Manning Intercultural economist

Pierre Martineau International consultant

Mebometa Ndongo Institute of African Studies, Carleton University

Gilles Paquet Telfer School of Management, Ottawa University

Mireille Paquet Political Science, Concordia University

Johnathan Paquette School of Political Studies, Ottawa University

Caroline Pestieau Former VP IDRC

Steve Pomeroy Housing policy research consultant

Tim Ragan The Detox Project (research-focussed, not-for-profit, for companies)

Paul Reed Former senior social scientist, STC

John Trent School of Political Studies

Christopher Wilson Telfer, School of Management

STUDENTS

April Carrière

Brian Carrière

Angela Franovic

Board of Directors Caroline Andrew Stephen Brown

Nathalie Burlone Linda Cardinal

Éric Champagne Claude Denis (Director, School of Political Studies)

Ruth Hubbard Daniel Lane


Publications

The Centre’s work is disseminated in a variety of ways including journals and a book

collection as well as publications by its members.

I Journals and Invenire Books

Three publication series exemplify the Centre’s work, the first and second are on-going

journals comprising a quarterly electronic journal (www.optimumonline.ca) and

Gouvernance (also electronic) and the third is an on-going collection of books.

1) Optimum Online

Optimum Online (www.optimumonline.ca) is a quarterly peer-reviewed electronic

journal, published four times a year either in English or French and has more than 10,000

subscribers. The Editor in Chief is Senior Research Fellow Gilles Paquet. Twenty one

articles were published in 2013.

2) Governance

Revue gouvernance is a bi-annual bilingual electronic peer-reviewed journal that

publishes theoretical, empirical and critical articles that address one or more aspects of

public, private and social governance in Canada, Quebec and elsewhere in the world. The

editors are Louis Simard and Frank Ohemeng. Four articles were published in 2013.

3) Invenire Books

In collaboration with the Centre, Invenire publishes a collection of books that welcomes a

range of contributions – from conceptual and theoretical reflections, ethnographic and

case studies, and proceedings of conferences and symposia to works of a very practical

nature – that deal with particular problems or issues on the governance and stewardship

fronts.

Invenire’s editorial committee is made up of: Caroline Andrew, Robin Higham, Ruth

Hubbard, Daniel Lane, and Gilles Paquet (Director).

http://www.optimumonline.ca/



II Detailed list of publications by members

Books

Besada, H. and Kindornay, S. (2013) (eds) The Future of Multilateral Development Cooperation in a Changing Global Order. London:

Palgrave. 295 pages

Cooper, A.; Kirton, J.; Lisk, F. and Besada, H. (2013) (eds)

Africa’s Health Challenges: Sovereignty, Mobility of People and Healthcare Governance.

London: Ashgate. 286 pages

Gaudet, S., Burlone, N., Lévesque, M. (2013) (sous la direction de)

Repenser les familles et ses transitions. Repenser les politiques publiques, Québec, Les Presses de

l'Université Laval, Collection Sociétés et Population, 300p

Paquet, G. (2013)

Tackling Wicked Policy Problems: equality, diversity and sustainability, Ottawa: Invenire, 197p.

Paquet, G. (2013)

Gouvernance corporative – une entrée en matières. Ottawa : Invenire, 205p.

Trent, J. E. (2013) (ed)

The United Nations and Canada: What Canada has done and Should be doing at the UN, Ottawa,

World Federalist Movement – Canada

Chapters in books

C. Andrew (2013)

« Les populations marginalisées et la gouvernance locale des forêts » dans G. Chiasson et É.

Leclerc (éds) La gouvernance locale des forêts publiques québécoises. Presses de l’Université du

Québec: 189-204.

C. Andrew (2013)

“The Case of Ottawa” dans K.-J. Nagel (ed) The Problem of the Capital City: New research on

federal capitals and their territory. Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics: 83-102.

C. Andrew et C. Legacy. (2013)

“The role of partnerships in building inclusive cities” dans C. Whitzman, C. Legacy, C. Andrew,

F. Klodawsky, M. Shaw, K. Viswanath (eds) Building Inclusive Cities. Earthscan from

Routledge: 90-102.

Besada, H. and Martin, P. (2013) ““Forth” Generation of Mining Codes and Natural Resource

Management-Private, Voluntary, and Transnational Initiatives.” Canada Among Nations 2012-

2013: From Investment to Engagement-Looking Back, Looking Ahead. Medhora, Rohinton and

Teddy Samy (eds). Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press/CIGI.


Brown, S. (2013) "Canadian Aid to Africa", Canada Among Nations 2013. Canada-African

Relations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead. Samy, Y. and Medhora, R., eds., Waterloo, ON, Centre

for International Governance Innovation, 2013, pp. 181-194

Brown, S., (2013)

"Democracy Promotion in Africa", Routledge Handbook of African Politics, Cheeseman, N.,

Anderson, D. A. and Scheibler, A., eds., London: Routledge, 2013, pp. 404-13

Brown, S., (2013)

"The National Accord, Impunity and the Fragile Peace in Kenya", Transitional Justice and

Peacebuilding on the ground: Victims and ExCombatants, Sriram, C. L., García-Godos, J.,

Herman, J., and Martin-Ortega, O., eds., London: Routledge, pp. 238-54

Brown, S. and Olender, M. (2013)

"Canada's Fraying Commitment to Multilateral Development Cooperation", The Future of

Multilateral Development Cooperation in an Changing Gobal Order, Besada, H. and Kindornay,

S. eds., New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, pp. 158-88

Burlone, N. (2013)

"Logique des politiques familiales et parcours de vie", Repenser les familles et ses transitions.

Repenser les politiques publiques, Gaudet, S., Burlone, N., Lévesque, M. (sous la direction de),

Québec, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2013, Collection Sociétés et Population, pp. 181-201.

Gaudet, S., Burlone, N., Lévesque M. (2013)

"" Introduction "", dans Repenser les familles et ses transitions. Repenser les politiques

publiques, Gaudet, S., Burlone, N., Lévesque, M. (dirs.)., Québec, Les Presses de l'Université

Laval, 2013, Collection Sociétés et Population, pp.1-14.

Hubbard, R. & Paquet G. (2013)

“Single-purpose Entities in the Governance of a Multiplex World “ in How Ottawa Spends 2013-

2014 Doern, G.B., Stoner, C. (eds) McGill-Queens University Press, Montréal, 198-208.

Duxbury, N. and Jeannotte, M. S. (2013)

"Global cultural governance policy", The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning and Culture,

Young, G. and Stevenson, D., (eds.). Surrey, England: Ashgate, August, 361-376.

Pomeroy, S. & Falvo, N. (2013)

“Pragmatism and Political Expediency: Housing Policy under the Harper Regime” in How

Ottawa Spends 2013-2014 Doern, G.B., Stoner, C. (eds) McGill-Queens University Press,

Montréal,184-195.

Articles

Besada, H. (2013)

“Assessing China’s Relations with Africa”. Dakar: Africa Development 37.1

Besada, H.; Tok, E.; and Winters, K. (2013)

“South Africa in the BRICS: Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects”. Pretoria: Africa Insight


Brown, S., (2013)

"The Life and Death of CIDA (1968-2013)", Canadian Dimension, vol. 47, no. 5,

September/October 2013, p. 13

Brown, S., (2013)

"Canada's foreign aid before and after CIDA: Not a Samaritan state", International Journal, vol.

68, no. 3, September 2013, pp. 501-512

Brown, S., Swiss, L. (2013)

"The Hollow Ring of Donor Commitment: Country Concentration and the Decoupling of Aid

Effectiveness Norms from Donor Practice", Development Policy Review, vol. 31, no. 6,

November 2013, pp. 737-55

Cardinal, L., Champagne, É. et Eddie, M. H. (2013)

"Nouvelle gouvernance publique et innovation: le cas du Centre national de formation en santé",

Gouvernance, 10 (1): 1-19.

Champagne, É, (2013)

"Les programmes d'infrastructures municipales du gouvernement fédéral : une analyse de la

gouvernance multiniveau au Canada", Revue Télescope, 19 (1): 43-61.

Dadwal, V. (2013)

Guest editor of on-going journal series “Reverse Innovation in Global Health Systems: Learning

from Low income Countries”.

Dadwal V, Syed SB. (2013).

Reverse Innovation in Policy-making: A New Frontier? Optimum Online: Journal of Public

Sector Management. 43(1): 9-16.

Syed S.B, Dadwal V, Martin G. (2013).

Reverse Innovation in Global Health Systems: Towards Global Innovation Flow. Globalization

and Health, 9: 36.

Syed S. B, Dadwal V., Storr J, Riley P., Hightower JD, Gooden R, Kelley E. (2013)

Strengthening Partnerships. Globalization and Health, 9(47).

Hubbard, R, (2013)

“Performance, not model employer” www.optimumonline.ca Vol 43(2): 41-43.

Hubbard, R, Paquet G. 2013

“Innovation as Redesign” www.optimumonline.ca 43(4): 1-13.

Duxbury, N., Jeannotte, M. S. (2013)

"The Role of Cultural Resources in Community Sustainability - Linking Concepts to Practice and

Planning", The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice, 8(4): 133-144,

December

Jeannotte, M. S. (2013)

"Digital Cultural Mapping in Ontario: Promises, pitfalls, and panaceas", Municipal World,

123(9): 11-13, September 2013.




Lane, D.E, Mercer Clarke, C., Forbes, D.L. and Watson, P. (2013).

The Gathering Storm: Managing Adaptation to Environmental Change in Coastal Communities

and Small Islands. Sustainability Science, 8(3): 469-489.

Ndongo, M. et Klein, J-L. (2013)

“The World Bank and the Building of Local Institutionality in Senegal: A Path toward Municipal

Adjustment”, Urban Studies Research, vol. 2013, Article ID 301068, Revue électronique, 14

pages, doi:10.1155/2013/301068.

Paquet, G. (2013)

“The Political-Bureaucratic Interface: a comment on Andrew Griffith’s expedition”

www.optimumonline.ca 43 (4): pp. 61-74.

Paquet, G. (2013)

“Wicked Policy Problems and Social Learning” www.optimumonline.ca 43 (3): 19-34.

Paquet, G. (2013)

“Le bonheur québécois: narcissisme et données projectives” www.optimumonline.ca 43 (3) 43-

56.

Paquet, G. (2013)

“The Governance of Equability” www.optimumonline.ca 43 (2) 13-27

Higham, R., Paquet, G. (2013)

“Reflections on the Canadian Malaise” www.optimumonline.ca 43 (2) 1-12

Paquet, G. (2013)

« La gouvernance du Mont-Royal» www.optimumonline.ca 43 (2) 28-35

Paquet, G. (2013)

“Governance as Mythbuster” www.optimumonline.ca 43 (1) 23-35.

Paquet, G. (2013)

“La gouvernance, science de l’imprécis” Organisations & Territoires 21 (3) 5-17.

Ragan, T. (2013) “ How do you design program innovative thinking into company cultures?”, Technology

Innovation Management Review, http://timreview.ca/article/736, October.

Wilson, C. (2013)

“Moving from Leadership to Stewardship”, www.optimumonline.ca 43(3) 1-19.

Reports

Besada, H. and Martin, P. (2013)

“Mining Codes in Africa: Emergence of a “Fourth” Generation”. North-South Institute, March.

Carriere, B. and Al-Saleh, M., (2013).








http://timreview.ca/article/736



“Alternative Investments: Understanding Islamic Finance: Possibilities and Limits from an

International and a Canadian Perspective. Proceedings of the Seminar on Islamic Finance”,

Lecture Series Report. University of Ottawa; Ottawa, ON, January.

Chaput, L. (2013)

“Avis déposé au sommet sur l’enseignment supérieur thème: La gouvernance et le financement

des universités”, Sherbrooke, Québec, 17-18 janvier 11 pp

Jeannotte, M. S., and Pineau, A. (eds.) (2013)

"Gloom and Glee: Analyses of the Provincial and Territorial 2013-2014 Budgets from the

Perspective of Arts, Culture and Heritage", December.

http://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/governance/eng/publications.asp

Johnson, M. L. with F. Dumaine

« Défis : Un nouvel environnement pour la formation linguistique dans la fonction publique

fédérale ». Ottawa : Commissariat aux langues officielles du Canada, septembre. Étude dirigée et

rédigée par Marc L. Johnson.

Johnson, M. L. with F. Dumaine

« L’accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles : améliorer la capacité bilingue de la

magistrature des cours supérieures ». Ottawa : Commissariat aux langues officielles. Étude

préparée par PRA inc., avec la collaboration de Marc L. Johnson

Manning, L. M. (2013).

“Aboriginal Student Performance: (2009-2013): Components of Student Success”, Report for

Workforce and Personal Development Division, Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON, December.


“Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom: Aboriginal Blog Series”, Report for Workforce and

Personal Development Division, Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON, September.


“Supporting Aboriginal People’s Labour Market Entry”, Report to Ministry of Training, Colleges

and Universities, for Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON, May.


“Navigating the Canadian IT Workplace (NCITW)”, Formative Evaluation Report for In-TAC,

Ottawa, ON, July.

Wilson, C., Hoffman, K. (2013)

“Assessing Health promoting Schools” prepared for PHE Canada, Ottawa, November.

Selected Working, Technical and Occasional Papers

Besada, H. (2013)

“To End Poverty Through Sustainable Development”. Academic Council for the United Nations

Newsletter, Issue 3: 3-5.

Besada, H. (2013)

http://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/governance/eng/publications.asp


“Doing Business in Fragile States: The Private Sector, Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa”.

New York: United Nations Development Program.

Besada, H.; Denton, F. and O’Bright, B. (2103)

“Development and Sustainability in a Warming World: Measuring the Impacts of Climate

Change”. New York: United Nations Development Program

Lisk, F.; Besada, H. and. Martin, P. (2013)

“Regulating Extraction in the Global South: Towards a Framework for Accountability”. New York:

United Nations Development Program.

Besada, H, Stevens,Y. and Olender, M. (2013)

“Addressing the Costs of Sustainable Energy in the Global South”. New York: United Nations

Development Program.

Cardinal, L. (2013)

“La réforme du Sénat et les communautés francophones du Canada”, rapport d'expert dans

l'affaire d'un renvoi relatif à la réforme du Sénat, Cour suprême du Canada, 65 pages

Cardinal, Linda (2013)

“La réforme du Sénat et les communautés francophones du Canada”, rapport d'expert dans

l'affaire d'un renvoi relatif à la réforme du Sénat, Cour d'appel du Québec, 463 pages

Cardinal, L.; Levert, M-È; et Plante, N. (2013)

“Rapport synthèse du Sommet des États généraux de la francophonie d'Ottawa”, Chaire de

recherche sur la francophonie et les politiques publiques, Ottawa, 63 pages.

Ahmed, R., Andrew, C., & Carrière, A. (2013).

“2012 OMMI Survey: Selected Results” Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative. 34 pages.

Carrière, A., & Ahmed, R., (2013).

“Multicultural Media Use Profiles: Ottawa’s Chinese, Latin American, Somali and South Asian

Communities”. Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative. 20 pages.

Carrière, A., Luther, R., (2013).

“Better Together: Cultivating Equitable and Inclusive Organizations in Ottawa”. Ottawa Local

Immigration Partnership. 19 pages.

Manning, L. M. (Jan 2013—present). “Managing Your Career—On Purpose”, Video Blog series

for Immigrant Job Seekers, for OCISO, Ottawa, ON

Teaching Material Manning, L. M. (2013). “The Power of Inclusion” Training program for SME Employers,

OCCSC Maple 2.0 Program, Ottawa, ON

Ndongo, M. (2013)

« L’évaluation des actions de lutte contre la pauvreté urbaine en contexte de développement »

PowerPoint pour le Programme international de formation en évaluation du développement

(PIFED), Québec, juin.


Funded and Sponsored Research Interdisciplinary research activities are a trademark of the Centre. They receive support

from partners and/or funding councils. In 2013 they include: ‘Major (multi-year)

Projects’ that relate to private, public and social sectors and ‘Other Projects’ usually

involving applied research as well as an on-going workshop to develop a refurbished

conceptual framework for the governance of public, private and social organizations.

I Major Projects

1) Pathways to Prosperity Partnership (funding of $2.5M from SSHRC

for the period 2012 - 2019 with funding for various projects from a range of

federal and provincial ministries).

This is an alliance dedicated to fostering welcoming communities that promote the

economic, social and civic integration of migrants and minorities in Canada as well as

fully welcoming immigrants, international students and temporary foreign workers. It

operates through an overarching, central hub and five regional nodes. And includes all

key federal and provincial migration ministries; municipalities; national, regional, and

local organizations involved in newcomer settlement; as well as researchers from over

fifty universities.

It main activities are primary and secondary research, knowledge transfer, education, and

mutual learning. The methods bring together academic scholarship with local expertise

and detailed government program knowledge - to provide practical, empirically based

advice on policies, programs and agency practices.

Burstein, Meyer is head of the Secretariat and member of the pan-Canadian Board of

Directors. Andrew, Caroline is a member of the Board of Directors from Ontario

2) CURA - Knowledge-based Community Governance Project ($1,000K

from SSHRC over the period 2009-2014).

Its principal objectives are to study, evaluate, compare and formalize practical knowledge

on community governance developed within minority communities in order, in part, to

develop concrete action strategies as well as to contribute to the circulation of new

knowledge on the role of community governance within the development of linguistic

minorities’ sector

Cardinal,Linda is the director (with partners). Team members include Andrew, Caroline,

Champagne, Éric & Johnson, Marc L.


3) ICURA – C-Change ‘Managing Adaptation to Coastal Environmental

Change: Canada and the Caribbean’ (total funding of $1.958.5K ($1,017K

from SSHRC for Canada share and $914K for Caribbean share) for 2009-

2015).

C-Change, an International Community-University Research Alliance (ICURA) research

program addresses the plight of coastal communities faced with pending environmental

change. The C-Change community-based framework models and evaluates community

vulnerability to storm surge and sea level rise toward the objective of providing

communities with enhanced awareness and capacity to prepare for the pending changes.

To help achieve adaptation to environmental change, C-Change creates alliances among:

selected coastal communities in Canada and the Caribbean; postsecondary institutions

providing research and training resources; community businesses; and institutional and

technical services leaders. The research also establishes formal collaboration and mutual

co-learning opportunities among the Canadian and Caribbean coastal communities on

comparative research.

Lane, Daniel (Canada share) co-director, and chair of the C-FOAM research cluster.

4) CURA - Feminist Northern Network ‘FemNorthNet’

(funding of $1,000K from SSHRC for the period 2009-2014 through its

Northern Communities Special Call CURA program)

Using an intersectional gendered analysis and participatory action research, FemNorthNet

focuses on sustainable economic development in the North by exploring similarities and

differences among and between different groups of women. FemNorthNet is poised to

provoke broader discussions on economic restructuring and healthy communities.

Andrew, Caroline is the co-lead on the Governance Theme with Lafreniere, Charlene

from the University College of the North, Thompson Manitoba.

5) 2013 – CRSH – Subvention – Développement de partenariat – Avenir

Jeunesse – 3 ans $200.000.

Cette subvention vise à évaluer le partenariat qui soutient Avenir Jeunesse, un

programme qui vise la promotion des études post-secondaires pour les jeunes qui

viennent des milieux défavorisés à Ottawa. Le programme est un partenariat de la Ville

d’Ottawa, la Corporation du logement communautaire d’Ottawa, les cinq institutions

post-secondaires d’Ottawa (Algonquin, La Cité, Saint Paul, Carleton, U d’Ottawa) et

beaucoup de partenaires communautaires

Andrew, Caroline is the principal investigator


6) Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative - The Research Initiative:

Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative 2011-2014, SSHRC $200,000)

This project aims to improve collective knowledge of media consumption and production

in the Ottawa Chinese, Latin American, Somali, and South Asian communities. It is a

partnership of the University of Ottawa with the City of Ottawa, and in collaboration with

an extensive network of media producers, consumers, and scholars.

Andrew, Caroline is one of the co-investigators and Carrière, April is the project officer.

6) Civic Culture, the Social Contract, and their Faultlines in Canada.

An evidence-based examination of central principles of civic culture and how these vary

systematically across Canada’s regions, and underlie public and political behaviours. The

project is a continuation of an earlier completed initiative “Individuals, Institutions, and

the Social Contract in Canada”, directed by Dr. Paul Reed, with $300,000 in funding

from SSHRCC and a foundation. That first part of the initiative produced several reports

and the monograph, “A Fragile Social Fabric: ….?”. Funding for the second part is to be

sought in summer 2014.

Reed, Paul, co-investigator with Gary Caldwell

7) Policy Coherence for Development and Canadian Foreign Aid (2012-

2018, SSHRC $114,142).

Stephen Brown, principal investigator

8) Rethinking Canadian Aid: Foundations, Contradictions and

Possibilities (2012-2013, SSHRC $40,338).

Brown, Stephen, co-investigator

II Other projects

1) 2013 – Condition féminine Canada – subvention (funded by Status of Women

Canada) pour Initiative : une ville pour toutes les femmes.

Cette subvention est liée aux projets de recherche subventionné par le CRSH (2009-2012)

(Feminist organizing in neo-liberal times mentioned in the 2011 Annual Report and (Évaluation

de la mise en œuvre de la Perspective d’équité et d’inclusion par la Ville.

Andrew, Caroline is a co-investigator on the 2 grants. Franovic, Angela is part of the research

team


2) Developing Research & Development capacity in Government of South-Africa

National Treasury’s Technical Assistance Unit (TAU) (2012-2014).

This project aims to develop the R & D capacity of TAU using the action research network that

includes COG collaborators as well as TAU, the Public Affairs Research Institute of the

University of Witwatersrand. 2013 activities included missions, and presentations.

Champagne, Éric (leader), Martineau, Pierre and Hart-Poliquin, Moira, contributors

3) Service Action for Chad and Burundi (2013, UNICEF $409,000)

Effective community-based systems can deliver services that mitigate and respond to children’s

risk during and after armed conflict. This project aims to enhance understanding of the role that

community groups play in promoting social cohesion in localized settings and their capacities and

responsibilities for the education and influencing of social behaviour in children and to build

individual and community capacities to contribute to lasting social cohesion.

Besada, Hany is the research team leader

4) Governance of Natural Resources in Africa: Advancing a Qatari Perspective and

Economic Diversification (2013-2016, $735,000 Qatar Foundation)

The project will assist in developing technical capacity and technological innovation to diversify

into natural resource investments in sub-Saharan Africa focussing on: evaluating Qatar’s

potential; analyse the use of sort power; and inform diagnostic options for capacity building

instakeholders in extractive industry-rich ecnomies.

Besda, Hany is a senior researcher. Carriere, Brian leads research on one theme

5) Development of a Monitoring Framework in the Implementation of Coaching

Activities in collaboration with the World Bank Institute (WBI).

This project aims to design and test a monitoring framework for coaching activities as a tool for

WBI in its work to provide coaches for political leaders and operational teams related to

implementation challenges arising from policy reform. 2013 activities took the form of action

research.

Hart-Poliquin, Moira is a main contributor.

6) Canadian Active After School Partnership - part of the After School Initiative.

(September 2012 – March 2014, including $70,000 from the Public Health Agency of

Canada for the developmental evaluation component).

The developmental evaluation is being used to support collective learning in order to improve the

environment for quality after school programming.

Wilson, Christopher is co-developmental evaluator.


7) Health Promoting Schools Initiative -- Developmental Evaluation (April 2013 –

March 2015, $125,062 from the Lawson Foundation for developmental evaluation

component).

Physical and Health Education Canada seeks to develop an ecosystem approach to health

promotion in Canadian schools. The scope of this work is national, regional and local while at the

same time working across traditional health, educational and community boundaries to promote

health in schools in a sustainable manner. A key element is generating evidence of impact, and

community capacity to come together to support this kind of strategy.

Wilson, Christopher is co-developmental evaluator.

8) Benchmarking Knowledge Products and Dissemination Strategies (December

2013 -- March 2014, $20,000 Isaix Technologies supported by Public Health Agency of

Canada (PHAC)

PHAC’s Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion wishes to identify

potential niches for CCDP to target knowledge products and associated dissemination strategies

for chronic disease prevention based on patterns, trends and options that can be identified from

national, provincial and selected international products and practices.

Wilson, Christopher is co-investigator


Main Activities

I Public Activities

The Centre on Governance is involved in a wide span of activities pertaining to the

governing challenges in the international, private, public social, community and local

sectors. From year to year, these different sectors may represent more or less of the

Centre’s activities.

In 2013, the Centre has been particularly interested in developing new initiatives on the

international, innovation and community fronts. These themes can be seen in its

publications and research as well as in the creation of a special lecture series.

Lecture series

The main objective of the Governance Innovation Lecture Series is to create a space for

thinking about innovative solutions to address contemporary problems and challenges

faced by governments, beginning with contributions from members of the Centre on

Governance as well as visiting researchers. Its focus is on applied, concrete and targeted

innovations and aims at fostering inter-sectoral dialogue as well as between acadmeics

and practitioners. The target audience is the academic community, civil servants, public

and non-profit actors and the general public.

In 2013, four lectures were presented.

February 19, “The Politics of corruption: Two competing definitions”, Professor Ivor Chipkin

(Director, Public Affairs Research Institute and Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences,

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa). Partnership of the Centre on Governance and the

Public Affairs Rsearch Institute.

March 14, “Alternative Investment: Understanding Islamic Finance – Possibilities and Limits

from an international and Canadian Perspective”, Mr. Mahnmoud Mohieldin, Special Envoy for

the President of the World Bank and discussants: Walod Hejaz (Associate professor, Rotman

School of Management) and Rehan Huda (Director, Amana Canada Holdings). Partnership with

Telfer School of Management.

May 7, “Rethinking the Governance model for a Sustainable Peace Regime in the Korean

Peninsula?”, Dr. Hong Je Cho (Senior Research fellow, Research Institute for National Security

Affairs, Korean National Defense University and Visiting Scholar, McGill University). In

partnership with the Centre for International Policy Studies.

June 14, “Developing Women Entrepreneurship in Small and medium Enterprises in Bangladesh:

Issues, Realities and Policies”, Momtaz Uddin Ahmed (Professor, Department of Economics,

University of Dhaka).


Other Public Events

March 6, “Gender, Diversity and Tohoku Reconstruction: Challenges and Opportunities Two

Years On”, Professors Jackie Steel and Mari Osawa (Japan-Canada Interdisciplinary Network on

Gender, Diversity and Reconstruction). Talks in Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver, The Japan

Foundation in cooperation with The Asia-Canada Program, the University of Ottawa, Simon

Fraser University, and the Centre on Governance.

"Canadian Urban Forum: New Models for Tomorrow’s Infrastructures”, Canadian Urban Institute

and Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences, June 18 and 19,

2013

Champagne, Eric co-organizer

Presentations Besada, Hany (2013).

“Governing Natural Resources in South Africa.” Presentation at a High Level Panel Discussion

with South Africa’s Deputy President, H.E. Kgalema Motlanthe. 27 November. Ottawa, Canada.

“Overview of UN High Level Panel Report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda” &

“Governance of Natural Resources in Africa.” Presentations at the 2013 Devonshire Initiative

Conference. 30 July. Ottawa, Canada.

“Governing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development.” Presentation at the 2013 African

Development Bank Annual Meetings, hosted by the African Development Bank. 29-31 May.

Marrakesh, Morocco.

“Natural Resource Governance: Contemporary Issues and Policy Constraints.” Presentation at the

Natural Resource Charter Conference, hosted by the Natural Resource Charter Secretariat. 6-7

May. Kuwait City, Kuwait.

“Capacity Development for Natural Resource Management.” Presentation at the Launch of the

2013 Launch of the African Capacity Report and High Level Forum, hosted by the African

Capacity Building Foundation. 22 March. Accra, Ghana.

“Natural Resource Contracts in Sub-Saharan Africa: Capacity Constraints and Potential

Opportunities.” Presentation at the 2013 African Capacity Indicators Validation Conference,

hosted by the African Capacity Building Foundation, 7-8 February. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.


Brown, Stephen (2013)

"Effective at What and For Whom? Unpacking Canada's Aid Effectiveness Agenda", Canada

Abroad Conference, Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, UK, July 30-31.

"Dire Consequences or Empty Threats? Western Pressure for Peace, Justice and Democracy in

Kenya", Institute of African Affairs, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg,

Germany, May 22.

"Success factors and pitfalls of external democracy promotion", Forum on Global Issues, Foreign

Office, Berlin, Germany, May 7.

“Elections, Violence, and International Criminal Justice: The Case of Kenya”, German

Development Institute, Bonn, Germany, April 15.

Cardinal, Linda (2013)

with Helaina Gaspard.

The Harper Language Regime and Official Language Minorities in Canada, Université de

Victoria (Colombie-Britannique), Association canadienne de science politique, 6 juin.

with Danielle Manton et Sonia Ouellet.

L'accès à des services en français en Ontario: quels apprentissages pour la Coalition des

intervenantes et intervenants en justice?, Université d'Ottawa, Les savoirs de la gouvernance

communautaire, 14 février.

April Carrière (2013)

“Taking Part: An Initial Exploration of Multi-cultural Media as an Enabling Element of

Newcomer Collective Capacity in Ottawa”. Conference presentation at the 2013 National

Metropolis Conference, Ottawa, March 14.

“The Impact of Length of Residence in Canada on the use of Multicultural Media”. Conference

presentation at the 2013 RCIS Conference: Immigration and Settlement: Precarious Futures,

Toronto, May 15.

with R. Ahmed.

“Multicultural Media in Practice: A Look at Four Ethno-cultural Communities in Ottawa”.

Ottawa Multi-cultural Media Initiative. Poster presented to Prosperity. 2013 Annual Conference,

Ottawa, ON, November.

“Beyond the problem of mass media concentration. Lessons from Bolivia”. Conference

presentation at the Media Democracy Days Ottawa Conference, Ottawa, November 8.

Franovic, Angela (2013)

Presentation,“Public transit and the movement of new immigrant populations into suburban areas

in Ottawa: What would equitable and inclusive public policy look like?” , Conference Sept 26-28

on Global Suburbanisms.


Jeannotte, M. Sharon (2013)

“Telling the Story of Place: Cultural Mapping as Thick Description”, Montreal, Quebec, October

13-15, 2013, World Social Science Forum 2013, October 13.

"Putting Cultural Assets on the Map: A Case Study of Ontario", Creative City Summit, Ottawa,

May 28-30.

Johnson, M. L. (2013).

with F. Dumaine.

« Évaluer la Feuille de route pour les langues officielles par une approche axée sur la théorie. Une

proposition. Présentation au Centre d'études en gouvernance », uOttawa.ca, le 23 octobre.

« Place aux jeunes – Stormont - Dundas - Glengarry. Application de l’analyse différenciée

francophone (ADF) durant la mise en œuvre du projet, pour le compte du RDÉE-Ontario ».

Présentation à la rencontre annuelle de l'alliance de recherche Les savoirs de la gouvernance

communautaire, Petit-Rocher, Nouveau-Brunswick, 27 août.

with F. Dumaine.

« Écouter, comprendre et soutenir la vitalité communautaire grâce à l’évaluation axée sur la

théorie ». Présentation au congrès annuel de la Société canadienne d'évaluation, Toronto, le 11

juin.

with F. Dumaine.

« Innovation in Community Vitality Evaluation ». Presentation at the Canadian Evaluation

Society - National Capital Chapter's Lunch and Learn Event, Ottawa, April 30th.

with F. Dumaine.

« Innover afin d’évaluer la vitalité communautaire". Présentation au Rendez-vous de

développement professionnel de la Section de la capitale nationale de la Société canadienne d’évaluation, Ottawa, 21 février.

Kubicek, Alice (2013)

‘The Consulting Environment: framework of a company case study’. Grenoble graduate School

of Business, Grenoble, France: March.

Manning, Linda M. (2013).

“Employer Engagement—A Global Concern”, presented in Competition for Talent—Challenges

for Employers’ session at the 2013 Metropolis International Conference, Tampere, Finland.

September.

with Michael Purdy.

“When research meets practice: What listeners can learn from the challenges of cross cultural

communication”, presented at 34th Annual ILA Convention 2013, Montreal, QC., June.

with K. Diaz.

“Strategies for Inclusive Performance Appraisals”, workshop presented at Multicultural Forum

Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, April.


“Inclusion, Cultural Shift and Competitive Advantage”, presented at 15th National Metropolis

Conference “Building an Integrated Society,” Ottawa, ON, March.

“Find Potential in Culture Traps” presented at Cannexus 2013, Ottawa, ON, January.

“Pillars of Achievement”. Keynote Address at Diversity & Inclusion Conference, “Together as

One,” Public Safety Canada, Ottawa, ON, April.

“The Power of Inclusion”. Keynote Address at Timmins Learning Forum, Timmins, ON, March.

“International Youth: A New Opportunity”, Keynote Address at AIESEC Ottawa Corporate

Breakfast, Ottawa, ON, May.

“Economics for Succes”, Junior Achievement Canada, Ottawa, ON.

Martineau, Pierre (2013)

with John Gelder and Nick Shepherd.

“Making Service the Focus of the Public Service”, Operations management support programme

partner workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, July 23.

Ndongo, Mebometa (2013)

« L’action de la Banque Mondiale au Sénégal : évaluer le développement urbain et comprendre

les dimensions cognitives et culturelles sous-jacentes », colloque du CREXE-ENAP dans le

cadre du 81e Congrès de l’ACFAS (Section 400 Sciences sociales, # 475), Université Laval,

Québec, mai.

Paquet, Mireille (2013).

"The New Resource? Province Building in Immigration 1990-2010 ", Annual Meeting, Chicago,

August.

"The New Resource? Province Building in Immigration 1990-2010 ", 85th Canadian

Political Science Association Annual Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, June.

"Expansion in an Era of Contraction: Province Building and Immigration in Canada,

1990-2010. " First International Conference on Public Policy, Grenoble, June 20.

"Réseaux de soutien à l’immigration francophone et Partenariats locaux d’immigration."

Congrès en immigration francophone 2013, Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise,

Saskatoon, April.

" Canada: Provinces and the Federalization of Immigration." APSA Short Course 7:

“Inclusive Cities? The Politics and Policies of Immigrant Integration in Comparative

Perspective” APSA 2013, Annual Meeting, Chicago, August.


With Andrew, Caroline.

"Les réseaux de soutien à l’immigration francophone de l’Ontario. La gouvernance collaborative

en action. "; Office of the French Language Services Commissioner, Government of Ontario,

Toronto, April.

"Continum(s) et opportunités. Panel : “Continuum de l’immigration et dynamiques

émergentes”. Metropolis pré-congrès: Journée sur l'immigration francophone au sein des

communautés francophones en situation minoritaire CFSM, Ottawa, Mars 2013.

Reed, Paul (2013)

,“Thinking More Strategically About Volunteering and Volunteers”, McGill University Health

Centre, Montreal, September 28.

“Civic Engagement: The Visible and Not So Visible Consequences of Volunteering”, Mc Gill

University Health Centre, Institute for Strategic Analysis and Innovation, Key Note Opening

Address, 6th Annual Conference, , September 29.

Trent, John (2013)

“Seeking New Paradigms in Political Studies”, Autonomous National University of Mexico

(UNAM) 5 November.

“The Benefits and Costs of Specialization in Political Science”, Universidad Iberoamericana 6

November.

“The State of Political Science in the World”. Keynote speaker at the ‘International Workshop on

the Study and Research of Political Science in a Comparative Perspective’ 7-8 November.

“The State of Political Studies in the World: Thinking about New Paradigms” Keynote paper to

the RC 33, RC 19 and IPSA Executive Committee Meeting: “Comparative Perspectives on

Political Science and Gender” 12 December, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Wilson, Christopher (2013)

“From Management and Leadership to Collaboration and Stewardship: The Internet Will Make

Governments Unrecognizable by Today's Standards”, working paper and panel presentation for

The World Social Science Forum, “Social Transformations and the Digital Age”, 13-15 October

Montréal, Canada.

“Reducing Bureaucracy from the Perspective of Blueprint 2020”, presentation Health Canada’s

Young Professionals Network, Health Canada, Ottawa, 22 August.

“Moving from Leadership to Stewardship”, presentation to the Second Annual CAPPA

Conference in Public Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, 27-28 May.


Facilitation

Beninger, Lorraine (2013)

Guest Speaker for the 4th year Arts Management class, Sprott School of Business, Carleton

University, December 9.

Carriere, Brian (2013)

Facilitated workshop on creating employment opportunities and developing ones network as part

of the Youth Futures Program.

Champagne, Éric (2013)

Strengthening Action Learning in TAU’s management process, Operations management support

programme partner workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, July 23.

La gouvernance des sociétés : une mise en contexte, Collège des Administrateurs de Sociétés,

certification universitaire en gouvernance de sociétés de l’Université Laval, Montréal 22 mars et

7 novembre.

Hubbard, Ruth (2013)

“The strong pull of the past: impediments to realizing e-government”, Telfer School of business,

March 12.

“Public Management Today”, School of political studies, April 4.

“What has to happen for government to be relevant?” Institute on Governance, June 13.

“Rising disloyalty and the public reform that incites it”, Institute on Governance, November 20.

Johnson, M. L. (2013).

« L'évaluation au service de l'élaboration des politiques publiques. Le cas de la Feuille de route

pour les langues officielles ». Formulation des politiques publiques, Université d’Ottawa, le 8

novembre.

Hart-Poliquin, Moira and Eric Champagne (2013).

Leadership for Results : What Lessons have we Learned that could be Useful for Operations

Management Support Programmes?, Operations management support programme partner

workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, July 23. Manning, M. Linda (2013)

Facilitator, The Power of Inclusion for Cultural Competence for SME Employers, Cultural

Competency Workshop for Employers, In-TAC, Ottawa, ON.

https://www.cas.ulaval.ca/cms/site/college/lang/fr/cas-gouvernance/certification-gouvernance/programme


Ndongo, Mebometa (2013)

Ateliers pratiques sur « l’évaluation des actions de lutte contre la pauvreté urbaine en contexte de

développement » : problématique de la pauvreté urbaine, cibles, nature et processus de

conception des actions de lutte; études de cas (États, organisations internationales, milieu

universitaire), cadre empirique, lacunes et pistes de solutions.

Paquet, Gilles (2013)

Présentations : Collège des Administrateurs (Université Laval) in Québec. Certificat universitaire

en gouvernance des sociétés – Février et Septembre 2013.

Challenges and possibilities for the federal capital region. International Urban Fellows of Johns

Hopkins, Ottawa June 17.

Governance: how to transform the coordinating roles of governing bodies, Royal Life Saving

Society Canada, Charlottetown May 25 and Ottawa, September 28.

Gouvernance et éthique, Association du transport urbain du Québec, Gatineau, le 3 octobre.

Dealing with wicked policy problems, Institute on Governance, Ottawa, October 16.

Governance and strategic planning. Groupe Promutuel, Gatineau, November 7.

Ragan, Tim (2013)

Business Process Transformation Winter term teaching, Telfer School, February – April:

“Elder mediation”, Planning session of FMC/OAFM (Family Mediation Canada; Ontario

Association of Family Mediators), March

“Futures”, Social Planning Council of Ottawa (SPCO) at their AGM, July 30.

Strategic plan for CCA (Council of Canadian Academies), June/July

Transformation Initiative, Community Foundation Ottawa (CFO), August - October.

FMC (Family Mediation Canada) Board Meeting, facilitation, during AGM 2nd, 3rd

November

Reed, Paul (2013)

Self-Interest, Altruism, and the Social Dynamics of Cooperation; and, Civic and Social

Engagement in Contemporary Democracies (both 4th year courses taught at Carleton University)

Wilson, Christopher (2013)

with K. Hoffman.

“Reframing Healthy School Communities”, facilitated workshop for Physical and Health

Education Canada, Ottawa, 11-12 July.


Missions

Champagne, Éric (head of the mission); Martineau, Pierre and Hart-Poliquin, Moira (2013)

Mission to South Africa, from July 14-26. Support to National Treasury’s Technical Assistance

Unit (TAU). This mission is part of an engagement with TAU and its South African Partners to

support public sector reforms through Action Learning.

Champagne, Éric and Martineau, Pierre (2013)

The Centre on Governance hosted a TAU mission to Canada (16-23 February 2013) to prepare a

project to strengthening capacity of the knowledge management (KM) function through an action

learning approach to improve effectiveness and sustainability of TAU/GTAC’s engagement with

Clients faced with service delivery challenge. Eric Champagne and Pierre Martineau were the

focal points from the Centre on Governance.


II Community Connections

Selected Community Activities

Beninger, Lorraine (2013)

Member, Citizens Academy: Ottawa History project.

Besada, Hany (2013)

Member of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel Secretariat on the Post-2015

Development Agenda (2012-2013).

Member of the 2013 Expert External Reference Group on the 2013 African Capacity Indicators

Report, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Member of the Canadian International Council’s Africa Study Group, Ottawa, Canada (2013).

Member of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs Review Board, Cambridge, United

Kingdom (2013).

Member of the Canadian Foreign Policy Review Board, Ottawa, Canada (2013).

Member of the Society of International Development, Ottawa, Canada (2013).

Champagne, Éric (2013)

Member of the Board of Director of the Canadian Urban Institute (and on the Governance

Professeur associé à l’Observatoire de la Mobilité durable de l’Université de Montréal.

Dadwal, Viva (2013)

Associate Editor LSE-affiliated journal “Globalization and Health”.

Hubbard, Ruth (2013)

Editorial board member ‘The Innovation Journal’.

Jeannotte, M. Sharon (2013)

Member of the Scientific Committee for the International Conference on Mapping Culture:

Communities, Sites and Stories, May 28-30, 2014, Coimbra, Portugal.

Kubicek, Alice (2013)

President of Board of Directors, Daybreak Non-Profit Housing & Director of Audit and Finance

Board Committee.


Director of Appeals Committee, Human Resources Professionals Association, Ontario.

Director-at-Large, National Board of Directors, Certified Management Consultants Canada.

Lead Judge, JMSB International MBA Case Competition, Concordia University.

Manning, Linda M. (2013)

Executive Committee Member, Financial Literacy Action Network Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Paquet, Gilles (2013)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Immigration Policy Reform.

Membre associé du Groupe de recherche sur l’économie de l’immigration.

Pestieau, Caroline (2013)

Member of the Board of Trustees, International Network on Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing.

Chair, Recruitment Committee, Carty House Board.

Chair of the Organizational Development Committee, Academics Without Borders Canada

(AWBC).

Trent, John E. (2013)

Chair, Board of World Federalists.

Contact Us

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5

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