CAPPA-FINAL-PROGRAM-EN-May-15

Final Program
Fourth Annual CAPPA Conference in Public Management:
Public Management in Theory and Practice
Glendon College, York University
Toronto, Ontario
May 25-‐26 2015
Monday, May 25th
7:30 – 8:30

Registration and Breakfast

8:30 –9:00

Conference Welcome (Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Donald Ipperciel (Glendon Principal, York University)
Kathy Brock (CAPPA President, Queen’s University)
Ian Roberge (Conference Organizing Committee, Glendon, York University)

9:00 – 10:30

Plenary (Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Mark Sproule-Jones: ‘Governments at Work’
Chair: Kathy Brock (CAPPA President, Queen’s University)
Susan Phillips (Carleton)
Mario Levesque (Mount Allison)
Charles Conteh (Brock)
Final remarks: Mark Sproule-Jones

10:30 – 10:45

Health Break

10:45 – 12:15

Break-Out Panels

Conference Panel – The Style of Prime Ministers of Canada
(Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Chair: Jonathan Craft (University of Toronto)
David Zussman (University of Ottawa)
The Cognitive Styles of Prime Ministers and Governance: Pearson to Harper
Denis Saint-Martin (Université de Montréal)
Mr. Dithers: Paul Martin's Style and the Constraints of Minority Government
Patrice Dutil (Ryerson)
Macdonald, Laurier, Borden: Measuring 'Style' in Prime Ministerial Time
Panel A – Regulation and Public Policy (Centre of Excellence A302)
Chair: Russell A. Williams (Memorial)
Mark Winfield (York University)
Smart Regulation and Public Safety: The case of Transport Canada
Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn (McMaster)
Understanding Market-based Accountability in Post-Crisis Anglo-American Finance: Cognitive
Capture, Discursive identities, and Regulatory Justification
Heather McKeen-Edwards (Bishop’s)
Regulating Payday Lenders: The Paradigm of Responsible Lending and Recent Regulatory Reform
Panel B – Pushing the Boundaries of Public Management Theory (Centre of Excellence A304)
Chair: Ian Roberge (Glendon, York University)
Sarah Whiteford (Director of Policy and Legislation with Manitoba Education and
Advanced Learning)
Policy Design as Instrument Choice? The Regulation Revisited
Nilam Bedi (Public Policy Innovations, Inc.)

Strategic Foresight in Public Policy and Management: Precepts, Practice and Lessons
Elona Guga (University of Roma Tor Vergata)
What Public Management Model is Emerging Post-2007/2008 Global Crisis?


12:15 – 13:15

Lunch

13:15 – 16:30

Workshop on Praxis and Pedagogy: Where Teaching Case
Studies Work in Public Administration
(Centre of Excellence A301)
James C. Simeon (York University)

The objectives of this "Workshop on Praxis and Pedagogy: Where Teaching Case Studies Work in Public
Administration" is intended to explore how case studies, an active element of experiential learning, can
be incorporated most effectively in teaching public administration. The workshop will feature a number
of accomplished professors and public sector practitioners who effectively utilize case studies in their
teaching in the lecture hall and/or seminar and training in the workplace. The workshop will focus on
four principal elements: (1) the value of case studies in experiential learning; (2) the wide range of
different types of case studies formats and instructional methodologies; (3) a round table that will
feature some leading professors and public sector trainers and how they apply different types of case
studies in their teaching/training; (4) the most recent innovations in the development of collaborative
approaches in the development of experiential learning through the use of case studies and the Hubert
Project. This interactive workshop will seek to engage the participants to the fullest extent possible.

13:15 – 14:45

Break-Out Panels

Conference Panel – Preparing the Next Generation of Public Servants
(Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Chair: Luc Juillet (University of Ottawa)
David Brown & Kayle Hatt (University of Ottawa)
Trends in Student and Graduate Hiring in the Federal Public Sector in the Age of Budget Cuts
Karine Levasseur & Andrea Rounce (University of Manitoba)
Mentorship in Program Evaluation for Early Career Public Administrators
Daniel Cohn (York University)
Managing Organizations vs Managing by Contracts: Does Alternative Service Delivery Require an
Alternative Public Administration Education?
John Wilkins (Schulich, York University) & Michael O`Neill (Treasury Board Secretariat)
Teaching Public Management, Public Administration and Public Policy – Legacy of the Scholar
Practitioner


Panel A – Public Management, Risk and Innovation (Centre of Excellence A302)
Chair: Mark Winfield (York University)
Patrick Galvin (University of Toronto)
Local Government, Multilevel Governance, and Cluster-Based Innovation Policy: A Case Study
Analysis of the Toronto Aerospace and Fashion Clusters
Charles Conteh (Brock University)
Governance of Cities in the Twenty-First Century: Balancing Efficiency and Democracy
Maud Devès (Institut Physique du Globe/Sciences Po.)
Thomas Ribémont (CERAL-Sorbonne Paris Cité / ICEE-Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Gestion publique des risques et crises telluriques: Quand l’administration rencontre les sciences
de la Terre
Panel B – The Political-Administrative Interface in Public Management
(Centre of Excellence A304)

Chair: Malcolm Bird (University of Winnipeg)
Rob Shepherd, Chris Stoney & Lori Turnbull (Carleton)
Definition and Typology of the Concept of Politicization in Canadian Public Service
Jonathan Craft (University of Toronto) Paul Wilson (Carleton)
Advising the Rulers: Operational Developments in Contemporary Executive Advisory Work
Kathy Brock (Queen’s University) Andrea Migone (IPAC)
An Emerging Public Sector Norm: Accountability before Democratic Responsibility?


14:45 – 15:15

Health Break

15:15 – 16:45

Break-Out Panels

Conference Panel – Blueprint 2020 and Public Management of the Future
(Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Chair: Francis Garon (Glendon, York University)
Peter Edwards (Blueprint 2020 National Secretariat), Adam Fritz (Blueprint 2020 National
Secretariat) & John Kehoe (Canada School of Public Service)
Blueprint 2020: Building Tomorrow’s Public Service Together
Caroline Covell (Walden University)
Public Management of the 21st Century
Isabelle Fortier (ENAP)
État démocratie et administration publique : les enjeux de l’accélération
Panel A – Public Management in the Provinces (Centre of Excellence A302)
Chair: Ken Ogata (York University)
Russell A. Williams (Memorial)

Foreign Policy and the ‘New Federalism’: The Provinces and Canadian Climate Change Policy
Malcolm Bird (University of Manitoba)
The Modernization of the LCBO
Keith Brownsey (Mount Royal University)
Layering, Drift and Conversion? The Budget Process in Alberta 2014
Dmitry Lysenko (Ciuriak Consulting)
Saul Schwartz (Carleton University)
Does Canada Need Trade Adjustment Assistance?


Panel B – Knowledge, Accountability and Information Management
(Centre of Excellence A304)
Chair: Lori Turnbull (Carleton)
Eric Nelson (University of Ottawa)
Knowledge Management Practices in the Public Sector: Theoretical Implications for Public
Administration
Marc Valade (Ryerson) & Lilly Lemay (ENAP)
Overcoming Result Based Management Deadlock with a Multidimensional Understanding of
Accountability
David Brown (University of Ottawa)
Information Management and Digital Government
Karine Levasseur (University of Manitoba) Mark D. Jarvis (Mowat Centre)
The (Im)possibility of Horizontal Accountability

16:45 – 17:00

Health Break

17:00 – 18:00

Plenary
Roundtable: Teaching Indigenous Policy and Administration
(Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)

Chair: Frances D. Abele (Carleton University) - Recipient of Pierre De Celles, IPAC Award for
Excellence in Teaching Public Administrati on
Jennifer David (Stonecircle Consulting)
Julia Candlish (Education Coordinator Chiefs of Ontario)
Jennifer Dalton (York University)
Hayden King (Ryerson University)


18:00 – 19:00

Reception (BMO Conference Centre Glendon Hall)

19:00 – 21:00

Conference Dinner (BMO Conference Centre Glendon Hall)
Keynote Address: Greg Sorbara (Chancellor York University /
Former Minister of Finance of Ontario)

Tuesday, May 26th
7:30 – 8:30

Breakfast

8:30 – 11:45

Roundtable on Understanding Governance in the Digital Era:

An Agenda for Public Administration
(Centre of Excellence A301)

This roundtable will explore the opportunities and challenges that new digital technologies are
presenting in some of the key domains of public administration practice: policy analysis, advising elected
leaders, engaging citizens and stakeholders, evolving models of service delivery, regulation and
surveillance, transforming the back office, and new approaches to accountability. The following
questions for each domain will animate the roundtable: (1) What potential improvements could digital
technologies bring to this domain of public administration? (2) Which enduring issues of public
administration will remain in this domain, despite or perhaps even because of the digital age? (3) What
is needed to advance practice and research in this domain for the digital era and to function in the emerging
governance environment? The roundtable will proceed with short presentations designed to encourage a
wide-ranging discussion with the audience.
Chair: Evert Lindquist (University of Victoria)
Amanda Clarke (Carleton)
Policy Analysis in the Digital Era
Jonathan Craft (University of Toronto)
Advising Ministers and Legislators
Kathy McNutt (University of Regina)
Engaging Citizens and Stakeholders,
Jeffrey Roy (Dalhousie University)
Evolution of Service Delivery


Patrice Dutil (Ryerson University)
Regulation and Surveillance
David Brown (University of Ottawa)
Transforming the Back Office
Mark D. Jarvis (The Mowat Centre)
New Approaches for Accountability

8:30 – 10:00

Break-Out Panels

Conference Panel – Public Service Ethics (Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Chair: Lorie Turnbull (Carleton)
Maria Capozzi (Office of the Auditor General of Manitoba)
Manitoba’s Framework for an Ethical Environment
Discussant: Ian Greene (York University)
Discussant: Robert Shepherd (Carleton)
Discussant: Lorie Turnbull (Carleton)
Panel A – Public Management and Human Resources (Centre of Excellence A302)
Chair: John Wilkins (Schulich, York University)
Peter Wesolowski (University of Ottawa)
Fairness Implications of Government of Canada E-Recruitment Systems. The Need to Update
Theory to Account for Technological Change
Vic Satzewich (McMaster)
‘There is No Such Thing as Perfect Application’ Digging Deeper, and the Non-Use of Substituted
Evaluations in the Selection of Federal Skilled Workers
Luc Juillet (University of Ottawa)
Conflicts of Interest Regulation in Canada and France: Contrasting Logics of Transparency and
Accountability


10:00 – 10:15

Health Break

10:15 – 11:45

Break-Out Panels

Conference Panel – The Impact of Ombudsman Investigations on Public Administration: A Case Study
and Evaluation Guide (Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Chair: Myer Siemiatycki Ryerson University
Fiona Crean (Ombudsman, City of Toronto)
Graeme Cook (Research & Policy Consultant, Office of the Ombudsman, City of Toronto)
Jocelyn Kane (Ryerson University)
Andrea Noack (Ryerson University)
Marc Valade (Ryerson University)
Panel A – Public Management and Citizen Engagement (Centre of Excellence A302)
Chair: Isabelle Fortier (ENAP)
Jocelyn McGrandle (Concordia University)
Unpacking Representative Bureaucracy in the Canadian Federal Public Service
Bryan Evans (Ryerson) Halina Sapeha (McMaster)
Are Non-Government Policy Actors Being Heard? Assessing New Public Governance in Three
Canadian Provinces
Francis Garon (Glendon, York University)
Building and Maintaining Capacity in a Turbulent Environment: The Case of Community
Organizations for Immigrant Integration in Québec
Andrea Rounce (University of Manitoba)
Assessing the Role(s) and Impact(s) of Public Participation in Public Policy
Panel B – Public Service ‘Gamification’: Engaging, Motivating and Building Capacity in Public
Management and Administration (Centre of Excellence A304)
Chair: James Simeon (York University)
Todd Julie (Carleton)
Giovanna Mingarelli (M&C Crowdsourcing Communciations)
Robert Parungao (Treasury Board Secretariat)
Neil Randall (University of Waterloo)

1:45 – 13:15

Working Lunch / Workshop:
Reflections on Writing Public Policy Syllabi
(Centre of Excellence A301)
Naomi Couto (York University)

For many new instructors, the task of writing a strong course syllabus becomes a work in progress
through experience as well as trial and error. This panel serves as a foundation for thinking about what
goes into a public policy course at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The basic structure of a
course outline will be discussed but just as importantly, the rationales around reading selections,
assignments, and grading criteria will be explored in terms of the goals and learning objectives set by
individual instructors and/or their departments.

11:45 – 12:15

Lunch

12:15 – 13:15

CAPPA AGM (Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)

13:15 – 14:45

Break-Out Panels

Conference Panel – CAPPA and the Teaching of Public Management
(Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)

Chair: Kathy Brock (CAPPA President, Queen’s University)
Ian D. Clark (University of Toronto) Leslie A. Pal (Carleton)
Should CAPPA Have a Core? Lessons from International Comparisons of MPP/MPA Curricula
Ian D. Clark (University of Toronto) Ben Eisen (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies) Mary
Catharine Lennon (University of Toronto) & Leslie A. Pal (Carleton)
Mapping the Topics and Learning Outcomes of a Core Curriculum for MPP and MPA Programs


Panel A – Refugee Policy and Healthcare (Centre of Excellence A302)
Chair: Dan Cohn (York University)
Sule Tomkinson (Université de Montréal)
Deciding who is a Refugee: The use of Discretionary Reasoning to Process Refugee Claims Made
in Canada
Samantha Jackson & Sorin Mitrea (McMaster)
The State of Trust: The Moral Austerity of Canadian Refugee Policy
Emmet Collins (Carleton)
‘Almost Like a Play’: Discretion and the Healthcare Innovation Working Group
Patrick Fafard (University of Ottawa) & P.G. Forest (Johns Hopkins University)
The Role and Organization of Public Health in Canada
Panel B – Public Management and Policy Advice (Centre of Excellence A304)
Chair: Patrice Dutil (Ryerson)
Michael Howlett (Simon Fraser) Andrea Migone (IPAC)
The New Norm: Policy Developments in Westminster Systems. Insights from a Deputy Ministers
Survey
Anna Esselment & Paul Wilson (Carleton University)
Political Staff and the Permanent Campaign
Peter Constantinou (York University)
The Role of the Minister’s Chief of Staff in Ontario
Carey Doberstein (UBC Okanagan)
Perceptions of Credibility And Value of Public Policy and Administration Research: An

Experimental Pilot Study

14:45 – 15:00

Health Break

15:00 – 16:00

Closing Plenary (Centre of Excellence BMO Skyroom)
Ian Greene (York University)

16:00 – 16:30

Closing Remarks & Feedback