Big Trends, Hard Realities: Setting the Context for Public Policy Change in Canada
Date
Friday September 5, 20259:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Malting Tower, Tett Centre for Creativity and LearningEvent Category
The School of Policy Studies is excited to welcome our incoming MPA graduate students with for our 2025 Orientation!
Our events on Friday, September 5 are open to all. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Agenda:
| 9:00 AM |
Introduction: Canada in a Changing World Prof. Eugene Lang, Director (Acting), School of Policy Studies |
| 9:10-10:30 AM |
Keynote: Doing Big Things in Government Followed by Q&A 25th Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne |
| 10:30-10:45 AM |
Coffee Break Refreshments provided |
| 10:45-12:00 noon |
Session 2: Global Trends Dr. Robert Wolfe, Professor Emeritus, SPS |
| 12:00-1:00 PM |
Lunch Break Catered lunch provided |
| 1:00-2:15 PM |
Session 3: Fiscal and Economic Realities Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor, SPS |
| 2:15-2:30 PM |
Break |
| 2:30-3:45 PM |
Concluding Address: Towards a New Agenda TBD |