Research & Publications

TANSLEY LECTURE PUBLICATION

Donald T. Tansley

Named in honour of Donald D. Tansley and his remarkable career as a senior civil servant in Canada, this lecture highlights the various organizational approaches which have been used to implement innovative and often contentious policy decisions by governments. Each lecturer is selected on the basis of knowledge of, or experience with, using or adapting the machinery of government or the non-profit sector to achieve an ambitious policy objective or better serve the public interest. At times, this requires a major restructuring of government and its agencies or a reorientation of the public sector relative to other sectors in society.

Archived Tansley Lecture Publications
2011 Tansley Lecture: April 19, 2011
Mel Cappe, Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto; Former President, Institute for Research on Public Policy; Former Clerk of the Privy Council, Government of Canada
"Analysis and Evidence for Good Public Policy: The Demand and Supply Equation"
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2010 Tansley Lecture: April 8, 2010
Jessica L. McDonald, Executive Vice-President, Western & International Development, HB Global Advisors Corp. and former Deputy Minister to the Premier, Government of British Columbia
"Implementing the Climate Change Policy Revolution in British Columbia"
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2009 Tansley Lecture: April 16, 2009
Dr. Kent Weaver, Professor of Public Policy and Government, Georgetown University and Senior Fellow in the Governance Studies Program, Brookings Institution
"If You Build It, Will They Come? Overcoming Unforeseen Obstacles to Program Effectiveness"
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Inaugural Tansley Lecture: March 13, 2008
Dr. David R. Zussman Jarislowsky, Chair in Public Sector Management
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
"The New Governing Balance: Politicians and Public Servants in Canada"
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