Transforming Public Administration in Canada

Jill Anne Chouinard is a professor at the University of Victoria, Canada.Susanne Thiessen, an assistant professor and associate director at the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, Canada, brings a multifaceted Gitxsan/Haida/Scottish Canadian perspective to her scholarly and practical pursuits.

• SECTION I. GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICEChapter 1. Introduction: Positioning Social Equity in Public Administration; Jill Anne Chouinard and Susanne ThiessenChapter 2. Buying Reconciliation? Public Procurement as a Vehicle of Reconciliation; Leslie AndersonChapter 3. Social Equity in Public Administration: Hidden Impacts of Judicial Decision-Making; Robert Lapper, KCChapter 4. Discourses of Deserving: An Analysis of the City of Victoria’s Decisions About Daytime Sheltering in Parks During the COVID-Chapter 19 Pandemic; Sonja ZoellerChapter 5. Post-Truth: What Are the Implications for Evaluators?; Astrid BrousselleChapter 6. Speaking Up for the Soft Skills in Developing an Inclusive Environment: Experiences of Black Public Service Employees; J. Barton Cunningham, Moses Mukasa, and Mariam OkwenguChapter 7. Building Equitable Futures: Bridging Policy Gaps for Skilled Immigrant Success in Canada; Ash MoosaviSECTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEChapter 8. A Hot Topic: Examining Emergency Management, Planning, and Policy Responses to Extreme Heat in British Columbia Through an Equity-Informed Lens; Kirsten Mah and Sarah Marie WiebeChapter 9. Seeking Justice and Equity on the Path to Decarbonizing Economies; Tamara Krawchenko, Ekaterina Rhodes, and Julie MacArthurChapter 10. Foresting Social Equity: From the Amazon to British Columbian Forests; Olívia Andrade de Almeida and Kelsey WinterSECTION III. EQUITY AND EDUCATIONChapter 11. Decolonizing Educational Practices in Public Administration Through a Four Directions Continuum; Susanne ThiessenChapter 12. Social Equity and the “New Public Administration” in Canada; Evert LindquistChapter 13. In Partnership: Co-Designing a Social Equity Focused Graduate Program With the Community; Lynne Siemens