Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management
At all levels of government and across the spectrum of partisan persuasion, young people are drawn to politics in this country out of passion and conviction, determined to make a difference in the lives of their fellow citizens.
As political staff to cabinet ministers and elected representatives, strategists and tacticians for political parties, campaign managers and communication officers, policy advocates for civil society organizations and grassroots movements, they are essential to democratic practice and to the institutions and apparatus of contested politics. However, until now there has been no formal education available to them in the professional skills of applied politics in Canada.
In response, Carleton University has created Canada’s first graduate program in political management: an intensive master’s degree designed to provide a professional foundation for students who will go on to leadership roles in the political offices and parties of the nation, and intended to contribute to a more constructive politics and well-informed policy decisions.
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Riddell program toasts its first term
Carleton University’s groundbreaking graduate program in Political Management celebrated a successful first term Thursday at a reception on Parliament Hill hosted by Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Barry Devolin as new Fellows of the program were announced. Students of the Clayton H. Riddell Master of Political Management, along with their professors, politicians ... more
Fulbright scholar on political marketing
Kenneth Cosgrove, Fulbright Research Chair at Carleton University, will speak on Politics Now: The Political Marketing Moment in Canada and the United States, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 2:30-4 p.m. in A602 Loeb Building. Prof. Cosgrove is associate professor of Government at Suffolk University in Boston, and this term has been teaching a course in political ... more
Communications counsel from the Office of the Prime Minister
Stephen Lecce (left), deputy director of communications for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, spoke to students in Professor Stephen Azzi’s course POLM 5003 (Strategic Communications). Lecce explained his role in coordinating messages across government departments and gave practical advice on how to communicate strategically in a political context.