Centre on Governance
The mandate of the Centre on Governance is to work with organizations to better understand governance mechanisms in order to analyze implementation problems and provide better services.
Featured Events
Nov 19
An Overview of Measuring and Tracking Canada's Progress Towards the SDGs
Would you like to learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how Canada measures and reports on its progress? Statistics Canada wil…
Nov 12
Building on Solid Foundations: Hybrid and Remote Work Policies in the Public Sector
Join us for a public conference organized by the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. This event is set to take place on November 12, 202…
Nov 5
Steering Sustainability: Reflections and Practices in the Francophone Context
Join us for a public conference organized by the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. This event is set to take place on November 5, 2024…
Results-Based Management (RBM) Professional Development Summit - 29 April 2025
The University of Ottawa's Centre on Governance and PPX invite you to the Results-Based Management (RBM) Professional Development Summit 2025. Join us for a day of collaborative learning and knowledge sharing on building a results-oriented public sector. Through workshops and discussions, we'll explore current RBM practices and emerging ideas. Whether you're an experienced practitioner or new to the field, your insights are valuable. We look forward to learning together and advancing RBM in public administration.
More Details and Registration
Research Networks
Public management and governance
Current economic, societal, and technological transformations are changing management and governance practices in the public sector.
Cultural policy
The Centre’s researchers work on many topics such as cultural policy, culture and social cohesion, and local cultural policies.
Urban and territorial governance
Since the mid-1990s, the question of governance has been at the center of research on territories, urban and otherwise.
Social policy
Focuses on the effect of social policies and the institutions that deploy them on the direction of human lives.
Federalism and Multi-Level Governance
The decentralization of political power requires the presence of intergovernmental relations as an important component of the public policy process.
Indigenous Governance
Examines the evolving nature and place of Indigenous peoples, nations and their governments within the Canadian constitutional order.
Centre on Governance
Centre on Governance
Congratulations to the winner of the National Student Award for Leadership in Public Administration
The winner of the National Student Award for Thought Leadership in Public Administration is a student from the Centre on Governance!
Centre on Governance
Centre on Governance
New Issue of Culture and Local Governance Journal
The new Volume 8, No.1 (2023) is now published! It is a special edition and celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Culture and Local Governance journa…
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
Blog Post Series: Federalism and Policy
Blog Post Series published by the Forum of Federations in collaboration with the Centre on Governance
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Centre on Governance
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University of Ottawa
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