Explore how to advise government representatives and to position yourself for such opportunities. Professor Roland Paris, Director of uOttawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will share insights from his experience advising government officials and working in government. Professor Céline Castets-Renard, University Research Chair on Accountable Artificial Intelligence in a Global Context and professor at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, will discuss advising government in parliamentary committees as well as working in international organizations.   

Discuss navigating relationships with the federal government with an election on the horizon and a possible change in government. Michael Wernick, uOttawa’s Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management and former clerk of the Privy Council, will share his insights from a government perspective about what researchers should consider when forming relationships or working with government during and after an election. Professor Elizabeth Dubois, uOttawa’s University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology, professor at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society and an associate professor in the Department of Communication of the Faculty of Arts, will share her experiences from the perspective of a researcher who interacted with government during an election and analyzed the impact of the 2019 election on the digital ecosystem and civic engagement. 

Learn about the experience of scholars in residence and how it has shaped their relationships and research collaborations with federal government representatives, as well as the impact it has had on their research. Vanessa MacDonnell, associate professor at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, and co-director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre, and Jennifer Wallner, Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chair in Canadian Politics and associate professor at the School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, will describe how this work has helped them in their public policy research and advocacy.