Transforming Public Administration in Canada
An Exploration of Social Equity in Research, Practice, and Teaching
Published on 19. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
979-8-88730-892-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the intersection of social equity-related issues with concerns within the field of public administration in Canada. Shifts in public sector governance, populist discourse and political extremism, democratic instability, and super-wicked challenges such as climate change and environmental disasters, demographic transformations (aging society along with increased migration), financial crises, terrorism, housing crises, religious conflicts and racial inequities, dominate the landscape. This book challenges scholars from schools of public administration to use a social equity lens to reimagine and rethink the ways in which public administration is currently practiced, with the goal of abandoning colonial logics that betray social equity. The chapters in this volume include contributions from a diversity of authors, each contributing their unique perspectives on social equity as they relate broadly to their areas of expertise. The authors share a common interest in critically exploring how social equity intersects with their areas of public administration research or practice including concerns with environmental justice, Indigenous rights, education and decolonization.
This book is intended for three audiences: (1) scholars who are also involved in teaching public administration; (2) students of public administration who want to learn more about what they are learning, and why social equity matters to their field of study; and (3) public administrators who are managing public institutions and who may also be involved in training public administrators.
This book is intended for three audiences: (1) scholars who are also involved in teaching public administration; (2) students of public administration who want to learn more about what they are learning, and why social equity matters to their field of study; and (3) public administrators who are managing public institutions and who may also be involved in training public administrators.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-88730-892-0 (9798887308920)
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
SECTION I. GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE
Chapter 1. Introduction: Positioning Social Equity in Public Administration; Jill Anne Chouinard and Susanne Thiessen
Chapter 2. Buying Reconciliation? Public Procurement as a Vehicle of Reconciliation; Leslie Anderson
Chapter 3. Social Equity in Public Administration: Hidden Impacts of Judicial Decision-Making; Robert Lapper, KC
Chapter 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 Zoeller
Chapter 5. Post-Truth: What Are the Implications for Evaluators?; Astrid Brousselle
Chapter 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 Okwengu
Chapter 7. Building Equitable Futures: Bridging Policy Gaps for Skilled Immigrant Success in Canada; Ash Moosavi
SECTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Chapter 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 Wiebe
Chapter 9. Seeking Justice and Equity on the Path to Decarbonizing Economies; Tamara Krawchenko, Ekaterina Rhodes, and Julie MacArthur
Chapter 10. Foresting Social Equity: From the Amazon to British Columbian Forests; Olivia Andrade de Almeida and Kelsey Winter
SECTION III. EQUITY AND EDUCATION
Chapter 11. Decolonizing Educational Practices in Public Administration Through a Four Directions Continuum; Susanne Thiessen
Chapter 12. Social Equity and the "New Public Administration" in Canada; Evert Lindquist
Chapter 13. In Partnership: Co-Designing a Social Equity Focused Graduate Program With the Community; Lynne Siemens
Chapter 1. Introduction: Positioning Social Equity in Public Administration; Jill Anne Chouinard and Susanne Thiessen
Chapter 2. Buying Reconciliation? Public Procurement as a Vehicle of Reconciliation; Leslie Anderson
Chapter 3. Social Equity in Public Administration: Hidden Impacts of Judicial Decision-Making; Robert Lapper, KC
Chapter 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 Zoeller
Chapter 5. Post-Truth: What Are the Implications for Evaluators?; Astrid Brousselle
Chapter 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 Okwengu
Chapter 7. Building Equitable Futures: Bridging Policy Gaps for Skilled Immigrant Success in Canada; Ash Moosavi
SECTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Chapter 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 Wiebe
Chapter 9. Seeking Justice and Equity on the Path to Decarbonizing Economies; Tamara Krawchenko, Ekaterina Rhodes, and Julie MacArthur
Chapter 10. Foresting Social Equity: From the Amazon to British Columbian Forests; Olivia Andrade de Almeida and Kelsey Winter
SECTION III. EQUITY AND EDUCATION
Chapter 11. Decolonizing Educational Practices in Public Administration Through a Four Directions Continuum; Susanne Thiessen
Chapter 12. Social Equity and the "New Public Administration" in Canada; Evert Lindquist
Chapter 13. In Partnership: Co-Designing a Social Equity Focused Graduate Program With the Community; Lynne Siemens