Big Trends, Hard Realities: Setting the Context for Public Policy Change in Canada

Date

Friday September 5, 2025
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location

Malting Tower, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

The School of Policy Studies is excited to welcome our incoming MPA graduate students with for our 2025 Orientation! 

Our events on Friday, September 5 are open to all. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

Agenda: 

9:00 AM

Introduction: Canada in a Changing World

Prof. Eugene Lang, Director (Acting),

School of Policy Studies

9:10-10:30 AM

Keynote: Doing Big Things in Government

Followed by Q&A

25th Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne

10:30-10:45 AM

Coffee Break

Refreshments provided

10:45-12:00 noon

Session 2: Global Trends

Dr. Robert Wolfe, Professor Emeritus, SPS

12:00-1:00 PM

Lunch Break

Catered lunch provided

1:00-2:15 PM

Session 3: Fiscal and Economic Realities

Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor, SPS

2:15-2:30 PM

Break

2:30-3:45 PM

Concluding Address: Towards a New Agenda

TBD