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Even a worldwide pandemic can’t break the Master of Public Service’s 8-year record for 100% co-op employment for all their determined students. 

“Give them a long round of applause and celebrate their accomplishment,” says program director Professor Anindya Sen. “This was the most challenging round of coop matches ever. Quite a few positions were cancelled and delayed. And it was so stressful for the cohort. However, they went with the flow, kept applying, and with some help from our network, coop positions came through and people have employment.”

There has been recent discussion on the existence of several different data gaps across economic, social and political divides — deficits that are left unaddressed at our own peril. But there is another deficit that has, I would argue, gone relatively unnoticed but is no less important: Canada’s skills gap in data analysis.

"Smokes, Smugglers, and Lost Tax Revenues and how should governments respond? That's the question that MPS Program Director Anindya Sen examined in his recent report published by the C.D. Howe Institute.  You can see Professor Sen speak in more detail about this report in various media outlets. 

The skill sets that I got in the MPS program like briefing notes, stakeholder analysis, jurisdictional analysis I was using at day one in my co-op -  Whitney Philippi, Class of 2015

Zuhair Zaidi, a student in the Master of Public Service program at Waterloo, has been interested in Canadian politics since the age of 15. Thanks to Waterloo’s flexibility in allowing students to arrange their own jobs, Zaidi landed a co-op work term in the House of Commons this past spring.

As published on the C.D. Howe Institute's website, William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D.

Earlier this year, Carly Gasparini, MPS Class of 2012, transitioned into the role of General Manager with the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation (BNRC). In her Q&A with Lanny Stewart, Carly discusses the important work of the BNRC and her current role in the organization.

Below is an excerpt of her interview featured in the Westman Journal:     

The Globe and Mail news article, "Ontario unveils more red tape with its 'Byzantine beer-selling regime'", cites the research of MPS Director, Anindya Sen. Published yesterday, the article argues that the provincial government's so-called "revolutionary" changes to allow alcohol sales in grocery stores falls grossly short at meeting a "golden opportunity".   

The MPS program hosted its very first Holiday Party this year, in two locations –Ottawa and Toronto.