A silver medal finish at the positions 91亚色鈥檚 Glendon College as second in Canada for excellence in Canadian public administration programs.
Organized by the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA), the annual competition asked students to modernize transactions through a Central Bank digital currency, provide an assessment of the challenges and outline what their advice would be for decision-makers.
Teams presented their case to a panel of judges, spending 30 minutes sharing their research, analysis and outcomes of the scenario. The team was coached by Glendon Associate Professor Francis Garon, director of the Graduate Program in Public & International Affairs, along with Glendon instructor Andrew Mackey, senior policy and issues advisor, Deputy Minister鈥檚 Office, Ontario Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility.
The team of students included: Ruben Barragan Garay, Alicia Gordy, Vanessa Fecteau, Klausky Mathurin, Mathis Nouvelle, Taheera Sarker and Perry Sutton.
"Participating in the CAPPA Case Competition was an invaluable experience, not only because it provided me with the opportunity to hone key research, writing and presentation skills, but also because of the gratifying moments of collaboration shared with teammates and coaches during the intense week of preparation leading up to the competition," said Sutton.
Barragan Garay said the experience was challenging but enjoyable, offering lessons about collaboration, teamwork and research skills.
鈥淭he experience also provided me with the opportunity to better understand how decisions are made,鈥 said Barragan Garay. 鈥淚t was very stressful at times with the tight time constraints and countless Zoom meetings, but our efforts were rewarded in the end. We had an amazing team and excellent coaches, and I am proud of our work."
See a video of the Glendon team鈥檚 presentation:
Glendon remporte la m茅daille d鈥檃rgent au concours national annuel d鈥櫭﹖udes de cas en administration publique
La m茅daille d鈥檃rgent au place le Coll猫ge Glendon de l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色 au deuxi猫me rang au Canada en excellence de programmes d鈥檃dministration publique.
Organis茅 annuellement par l鈥橝ssociation canadienne des programmes en administration publique (ACPAP), le concours de cette ann茅e demandait aux 茅tudiantes et 茅tudiants de moderniser les transactions financi猫res au moyen d鈥檜ne monnaie num茅rique d鈥檜ne banque centrale, d鈥櫭﹙aluer les d茅fis et de donner des conseils aux d茅cisionnaires.
Les 茅quipes ont pr茅sent茅 leur dossier 脿 un panel de juges, consacr茅 30 minutes 脿 l鈥檈xpos茅 de leurs recherches, analyses et recommandations, et r茅pondu aux questions. L鈥櫭﹒uipe de Glendon a 茅t茅 entra卯n茅e par : Francis Garon, professeur agr茅g茅 脿 Glendon et directeur du programme de Ma卯trise en affaires publiques et internationales; Andrew Mackey, instructeur 脿 Glendon et conseiller principal en politiques et en question d鈥檌nt茅r锚t au bureau de la sous-ministre du minist猫re des Services aux a卯n茅s et de l鈥橝ccessibilit茅 (Ontario).
L鈥櫭﹒uipe d鈥櫭﹖udiantes et 茅tudiants comprenait : Ruben Barragan Garay, Alicia Gordy, Venesa Fecteau, Klausky Mathurin, Mathis Nouvelle, Taheera Sarker et Perry Sutton.
芦 Le concours de cas de l鈥橝CPAP a 茅t茅 une exp茅rience pr茅cieuse, non seulement pour l鈥檕ccasion d鈥檃pprofondir des comp茅tences cl茅s en mati猫re de recherche, de r茅daction et de pr茅sentation, mais aussi pour les moments de satisfaction avec les membres de mon 茅quipe et mes entra卯neurs au cours de l鈥檌ntense semaine de pr茅paration qui a pr茅c茅d茅 le concours 禄, a d茅clar茅 M. Sutton.
M. Barragan Garay a dit que l鈥檈xp茅rience 茅tait stimulante, mais agr茅able; qu鈥檈lle offrait des le莽ons sur la collaboration, le travail d鈥櫭﹒uipe et les comp茅tences en mati猫re de recherche.
芦 Cette exp茅rience m鈥檃 茅galement permis de mieux comprendre comment se prennent les d茅cisions 禄, a-t-il ajout茅. 芦 Malgr茅 le stress g茅n茅r茅 par les contraintes de temps et les innombrables r茅unions Zoom, nos efforts ont 茅t茅 r茅compens茅s 脿 la fin. Nous avions une 茅quipe formidable et d鈥檈xcellents entra卯neurs, et je suis fier de notre travail 禄, a-t-il continu茅.
Vid茅o de la pr茅sentation de l鈥櫭﹒uipe de Glendon :