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Internal governmental performance and accountability in Canada: Insights and lessons for post‐pandemic improvement by Shepherd, Robert P.

“…This article summarizes and expands on the work of one of three dialogue study teams organized by the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Institute of…”
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The Trudeau government and GIC appointments in Canada by Brock, Kathy, Shepherd, Robert P.

“…PurposeAccording to the traditional view of public administration, a critical component of good policy formulation is the provision of frank and fearless…”
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“We Cause a Ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership by Shepherd, Robert P., Orchard, Treena R.

“…Using qualitative data from an interdisciplinary research project about mental health and community engagement with Indigenous youth in Kasabonika Lake First…”
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Spending reviews and the Government of Canada: From episodic to institutionalized capabilities and repertoires by Lindquist, Evert A., Shepherd, Robert P.

“…Following surges of spending and staff hiring to address the COVID‐19 pandemic, the Trudeau government announced a strategic policy review in the 2022 Budget…”
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Expenditure Reviews and the Federal Experience: Program Evaluation and Its Contribution to Assurance Provision by Shepherd, Robert P.

“…Various forms of assurance are being demanded by different constituencies in the federal public administration. One form of assurance is that of financial…”
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Offering Graduate Evaluation Degrees Online: Comparing Student Engagement in Two Canadian Programs by McDavid, James C., Shepherd, Robert P.

“…This practice note describes and explores the experiences and lessons learned as we engaged learners in two online graduate evaluation programs: the University…”
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Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts: An Introduction to Practice by Shepherd, Robert P., Graham, Katherine A. H.

“…Indigenous evaluation as a field of inquiry and finding culturally appropriate and responsive ways to evaluate Indigenous programs and services are receiving…”
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Teaching public administration in the COVID‐19 era: Preliminary lessons learned by Savard, Jean‐François, Caron, Isabelle, Brock, Kathy L., Shepherd, Robert P.

“…In Why Nations Fail, Acemoglu and Robinson (2012) explain that the Black Plague represented both a calamity for humanity and an opportunity to reinvent itself…”
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Reflections on Evaluating in Indigenous Contexts: Looking to the Future by Shepherd, Robert P., Graham, Katherine A. H.

“…Shepherd and Graham reflect on this special edition of Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, which focuses on evaluation in Indigenous contexts. This special…”
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Identifying Key Epistemological Challenges Evaluating in Indigenous Contexts: Achieving Bimaadiziwin through Youth Futures by Shepherd, Robert P., Graham, Katherine A. H.

“…The evaluation field’s understanding of Indigenous ontologies and epistemologies must improve in ways that do not serve to privilege Western ways of knowing or…”
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Innovation diffusion and networking: Canada's evolving approach to lobbying regulation by Pross, A. Paul, Shepherd, Robert P.

“…Lobby legislation and regulation in Canada are relatively new. The federal government was the first to enact lobby legislation in 1989, requiring only the most…”
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Linking Evaluation and Spending Reviews: Challenges and Prospects by McDavid, Jim, Brousselle, Astrid, Shepherd, Robert P., Zussman, David

“…The global financial crisis in 2008 was a significant watershed for governments everywhere. Diminished prospects for growth coupled with continuing demands for…”
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Plant-based vaccines and antibodies--Third International Conference 15-17 June 2009, Verona, Italy by Shepherd, Robert P

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Power: Where Is It? By DONALD J. SAVOIE: COMPTES RENDUS by Shepherd, Robert P.

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In Search of a Balanced Canadian Federal Evaluation Function: Getting to Relevance by Shepherd, Robert P.

“…In April 2009, the Treasury Board Secretariat enacted a new Evaluation Policy replacing the previous 2001 version. This new policy has generated much…”
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Power: Where Is It? by Shepherd, Robert P

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Moving tenuously toward lasting self -government for First Nations: Understanding differences with respect to implementing accountability by Shepherd, Robert P

“…Since the late 1960s, the Government of Canada has made various attempts at repairing its historically strained relationship with First Nations. In one of the…”
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Moving tenuously toward lasting self-government for First Nations: Understanding differences with respect to implementing accountability by Shepherd, Robert P

“…Since the late 1960s, the Government of Canada has made various attempts at repairing its historically strained relationship with First Nations. In one of the…”
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Power: Where Is It? By DONALD J. SAVOIE by Shepherd, Robert P.

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L'Etat des Classes Agricoles en France à la Veille de la Révolution by Shepherd, Robert P.

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