Juris Doctor and Public Administration Double-Degree (JD + MPA)
We’ve partnered with the Faculty of Law to offer our JD+MPA program. You’ll study law and public administration while you work on your thesis. You’ll also get hands-on experience through our public administration work terms. You'll graduate a public administration specialist who’s certified to practice law in all provinces except Quebec.
| Expected length | Project or thesis | Course-based |
|---|---|---|
| 4 years | Yes | No |
Quick facts
- Program options:
- Master's
- Study options:
- Full-time study
- Program delivery:
- On-campus
- Dynamic learning:
- Other: Mandatory co-op (MPA)
Find a supervisor
You are not required to find a supervisor before applying to our programs. We recommend that you list three potential supervisors in your letter of intent.
Astrid Brousselle
Professor Evaluation approaches and methods, planetary health, theory-based evaluation, ecological transition, public health, health system analysis, collaborative/participative/community-based approaches, qualitative methods
Astrid V. Pérez Piñán
Associate professor Decolonial feminism, critical global development, diverse economies/economic development and wellbeing, politics of colonization and decolonization, reproductive justice, food sovereignty, Global South/Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Zambia
David Castle
Professor Science, technology and innovation policy, focused on open science, data governance, and biodiversity conservation
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly
Professor & Graduate Advisor Border studies: border disputes, border security, border management, management of cross border regions, European Union: regional and urban policies, immigration and border security policies, Canada-United States border policies
Evert Lindquist
Professor Public sector and public service reform, designing and implementing policy interventions, digital and collaborative governance, horizontal governance and administration to support policy interventions, organizing for policy and administrative innovation, role and influence of think tanks in policy networks, competing values in public sector leadership and reform
Heather Castleden
Professor, Impact Chair in Transformative Governance for Planetary Health Transformative governance, planetary health, decolonizing energy, decolonizing the academy, climate change, climate justice, climate displacement, renewable energy water, social justice, environmental racism, health equity, Indigenous-settler relations, research ethics, relationality, accountability, Indigenous rights, critical methods, anti-colonial, anti-racist, participatory methods, qualitative inquiry, community-based participatory research
Helga Hallgrímsdóttir
Professor and deputy provost citizenship and citizen participation, governance and participatory governance, collective bargaining and dispute resolution in the public sector, social movements, protest and contentious politics, welfare states and social policy, gender and sexuality, work and social vulnerability, labour movements, labour and union politics
Jill Anne Chouinard
Professor and director Program evaluation, developing/adapting culturally responsive methodologies, evaluator engagement and community change, teaching evaluation, critiques of epistemology in evaluation/social sciences, ethics & collaborative practice, equity & community coalitions
Katya Rhodes
Associate professor Climate policy, climate obstruction, political economy, energy economics
Kim Speers
Associate Teaching Professor & Online Program Lead strategic planning and implementation, public engagement and communication, research methods, performance measurement, logic models, change management, local government, physician recruitment in municipalities, managing services in the public sector, project and program management, board governance, and policy analysis
Lynne Siemens
Associate professor Rural entrepreneurship, regional economic development, academic entrepreneurship & collaboration, project management, knowledge transfer & mobilization
Richard Marcy
Associate professor Public and non-profit sector, leadership and management, cognition in organizations, social innovation, non-violent avant-gardes on the left and right, autism and employment
Sarah Wiebe
Associate Professor Environmental justice, public engagement, critical policy studies, climate emergencies and displacement, states of emergency, interpretive research and arts-based methods, community development, Indigenous community engagement and governance
Susanne Thiessen
Associate professor Indigenous governance, Indigenous relationality, community-engaged research, Indigenous research methodologies, decolonizing organizations, social equity, organizational transformation, and trauma-informed leadership
Tamara Krawchenko
Associate Professor Comparative public policy, regional development, sustainability transitions, industrial policy, research methods
Walter Lepore
Assistant professor Organizational analysis and design, organizational performance assessment, program and policy monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, transparency, accountability, corruption and conflict of interests in the public sector, public sector reforms, mixed methods research, experimental research designs, community-based participatory research, capacity development in participatory research, community-university research partnerships, community development
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Application deadlines
September entry – apply by January 31
September entry – apply by December 15
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